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The Truth Pharaoh Didn’t Want Exposed | Parsha Perspectives | Va'era 5786

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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

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Good morning. Welcome back to para perspectives for today. Great to be together and learn para's the continuation of our new story. The curtain came down on the birth of our family. We've begun the story of the birth of our nation. We continue to grow and to be formed as a nation to find a way to feel unity and aus and to be on this journey of redemption together as a nation. And the stories the parishes that we're reading are not only pieces and lessons of history. We're not simply recalling part of the past. It is a of uncle Lester Friedman for the fua of Albas ya Fredo have a complete refu and feldman commemoration of her mother's 47th year at St. Miriam Yehuda should have an aliyah and we'll also dedicate our learning there are many yites today notably among them today is theite we'll try to quote some Torah from the yardite they all share the same today so we'll see if we get into it page 318 in the see if we get into it page 318 in the earth scroll stone and let's begin and it should and jump out to you from the opening. Who spoke to Moshe? Elohim, the name for God of Elohim. And what did he say? Hashem. The shift from Elohim to Hashem. We know Elohim represents Mid and Hashem is said two different names, different names or different descriptions, different aspects of Hashem. Why the different aspects of Hashem. Why the shift and why the change in these names? What's going on? And then what does he reveal? And he lets Moshe know that I appeared previously to but my name which name I did not make myself known to them. Why so negative? Hashem wants to let Moshe know that he revealed previously to the

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