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Bo—The Sun vs. the Moon

with Benny Rapoport

Topics: Parshah, Bo, Lunar time

In our Torah portion this week, G‑d gives the Jewish people, this new nation that is set to embark on a journey to the Promised Land, their first mitzvah. What do you ... More

In our Torah portion this week, G‑d appears to Moses and Aaron and gives the Jewish people, this new nation that is set to embark on their journey to the Promised Land, their first mitzvah.

What would you think that mitzvah would be? What kind of central guiding principle would serve as the bedrock of a moral society, and was therefore chosen to be the first law given to the new nation?

Tune into this week’s ParshahCast and discover something quite unexpected!

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	Rabbi Benny Rapoport is director of Chabad's Jewish Discovery Center in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. He has lived in the Scranton/Abington area with his wife and family since the fall of 2000.

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Posted: Jan 26, 2012

confused

i understand the point of the video but i am not so clear on the message. what exactly are the characteristics that we are supposed to learn from the moon? i get it has to do with selflessness vs. selfishness but i dont really understand how.

Posted By Anonymous

Posted: Jan 26, 2012

callendar

how could the Jewish people use the sun as a caledar in the desert sice it needs a permanent building or structure, the Moon on the other hand does not need any of the above. Once in the land of Israel they were quite avare of the solar year, as we say in our prayers every day.

Posted By Anonymous, netanya, Israel

Posted: Jan 24, 2012

The Sun Vs The Moon

Thank you for your clear explanationof of
the First Mitzvah given by G-D to our people.

Posted By Orietta Weinstein, Charlotte, N,C

Posted: Jan 24, 2012

Fiרst mitzvah ?

The first mitzvah G-d gave us is
פרו ורבו בראשית א כ''ח
(Genesis 1 V28: Be fruitful and multiply). Lest we get big-headed about this, HaShem gave the same mitzvah to the animals BEFORE He created us - on th 5th day (we came along only on the 6th day).
Blessing the new moon may have been the first mitzvah (commandment) after we left Egypt, but it was NOT the first mitzvah.

Posted By HA Arnevet, Holon, Israel