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Six chapters in, God seems to start afresh: \u201cGod spoke to Moses and said to him, I am God. I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as El Shaddai, but by my name God (YHVH) they did not know me\u201d (verse 2). God reintroduces the mission- enumerating five synonyms of saving and explaining that the ultimate goal is to bring the Israelites to Canaan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

God is not the only one who is reintroduced. The text also provides a complete lineage for Moses and Aaron. In chapter 2, the text does not give a name to Moses\u2019s family- only \u201ca man from Levi married a daughter from Levi.\u201d Even Moses\u2019s sister Miriam is only named as \u201chis sister.\u201d Why the need for all these reintroductions so late in the story?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The answer may come from the very first word of the second verse \u201c<\/span>Vayidaber<\/span><\/i>.\u201d Until now, God always spoke to Moses with the verb \u201c<\/span>Vayomer.<\/span><\/i>\u201d <\/span>Vayomer <\/span><\/i>is a less intimate form of speaking, used when one simply talks to another. <\/span>Vayidaber <\/span><\/i>is intimate. It connotes a connection between the speaker and the subject.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The first time that God uses \u201c<\/span>Vayidaber<\/span><\/i>\u201d for Abraham is in Genesis 17 when God reintroduces himself as El Shaddai- the same El Shaddai he mentions to Moses. This is also when God tells Abraham that he will have a son, changes Abraham and Sarah\u2019s names, and commands Abraham to perform a circumcision. This point of the story is similar to Moses\u2019s story. In chapter 14 of Genesis, God appeared to Abraham in the covenant of the parts, promised him offspring and that those offspring would be strangers in Egypt.\u00a0 In chapter 15, Sarah gives Abraham Hagar and Abraham has Ishmael. This offspring is a \u201cfalse start\u201d to God\u2019s promise to Abraham. After this God appears to Abraham, reintroduces himself and promises him Isaac followed by a commandment for circumcision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In Exodus, God commanded Moses at the burning bush to go to Pharaoh to request that the Israelites be freed. Moses reluctantly agreed, but the initial meeting was a disaster. The people do not believe him and Pharaoh increases their work. That is Moses\u2019s \u201cfalse start.\u201d God returns now and reintroduces himself to Moses. God promises again that the people will be freed, and that Moses does not need to worry. This time when Moses protests, he claims to have uncircumcised lips that God will \u201cfix\u201d through Aaron.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In outline form: <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I. Promise of God regarding his people in Egypt at a miraculous event (covenant of the parts and the burning bush); <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>II. A false start to the promise (Ishmael and Moses\u2019s first visit to Pharaoh); <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>III. Reintroduction to the full promise and connection to circumcision (El Shaddai\/brit milah and YHVH\/uncircumcised lips); <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>IV. New full lineage appears.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

