VoEra Essays
Reuven Chaim Klein
Before we get to this week's essays, I have two important updates:
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Essays on synonyms from my What’s in a Word? series related to Parshas VoEra:
- The Trick of Magi - About לט and להט.
- The Vertically-Challenged - About גמד, נמוך, גוץ, and ננס.
- Plague of Plagues - About דבר and מגיפה.
- Marshes, Marshes, Marshes - About אחו, אגם, and ביצה.
- Down by the River - About נהר, נחל, and יאור.
- Lice Ain't Nice - About כנים, קלמתא, and כלמי.
- Just Because - About בעבור, בגלל, and בשביל.
- Stop It! - About חדל, מנע, כלה, חשך, and פסק.
Bitya? Batya? You Betya - An Essay on Jewish names from my Names & Numen series.
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 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
Kol Tuv,
Reuven Chaim Klein
Beitar Illit, Israel
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