Parashat Va'Era: In This Week's Parashah

In This Week’s Parashah: מָה בַּפָּרָשָׁה

Full Parashah Reading: Shemot 6:2-9:35

God tells Moshe to demand from Pharaoh that he free בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל (Benei Yisrael, the Israelites).
Moshe repeats that he is unable, since he has difficulty speaking. God tells Moshe that his brother, Aharon, will speak for him.
Moshe and Aharon go to Pharaoh and do what God told them. God turns Aharon’s staff into a snake. Pharaoh calls his magicians, and they do the same thing with their staffs. Aharon’s staff swallows the magicians’ staffs.
Pharaoh still refuses to listen to Moshe and Aharon. The plagues begin:

1. Blood

2. Frogs

3. Lice

4. Wild Animals

5. Disease

6. Boils

7. Hail

During each plague, Pharaoh offers to let Benei Yisrael go. But once the plague stops, Pharaoh changes his mind and refuses to free them.

Aliyah #1 (Shemot 6:2-13)

Aliyah #2 (Shemot 6:14-28)

Aliyah #3 (Shemot 6:29-7:7)

Aliyah #4 (Shemot 7:8-8:6)

Aliyah #5 (Shemot 8:7-18)

Aliyah #7 (Shemot 9:17-35)

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