After step four for Abraham things begin to turn around and all of God\u2019s promises come true. So too here, God links the stories to show that just like with Abraham, with Moses, everything will begin to turn around.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In Exodus chapter 4 we learned of Moses\u2019 apparent lapse of faith in his people, and his need for a toolbox of signs from God to help convince them of his mission. What becomes clearer as we approach Chapter 6 is that Moses\u2019 lack of self-confidence was really at the heart\u00a0 of his misplaced lack of\u00a0 trust in the Israelites. Repeatedly in the past few chapters Moses has voiced his worry about his speech impediment and does so once again at the end of Chapter 6: \u201cBehold! I have sealed lips, so how will Pharaoh listen to me (6:30)?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It\u2019s not entirely clear why Moses\u2019 concern about his speech was so paramount in his argument against God choosing him for this mission. Was he implying that God\u2019s mission deserves someone with no blemish? Was he grasping at a straw to eliminate his candidacy for this task? Or did Moses really think, that if he came to Pharaoh and told him that God Himself was demanding the release of the slaves, it would be his speech impediment that made his tale unbelievable to Pharaoh?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Had Moses\u2019 \u201csealed lips\u201d been an impediment to his leadership, God could have simply cured him and sent him off to speak to Pharaoh. But instead, God tells Moses, even after assigning Aaron to be his spokesperson, to personally address Pharaoh: \u201cSpeak to Pharaoh everything that I speak to you (6:29).\u201d Our sages tell us that rather than an impediment, Moses\u2019 speech defect served to reinforce the greatness of Moses\u2019 leadership. Had he been and eloquent and gifted speaker, history might have come to depict Moses\u2019 charisma as the impetus for Pharaoh eventually freeing the slaves, and the unquestioning following of Moses by the Israelites as they fled Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We demand a certain level of charisma from our leaders today \u2013 often it\u2019s the charm, not the policy that wins a candidate an election. When do we look past a candidate\u2019s shortcomings? When the message is so critical, so decisive and so compelling that it cannot be overlooked. At those times it doesn\u2019t matter who the messenger is because the message speaks for itself. Perhaps, since a message as significant as that being relayed by God through Moses is a rarity, we\u2019ve allowed ourselves to become too easily swayed by charisma.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In Exodus 6, Moses hesitates twice when faced with God\u2019s request to speak, stating, \u201cAni aral s\u2019fatayim<\/em>\u201d\u2014 \u201cI am impeded in my speech. Why would Pharoah listen to me when the Israelites wouldn\u2019t hear a word?\u201d God\u2019s chosen communicator is facing a crisis of capability, knowing that the message he must deliver is strongly dependent on how well he can deliver it.<\/p>\r\n

Our orator faces the following challenges:
\r\n1. Poor past performance<\/strong>: God entrusted Moses to convince the Israelites of God\u2019s support, which backfires in 6:9.
\r\n2. Self-doubt<\/strong>: Rashi defines aral as obstructed or closed up, a speech impediment or Moses\u2019 self-disinclination to taking the lead.
\r\n3. Vague expectations<\/strong>: lead to vague results. Rabbeinu Bahya explains that Moses, unsure of God\u2019s instructions had assumed Aaron would speak.
\r\n4. Upper limiting<\/strong>: Moses believed that he was fundamentally flawed, unable to succeed.
\r\n5. Tough crowd!<\/strong>: With the Israelites\u2019 lack of support, Moses felt that Pharaoh would also be disinclined to listen.<\/p>\r\n

As public speaking is a shared global fear, I\u2019m including a guide\u2014Five Points for Effective Speaking (SPEAK)<\/em>\u2014which might have helped Moses prepare:<\/p>\r\n

1. Start Strong<\/strong>: Get to your point early on: \u201cLet my people go.\u201d Don\u2019t make your audience hunt for your destination, take them along on the journey.
\r\n2. Personalize<\/strong>: Explain how your goal impacts your audience. \u201cPharoah, you\u2019ve been afraid of an uprising, let them leave\u2014you\u2019ll be rid of an unproductive workforce.
\r\n3. Explain\/Entertain<\/strong>: Support your original aim, or put people at ease with a sense of levity. \u201cYou tried to kill them (and let\u2019s face it, me too) and it didn\u2019t go your way.\u201d
\r\n4. Allocate<\/strong> Your Resources<\/strong>: Utilize supporters, speakers, strong precedents. Bring in physical evidence. \u201cHave you met Aaron? He was on your workforce for years. Let him tell you about...\u201d
\r\n5. Know<\/strong> Your<\/strong> Audience<\/strong>: Speak directly to your audience, including their values and pain points. With research, Moses and Aaron\u2019s professional presence might have convinced Pharaoh outright.<\/p>\r\n

