Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Vaera AND HE RAISED THE STAFF AND STRUCK THE WATER THAT WAS IN THE NILE BEFORE THE EYES OF PHARAOH AND BEFORE THE EYES OF HIS SERVANTS, ND ALL THE WATER THAT WAS IN THE NILE TURNED TO BLOOD. (Shemot 7:20)   and all the water that was in the Nile turned to blood – Eichhorn and others following him believe that the blood and all the other plagues were natural phenomena that reoccur annually...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Vaera …AND HE RAISED THE STAFF AND STRUCK THE WATER THAT WAS IN THE NILE BEFORE THE EYES OF PHARAOH AND BEFORE THE EYES OF HIS SERVANTS, AND ALL THE WATER THAT WAS IN THE NILE TURNED TO BLOOD. AND THE FISH THAT WERE IN THE NILE DIED, AND THE NILE BECAME PUTRID; THE EGYPTIANS COULD NOT DRINK WATER FROM THE NILE, AND THERE WAS BLOOD THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LAND OF EGYPT. (Shemot 7:20-21)  ...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parshat Vaera EACH MAN THREW FORTH HIS STAFF, AND THEY TURNED INTO SERPENTS. AND AARON'S STAFF SWALLOWED THEIR STAFFS. (Shemot 7:12)   Take your staff and throw it forth before Pharaoh, and it will become a serpent . What is the Difference Between a Serpent and a Snake ? …the tanin is a large and especially dangerous snake, as it is said, their wine is the wrath of taninim (Devarim 32:34), this implies that its...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Click here to receive the weekly parsha by email each week. Parashat Vaera AND THE LORD SAID TO MOSES, "EARLY IN THE MORNING PRESENT YOURSELF TO PHARAOH, AS HE IS COMING OUT TO THE WATER, AND SAY TO HIM, 'THUS SAYS THE LORD: LET MY PEOPLE GO THAT THEY MAY WORSHIP ME.'" (Shemot 8: 16)   And the Lord said to Moses, "Early in the morning present yourself to Pharaoh, as he is coming out to the water…" – Why was he coming out to the water?...

Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary – parshat (link to original page) Parashat Vaera GOD SAID TO MOSHE: SAY TO AHARON: STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND WITH YOUR STAFF, OVER THE TRIBUTARIES, OVER THE NILE CANALS AND OVER THE PONDS, MAKE THE FROGS ASCEND UPON THE LAND OF EGYPT! AHARON STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND OVER THE WATERS OF EGYPT, THE FROG HORDE ASCENDED AND COVERED THE LAND OF EGYPT.                                                                                                                                                  (Shemot 8:1,2)   Subjugation of the Subjugators Why did He bring upon the Egyptians the frogs? Because they had subjugated the Israelites, ordering them "Bring us...