The general subject of the Torah portion of Shmos is the descent of the Jewish people into Egyptian servitude. The actual descent into Egypt is...
Text of Parshah (Hebrew with English translation) - Parshas Shemos.
The word "Shemos" means "names," as in the verse, "These are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt". A person's name is an...
A short summary of the Torah portion read in the Synagogue on Shabbat.
On Simchat Torahthe entire town of Lubavitch would join the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Shmuel, for hakofos, the joyous dance with the Torah scrolls...
"..the cry of the children of Israel is come to Me.. Now go, I am sending you unto Pharaoh, and bring My people, the children of Israel, out of...
If Moshe knew that the Jewish people had a tradition from their patriarchs that a redeemer would arrive (as Maharsha writes) then why did he fear...
This week's parshah tells us about the slavery of the Jewish people in Mitzrayim. But the parshah begins, V'eileh Shmos Bnei Yisrael Haboim...
