Shabbat Shalom. Parshat Va’eira

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Shabbat, 25 Tevet, 5785 (25 January, 2025)

2 God rebuked Moses by saying to him, “I am God.
3 I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob only as El Shadai [‘God Almighty’]; I was not manifest to them by My Name God.
4 I also made My covenant with them to give them Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners.
5 I have also heard the Israelites’ groaning, complaining that the Egyptians are enslaving them, and I have recalled My covenant.
6 Therefore, convey to the Israelites: ‘I am God. I will free you from the oppression of the Egyptians, rescue you from their servitude, and redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great chastisements.
7 I will take you to Myself as a nation, and I will be your God. And you will know that I am God, your God, who is freeing you from the burdens of the Egyptians.
8 I will bring you to the land regarding which I raised My hand to swear that I would give it to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you as a heritage; for I am God.’”
9 Moses related God’s message to the Israelites, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their anguish of spirit and harsh labor.
10 God spoke to Moses, saying,
11 “Come and speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, so he will send the Israelites out of his land.”
12 But Moses spoke before God, saying, “Even the Israelites have not listened to me, so how will Pharaoh listen to me? For I am a man of blocked lips.”
13 God spoke to Moses and to Aaron. He commanded them to be His emissaries to the Israelites and to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to take the Israelites out of Egypt.

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