In this episode we cover these topics:

Introduction to the Book of Shemos:

Titles of the book

Overview of Shemos

This week's parsha:

A large, growing, Jewish population

The paradoxically direct relationship between population affliction and population growth

The incremental development of the Egyptian enslavement and persecution of the Jews

Rav Soloveitchik: Women lead the Jewish people at a crucial point in their history

The qualities that made Moshe the ultimate Jewish leader

Curious parallels in the lives of the Patriarchs, Matriarchs, and Moshe and Tzipora

Rav Soloveitchik: The two messages of the Burning Bush and that no Jew ever be excluded (Hat tip to Aaron Rosen for pointing this out to me many years ago)

Asking permission from your father-in-law

Summary of the end of the parsha