If we could share these tactics with Moses, he too might learn that he need not speak just to be heard, nor stay silent just to feel safe.<\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":51731,"alt":"","title":"dt27-teacher","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt27-teacher.png","width":1096,"height":1280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt27-teacher-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt27-teacher-257x300.png","medium-width":257,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt27-teacher-768x897.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":897,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt27-teacher-877x1024.png","large-width":877,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt27-teacher.png","1536x1536-width":1096,"1536x1536-height":1280,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt27-teacher.png","2048x2048-width":1096,"2048x2048-height":1280,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt27-teacher-1028x1200.png","post_full_size-width":1028,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt27-teacher-360x420.png","home_baner-width":360,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Toastmaster Efforts in a Matzah-Based World","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Public speaking tips for prophets, not profits","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":51731,"alt":"","title":"dt27-teacher","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt27-teacher.png","width":1096,"height":1280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt27-teacher-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt27-teacher-257x300.png","medium-width":257,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt27-teacher-768x897.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":897,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt27-teacher-877x1024.png","large-width":877,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt27-teacher.png","1536x1536-width":1096,"1536x1536-height":1280,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt27-teacher.png","2048x2048-width":1096,"2048x2048-height":1280,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt27-teacher-1028x1200.png","post_full_size-width":1028,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt27-teacher-360x420.png","home_baner-width":360,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Exodus","chapter":"6","chapter_main_number":"56","date":"20251116","wall_id":"56"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"617","name":"Speaking","old_id":"1017"}]},{"order":5,"id":"46900","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"To Be Whole and Holy ","post_title":"To Be Whole and Holy","slug":"to-be-whole-and-holy","old_id":"46900","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":36663,"post_title":"Beth Kissileff","slug":"beth-kissileff","old_id":"36663","first_name":"Beth ","last_name":"Kissileff ","description":"Beth Kissileff is the editor of the anthology Reading Genesis (2016 - https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/reading-genesis-9780567381521), and the forthcoming Reading Exodus, and the author of the novel Questioning Return - https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Questioning-Return-Novel-Beth-Kissileff\/dp\/1942134231. \r\nHer journalism appears in many publications; she has taught most recently at the University of Pittsburgh. 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Being circumcised profoundly shapes our understanding of what it means to be a Jew.\u00a0 When Abraham wants a physical sign of his covenant with God he is told to \"circumcise the flesh of your foreskin\" (Genesis 17: 11). This week's portion Va'era contains an understanding of circumcision as not limited to the male sexual organ but as a state of being that is connected to speech.\u00a0 Elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible it is connected to the heart as well, but here Moses protests to God that he won't be capable of convincing Pharaoh to listen to him because, \"I am of uncircumcised lips\" (Exodus 6:12, 30).<\/p>\r\n

What is this peculiar expression conveying?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The word \"a-r-l\" for either \"foreskin\" or \"uncircumcised\" depending on whether it is literal or metaphorical appears 35 times in our Hebrew Bible and can mean \"sealed off\" \"uncircumcised\" or a \"fruit tree that has not yet produced its harvest,\" according to the Even-Shoshan concordance. It can refer to ears (Jeremiah 6:10), the heart (Leviticus 26:41, Jeremiah 9:25, Ezekiel 44:7, 9), and to non-Jews (Judges 14:3, I Samuel 17: 26, 36; Jeremiah 9:25 and others).<\/p>\r\n

So why does Moses see himself as of uncircumcised lips twice in trying to avoid the prophetic commission God is assigning him?<\/p>\r\n

The notion that these concepts share is being closed off to the world, covered over, sealed as Rashi astutely notes on 6:12. Circumcision is a process of opening oneself to the possibility of God's message.\u00a0 For Abraham it is part of his covenant and chance to be \"tamim\" (Genesis 17:1), \"complete.\" For Moses, if he is willing to convey God's message, he too will be whole, enabling both others and himself to be vessels for the possibility of liberation, not to assume that lips, hearts, ears or sexual organs must always remain impervious to messages of transformation and impermeable to the holy.<\/p>\r\n

