Did Benei Yisrael lie and steal on their way out of מִצְרַיִם (Mitzrayim, Egypt)? The commentaries offer different interpretations to God's instruction that Benei Yisrael borrow gold and silver from their Egyptian neighbors.
In the opening pasuk of our parashah, there’s a new description of the mishkan, one that hasn’t yet come up in the Torah. For the first time, the mishkan is called מִשְׁכַּן הָעֵדֻת (mishkan ha-eidut).
What important thing was being witnessed and shared here?
There is a major debate about God hardening Pharaoh’s heart. The most simple understanding is that God made Pharaoh more stubborn during the plagues so that he wouldn’t free Benei Yisrael. Was this a fair thing to do?
Our פַּרְשָׁנִים (parshanim, commentators) wondered the meaning of the phrase לֹא תַעֲמֹד עַל־דַּם רֵעֶךָ (do not stand upon your neighbor’s blood). What exactly is being commanded?
Something confusing is happening here with the order of events with receiving the torah, חֵטְא הָעֵגֶל (heit ha-eigel), and building the mishkan. What do some commentators think is going on?
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