Shemos Essays

[Reuven Chaim Klein]

Essays on synonyms from my What’s in a Word? series related to Parshas Shemos:

The Pharaoh and the King - About פרעה and מלך מצרים.
A Panoply of Canopies - About חופה and אפריון.
Hard Work & Hard Hearts - About קשה, קשיח, and פרך.
Moses' Many Names - About משה, ירד, אביגדור, חבר, אבי-סוכו, יקותיאל, אבי-זנוח, טוביה, שמעיה, בן נתנאל, תמור, and יהונתן.
Prophets and Visionaries - About נביא, רואה, and חוזה.
Here we go - About הלום, פה, הכא, כאן, הנה, and זה.
Drawing Water - About שואב, דלה, and משוי.
Pulling & Drawing - About משה, מושך, and שואב.

My Dear Deer - About צבי. 

Videos about "Names" (Shemos):

• What's in a Name? The Idea of Names in Jewish Thought
• Theophoric Names in Judaism and Idolatry
• Jewish Festal Names: Exploring their Origins and Significance

Pirkei D'Rabbi Eliezer Shiurim related to this week's Parsha (available on many platforms including: YouTube, Google Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, TorahDownloads, OUTorah.org, Archive.org):

• Episode 83: Chapter 40 - Egyptian Exile and Exodus = Revelation at the Burning Bush (Yeridah #5) / Hashem is in pain alongside the Jewish People / The History of Moshe's Staff / What was written on Moshe's staff (plagues, names of God)? / The Legend of Excalibur the Sword & Moshe's Staff in Jethro's Garden / 40 Years of Moshe's Life: Shepherd for Yisro or King of Cush / The Intrigue of the Burning Bush / Take off your shoes in holy places / Moshe's enemies are dead / The Uniqueness of Moshe's Prophecy / Two souls in one body / Hashem reveals His name(s)
• Episode 99: Chapter 48a - Egyptian Exile and Exodus = Abraham questions Hashem's promise & receives bad news about the future enslavement / Chronology of the events of Abraham's life (his age at the Covenant between the Pieces) / The Jews were only in Egypt for 210 years, not 400 / Yocheved is born in Egypt, but her mother conceived elsewhere / Did Levi meet Moshe & Aharon? / Why is the miracle of Yocheved giving birth at the age of 130 not mentioned in the Torah? / 430 years begins from the birth of Efrayim and Menashe (day & night reckoned separately) / Adding 30 years to the 400 year exile & changing the whole calendar / Completing the years of the Egyptian Exile before the arrival of the Messiah
• Episode 100: Chapter 48b - Egyptian Exile and Exodus = When did the enslavement in Egypt begin? / When was Miriam born? / The Children of Efrayim leave Egypt 30 years early / Who killed the Ephraimites (Egyptians or Philistines)? / What did the people of Efrayim do wrong (haughtiness, miscalculating the time of redemption, violating the oath)? / The bitter part of the exile lasted only 83 or 86 years (one hour in God's time) / Throwing Jewish boys into the Nile River / When was that decree enacted - before Aharon was born or afterwards? / The Birth of Moshe / Moshe is named Yekusiel or Tov (Moshe's 10 Names) / Did Bithiah speak Hebrew? / Basya saves baby Moses
• Episode 101: Chapter 48c - Egyptian Exile and Exodus = Moses sees an Egyptian hit a Levite Hebrew / The 3 Signs Moses Presents the Pharaoh / Pharaoh's magicians cannot mimic the Plague of Boils / The Ten Plagues / The Blasphemer is the son of Shlomis bas Divri & an Egyptian / God uses 10 Fingers / Why does the Gemara start from the pinky, not the thumb? / Dipping one's finger in wine at the Passover Seder / Thumb War against Yishmael (oyev) & Eisav (soneh, tzar) in Messianic Times
• Episode 102: Chapter 48d - Egyptian Exile and Exodus = The 5 Final Letters allude to the Geulah (Redemption) / Serach bas Asher confirms that Moshe is the real deal (Pakod Pakaditi) / The Secret of the Double Peh / Making Bricks & Mortar / Rachel, daughter of Shuselach (connection to Methuselah) / The Jews exit Egypt in the day (not at night) / 4 Times to start the day (midnight, midday, sunrise, sunset) / Redemption in the merit of Yichud Hashem / Maintaining Hebrew Names & the Hebrew Language

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Kol Tuv,

Reuven Chaim Klein

Beitar Illit, Israel

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