That is why though circumcision is physical for men it is readily accessible to all Jews who can carry the metaphorical power of heart and lips that connect us to the message of God both for ourselves and to resist the Pharaohs in our world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":81258,"alt":"","title":"ps21-lips","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps21-lips.jpeg","width":534,"height":800,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps21-lips-150x150.jpeg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps21-lips-200x300.jpeg","medium-width":200,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps21-lips.jpeg","medium_large-width":534,"medium_large-height":800,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps21-lips.jpeg","large-width":534,"large-height":800,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps21-lips.jpeg","1536x1536-width":534,"1536x1536-height":800,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps21-lips.jpeg","2048x2048-width":534,"2048x2048-height":800,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps21-lips.jpeg","post_full_size-width":534,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps21-lips-280x420.jpeg","home_baner-width":280,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Parashat Va'era 5779","tile_main_caption":"To Be Whole and Holy","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"\"Circumcision\" is readily accessible to all Jews who can carry the power of heart and lips to resist the Pharaohs in our world","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":81258,"alt":"","title":"ps21-lips","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps21-lips.jpeg","width":534,"height":800,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps21-lips-150x150.jpeg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps21-lips-200x300.jpeg","medium-width":200,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps21-lips.jpeg","medium_large-width":534,"medium_large-height":800,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps21-lips.jpeg","large-width":534,"large-height":800,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps21-lips.jpeg","1536x1536-width":534,"1536x1536-height":800,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps21-lips.jpeg","2048x2048-width":534,"2048x2048-height":800,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps21-lips.jpeg","post_full_size-width":534,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ps21-lips-280x420.jpeg","home_baner-width":280,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"tile_link_for_pay":"0","send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Numbers","chapter":false,"chapter_main_number":false,"date":false,"wall_id":"1025"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"368","name":"Parasha","old_id":"768"}]},{"order":6,"id":"40962","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Biography, Divine and Human ","post_title":"Biography, Divine and Human","slug":"biography-divine-and-human","old_id":"40962","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":36423,"post_title":"Ari Hoffman","slug":"ari-hoffman","old_id":"36423","first_name":"Ari ","last_name":"Hoffman","description":"Ari Hoffman is a columnist for the Forward, where he writes about politics and culture. 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In 1995, the Jesuit-trained Jack Miles published the results of a years\u2019 long project to write the biography of the Author of the World. The Pulitzer Prize winning \"<\/span>God: A Biography\"\u00a0<\/span><\/i>is one of the great religious texts of our time. We know God only from His Books, and Miles charts how the Creator creates himself verse to verse and chapter to chapter. The God of the Tanach is not Milton\u2019s God, \u201calone from all eternity.\u201d His story is linked to our history; He is detectable in the firmament and discoverable in the family. We become His memories, even as He charts our futures.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This chapter features God drafting His own autobiography. His story is relational; it coheres in the tangle of revelations and desert-intimacies shown to the patriarchs. Crucially, He tells Moses that, in the words of the contemporary Italian writer Elena Ferrante, this will be the story of a new name. If the relationship with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob establishes continuity of character, the evolution in appellation signals a new chapter. This syncopated beat of sameness and differentiation is how we write ourselves into being. We are always the same, only a little bit different, which makes all the difference in the world. It rhymes with Proust\u2019s fundamental insight in \"\u00c0<\/em><\/span> la reserche du temps purdu<\/span><\/i>,\" namely that the self is an onion of multiple selves, all gummed together by the adhesives of memory and perhaps a madeleine here or there.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The self that is clacking these words out on a keyboard, and the One who speaks to Moses conjure themselves in the present not only by recourse to the past, but through invocation of the future. Covenant in the past, revelation in the moment, and redemption in the future. These are the Divine eruptions of personality, the data points that constellate into personhood. We, created in His image, find our story in His(tory) as we go about scribbling our way to fragile eternities.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Dr. Edward Bleiberg, Senior Curator of Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Brooklyn Museum<\/p>\r\n

