When the Angel Attacked Moses

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So good morning. Um let us begin with the um para this week. The para this week is um Shimote the um or schmos which is the first para of the book of Exodus. So we're already in book two. Um, and this opens up with Shimote means the names. The names of the the Torah lists the names of the children of Israel that came down to Egypt, but they're growing. Joseph and his brothers all die. And now Joseph and his brothers all die. And now there's a whole new generation. But there originally were 70 people that came down, but they're growing very, very, very quickly. And the Egyptians are getting worried that they are going to soon become larger than them. And they say um Safari says let us um be wise and the figure out a way to make them um shrink in size or not threaten us. They felt threatened by them. And by the way, all anti-semites somehow always feel threatened by Jews. Um they always claim victimhood. Um including that goes claim victimhood. Um including that goes throughout history. But next week we're going to do a class. We'll talk more in detail about anti-semitism. Um so Pharaoh um enslaves Israel and um makes them forces them to build cities for him and make bricks for him. And then he calls on the Jewish midwives, asks them to kill all the um Hebrew boys that are born um allowing the girls to live, but they do not listen. And um Pharaoh then

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9. 37:57important to tell us, although it left it somewhat cryptic, but it teaches us a number…
10. 42:34point out. A second important lesson that I think we see in this story is the…

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