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Parshat Shemot

Readings for Shemot
Tevet 18, 5785
January 18, 2025


Haftarah:
Isaiah 27:6 - 28:13; Isaiah 29:22-23
Torah Portion: Shemot
Shemot in a Nutshell

The name of the Parshah, "Shemot," means "Names" and it is found in Exodus 1:1 - 6:1.

The children of Israel multiply in Egypt. Threatened by their growing numbers, Pharaoh enslaves them and orders the Hebrew midwives, Shifrah and Puah, to kill all male babies at birth. When they do not comply, he commands his people to cast the Hebrew babies into the Nile.

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