Dr. Aaron Koller, Associate Professor of Near Eastern and Jewish Studies, Yeshiva University<\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"929 At The Museum","tile_main_caption":"Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian Roots of Monotheism","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":"","tile_preview_video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NUWbyw4T__M","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Exodus","chapter":"6","chapter_main_number":"56","date":"20251116","wall_id":"56"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"555","name":"Archaeology","old_id":"955"}]},{"order":8,"id":"40880","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Freedom Can Be Miraculous ","post_title":"Freedom Can Be Miraculous","slug":"freedom-can-be-miraculous","old_id":"40880","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":38439,"post_title":"Yael Shahar","slug":"yael-shahar","old_id":"38439","first_name":"Yael ","last_name":"Shahar","description":"Yael Shahar has spent most of her career in counter-terrorism and intelligence, with brief forays into teaching physics and astronomy. She now divides her time between researching trends in terrorism and learning Talmud with anyone who will sit still long enough.","short_description":"Yael Shahar divides her time between researching trends in terrorism and learning Talmud ","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":38455,"alt":"","title":"YaelShahar","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/YaelShahar-e1534967871366.png","width":634,"height":590,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/YaelShahar-e1534967871366-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/YaelShahar-e1534967871366-300x279.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":279,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/YaelShahar-768x796.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":796,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/YaelShahar-e1534967871366.png","large-width":634,"large-height":590,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/YaelShahar-e1534967871366.png","1536x1536-width":634,"1536x1536-height":590,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/YaelShahar-e1534967871366.png","2048x2048-width":634,"2048x2048-height":590,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/YaelShahar-e1534967871366.png","post_full_size-width":634,"post_full_size-height":590,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/YaelShahar-e1534967871366-451x420.png","home_baner-width":451,"home_baner-height":420}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"56","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"The emancipation will happen against the will of society and its leaders","post_main_content_content":"

\u201cI appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as El Shaddai, and I was not known to them by my name\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

And yet, earlier in the Torah, the Shem Hameforash<\/em> (the Tetragammaton) was used by the Patriarchs themselves. Why, then, does God here tell Moses that the Patriarchs did not know Him by that name?<\/p>\r\n

The answer is that the escape of the Israelites from slavery tells us something about learning from history. When oppression becomes institutionalized, it can become nearly impossible to break through stereotypes, bureaucratic apathy, and governmental obstinacy. For both Pharaoh and his people, it requires a miracle to shake them out of their habits and make them do the right thing.<\/p>\r\n

This is the solution to the paradox of God\u2019s name: at every major turning point, God tells Moses that Pharaoh will not listen to him, and will inevitably bring about the next escalation, until finally the results can no longer be reasoned away. By highlighting the institutionalization of the slavery, the eventual emancipation is shown for the miracle that it is.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cBy this you\u2019ll know I am Hashem\u201d\u2014by the fact that something will happen that could not normally come about in the natural course of things. A whole people will be freed from the iron grip of institutionalized slavery, not because the slave-holders have seen the error of their ways and not because the institution is no longer profitable. The emancipation will happen against the will of society and its leaders, long before social norms develop against slavery, and long before human rights organizations and lobbies exist that might fight the institution on its own ground. And yet, it will happen<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n

While the Patriarchs may have known God by the same name, it is through His direct intervention in Egypt\u2014an event that seems to go completely against the natural course of history\u2014that Israel as a people will learn to see God in the improbable and seemingly impossible.<\/p>\r\n

This lesson isn\u2019t confined to the generation of the Exodus; the same miracle is evident in the survival of Israel as a people through exile, persecution, and assimilation.<\/p>\r\n

This lesson in \u201cknowing God,\u201d taught by the seeming impossibility of the Egyptian emancipation is applicable to our own day, as we come out of another, much harsher and much longer exile. 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\u201cSo Moses told this to the Israelites but they did not listen to him, because their spirit was broken and because the labour was harsh<\/strong>.\u201d (Ex. 6:9)<\/p>\r\n

The emphasized phrase seems simple enough. The people did not listen to Moses because he had brought them messages from God before and they had done nothing to improve their situation. They were busy trying to survive day by day. They had no time for utopian promises that seemed to have no grounding in reality. Moses had failed to deliver in the past. They had no reason to think he would do so in the future. So far, so straightforward.<\/p>\r\n

But there is something more subtle going on beneath the surface. When Moses first met God at the burning bush, God told him to lead, and Moses kept refusing on the grounds that the people would not listen to him. He was not a man of words. He was slow of speech and tongue. He was a man of \u201cuncircumcised lips\u201d. He lacked eloquence. He could not sway crowds. He was not an inspirational leader.<\/p>\r\n

