Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Bo - Beshalach

1) Locusts
a) Warning of locusts
b) Execution of locusts

2) Darkness

3) Preparation for the Exodus
a) Request for gold, etc.
b) Warning of final plague
c) Hardening of heart
d) Commands related to Pesach

4) Prologue to Exodus
a) Moshe repeats commands to people
b) Execution of plague, collection of gold, etc.

5) Exodus

6) Epilogue to Exodus
a) Law of Pesach
b) Exodus

7) Sanctification of firstborns, Pesach of future generations

8)
a) Redemption of firstborn and telling of Exodus
b) Travel in desert

9) Confrontation at sea

10) Confounding in sea

11) Destruction of Egypt

12) Song at sea

13) Post-sea
a) Miriam's song
b) Marah
c) Elim and Midbar Sin
d) Manna

14) Provision of food
a) Execution of manna and quail
b) Commands of manna

15) Massah and Merivah
16) War with Amalek
17) Eternalization of war

The first parsha describes the plague of locusts.

The second describes the plague of darkness.

The third introduces the final plague and also describes the Paschal offering which will provide a merit for the Jews to escape this plague.

The fourth describes the execution of the instructions given within the third parsha, while the fifth describes the Exodus itself.

The sixth parsha sums up the section of the Paschal offering by quickly running through some laws regarding who may eat it.

The seventh introduces the holiness of the firstborn and the concept of Pesach l'doros. The eighth reiterates these ideas, specifically focusing on the concepts of redeeming the firstborn and telling over the story of the Exodus to one's children. Tefillin is tacked on to the end of each section, while the eighth continues by describing the Jews leaving Egypt and the Egyptians pursuing them.

The ninth parsha describes the two nations arriving at the Sea, the tenth describes the beginning of the punishment of the Egyptians, and the eleventh describes the decimation of the Egyptian army.

The twelfth contains the Song of the Sea.

The thirteenth starts with the Song of Miriam, which is set apart from the Song of Moses, and continues with the station-to-station drama of the Jews as they move from Marah to Elim to Midbar Sin not knowing what to expect. Finally, they are promised the manna, which represents a different type of faith in God. The manna falls in the 14th parsha, as does the quail.

The 15th describes Massah uMerivah, a different paradigm than Marah or manna.
The 16th describes the war against Amaleik, while the 17th states that the war against Amaleik has not nearly reached its conclusion.

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