It turned out, though, that Moses was both right and wrong, right that they did not listen to him but wrong about why. It had nothing to do with his failures as a leader or a public speaker. In fact it had nothing to do with Moses at all. They did not listen \u201cbecause their spirit was broken and because the labour was harsh.\u201d In other words: if you want to improve people\u2019s spiritual situation, first improve their physical situation<\/strong>. That is one of the most humanising aspects of Judaism.<\/p>\r\n

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Said God to Moses: \u201cPharaoh will agree
\r\nAlthough he\u2019s stubborn now, he will relent
\r\nGo tell the people: \u2018God will set you free
\r\nAnd I, a nuisance now, am heaven-sent.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Now every clan of Israel had a head
\r\nReuben had four sons, and Shimon six
\r\nAnd Levi three \u2013 though we know where that led
\r\nTo Korach and to Amram. Politics!<\/p>\r\n

Amram wed Yocheved. She gave birth
\r\nTo Moses and to Aaron. Aaron wed
\r\nA gal named Elisheva\u2014know her worth!
\r\nTwo sons went bad. The others were well-bred.<\/p>\r\n

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In\u00a0Va\u2019era<\/em>, the story of the exodus begins in earnest, with an unprecedented series of divine interventions into history. Time and again plagues hit the Egyptians. Moses repeatedly asks Pharaoh to release the people. Repeatedly, Pharaoh refuses. An immense drama is taking place. All the power of imperial Egypt is powerless against the God of creation and redemption.<\/p>\r\n

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Family study materials on Parashat Va'era from \"Covenant and Conversation\"<\/a><\/p>\r\n

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In\u00a0parshat VaEra<\/em>\u00a0God continues to speak to Moshe through the burning thornbush. God tells him the plan for how Moshe will go with Aharon to Pharaoh to ask for\u00a0Bnei Yisrael<\/em>\u00a0to be freed. Moshe is still feeling a bit insecure about his ability to stand up to Pharaoh and be a leader to Bnei Yisrael.\u00a0Moshe doesn\u2019t have a choice in following God\u2019s orders, even when he insists he is not fit for the job. Or does he? The issue of free will is raised greatly in this parsha. Learn more,\u00a0download and print<\/a>\u00a0this week\u2019s Interactive Parsha Experience from Laura Marder and the Pardes Center of Jewish Educators for a family friendly learning experience.<\/p>\r\n

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\"And the Lord said unto Moses, 'Now will you see what I will do unto Pharaoh, for by a mighty hand shall he let you go and by a mighty hand shall he drive you out of his land.\" (Exodus 6:1)<\/p>\r\n

1. Blood<\/span>
\r\nBlood dyes the river;
\r\nOn red water float dead fish,
\r\nDead squid, dead eels, death.<\/p>\r\n

2. Frogs
\r\n<\/span>Swarms of bull-frogs croak
\r\nIn stoves, cribs, latrines, coffins;
\r\nEven rats shudder.<\/p>\r\n

3. Lice
\r\n<\/span>Adults and children
\r\nScratch their heads and groins in shame
\r\nWhile the idols fall.<\/p>\r\n

4. Insects
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\r\nRed ants and mosquitoes bite;
\r\nBedbugs rule Egypt.<\/p>\r\n

5. Livestock plague
\r\n<\/span>Stench of dead cattle
\r\nIn the temples of Hathor,
\r\nFormer cow-goddess.<\/p>\r\n

6. Boils<\/span>
\r\nBoils of pus rupture
\r\nOn the inflamed bodies of
\r\nSacred crocodiles.<\/p>\r\n

7. Hail<\/span>
\r\nSharp arrows of ice
\r\nIn barrage upon barrage
\r\nPierce pyramid walls.<\/p>\r\n

8. Locusts<\/span>
\r\nThe eye of heaven
\r\nBlackens as hordes of locusts
\r\nDevour all the green.<\/p>\r\n

9. Darkness<\/span>
\r\nIn deserted streets
\r\nHands of darkness suffocate
\r\nThe prostrate statues.<\/p>\r\n

10. The Slaying of the First-Born<\/span>
\r\nIn the golden cradle
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6:6,7 - Say, therefore, to the Israelite people: I am the LORD. I will free you from the labors, \"sivlot,<\/em>\" of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage\u2026<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>...And you shall know that I, the LORD, am your God who freed you from the labors, \"sivlot<\/em>,\" of the Egyptians.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The word of the day for chapter 5 was \u201c\u2018avodah<\/em>,\u201d work, or labor (but which can also mean serve, or worship). Today\u2019s word, \u201c<\/span>sivlot<\/span><\/em>\u201d<\/span> (sing. sevel<\/em>), is also translated here as labors, but is probably closer to \u201cburdens.\u201d The full Hebrew expression used in these verses is \u201cto take you out from under the sivlot<\/em>,\u201d so it connotes a very literal burden that the slaves are bearing. A sabal<\/em> is a porter, one who \u201cshleps\u201d weighty burdens for a living. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The singular \u201csevel<\/em>\u201d has come to mean \u201csuffering\u201d in general. This has given us an interesting family of words whose connections might not be obvious. The words \u201cpassive\u201d and \u201cpatience\u201d both go back to a Latin word for suffering (which also give us \u201cpassion\u201d), since both imply enduring trials without being willing or able to act. The Hebrew for these terms, from the root \u05e1-\u05d1-\u05dc, s-v-l<\/em>, \u00a0is \u201csavil<\/em>\u201d (\u201csvilut<\/em>\u201d = passivity) and \u201csavlanut<\/em>,\u201d respectively.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Modern Hebrew uses this root for two other terms as well. \u201cSibolet<\/em>,\u201d means \u201cendurance,\u201d usually of the physical kind, while \u00a0\u201csovlanut<\/em>\u201d (note the different first vowel from \u201csavlanut<\/em>\u201d) means \u201ctolerance,\u201d (\u201csovlan<\/em>\u201d = tolerant). While the idea of \u201csovlanut<\/em>\u201d is most definitely a social virtue, the connotations of both \u201ctolerance\u201d or \u201ctoleration\u201d and \u201csovlanut<\/em>\u201d (essentially to \u201csuffer\u201d others) are far from ideal or even inspiring. 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Chapter 6 takes us to a behind-the-scenes pep talk.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In this pep talk we'll hear, along with Moses, the plan for deliverance in detail - a plan to be implemented in several stages:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. \u00a0Ending slavery in Egypt: \"And I will remove you from under the burdens of Egypt and deliver you from their bondage and deliver you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments\" (6:6).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Making a covenant: \"And I will take you as My nation and I will be your God and you will know that I am the Lord your God\" (6:7).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Returning to Canaan: \"And I will bring you to the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob...\" (6:8).<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    Encouraging, isn't it? But when Moses tries to convey this message to the people - \"but they would not listen to Moses due to their lack of spirit and their grueling labor\" (6:9). Natural but tough.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Another peek behind the scenes of the story - a listing of the family tree of Moses and Aaron. So we know exactly where the tribe of Levi comes from. A good family, all in all.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Points to ponder:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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    1. The Forefathers<\/b>. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are mentioned twice: in Verse 3, God speaks of their relationship, and in Verse 8, God promises to keep His promise to the forefathers and give the Promised Land to the Israelites.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    2. God's name<\/b>. According to Verse 6 there's something new here. God revealed Himself to the forefathers as \"El Shaddai.\" In the revelation in this chapter God has a new name!<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    3. Different words for deliverance<\/b>. A series of verbs in the Divine plan (verses 6-8) represent four different words for redemption (the number four is an important element of the Passover Seder - four cups of wine, four sons, four questions...): \"And I will remove you,\" \"and I will rescue you,\" \"and I will deliver you,\" \"and I will take you\" - and a fifth: \"and I will bring you.\"<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    4. Women in the family tree<\/b>. Two women are mentioned by name and one by her nickname: Jocheved, Amram's aunt whom he married (6:20), Elisheva Bat-Aminadav, sister of Nachshon, who married Aaron (6:22), and... \"the Canaanite woman,\" mother of Saul, son of Simon (6:15). 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