Torah Classes

Chp. 16 verse 27 - Chp. 17: Hashem questions Moshe about the peoples' sincerity. They name the heavenly food "mann" and Moshe puts some in a jar to be saved for eternity. Chp. 17, the people travel to Rephidim and they demand that Moshe give them water. Hashem instructs Moshe to hit the rock and it would give forth water. They call the place Massah and Meribah. Amalek comes and attacks the nation. Moshe tells Yehoshua to take men and battle with them and he defeats them. Hashem tells Moshe about the command to wipe out the memory of Amalek.

Chp. 15 verse 26 - Chp. 16 verse 27: Chp. finishes with their stay at Elim. Chp. 16, from Elim they reach the wilderness of Sin. The people complain about a lack of food. Hashem tells Moshe to tell the people that He will have it rain Mann from heaven everyday except Shabbos when they will receive a double portion. Hashem would give them quail in the evening and mann in the morning. They were instructed not to leave over any mann for the morning and if they did it would turn to worms and maggots and stink, not everyone obeyed. On the sixth day they saw that they had a double portion and Moshe then instucted them about Shabbos. He told that the mann would not fall on Shabbos but some people still went out to collect but none was found.

Chp. 15 verses 5 - 26: continues with the verses of the " awz yashir." After the men finish singing, Miriam and the women sing separately. They travel to Marah where Moshe sweetens the bitter waters. Moshe then instructs them, that if they follow the will of G-d then they would be protected from all the diseases that were brought upon the Egyptians.

Chp. 14 verse 23 - Chp. 15 verse 5: The Egyptians pursue the poeple into the sea. Hashem commands Moshe to stretch forth his hand over the sea and the waters covered the Egyptians. Chp. ends with the famous phrase found in the daily morning prayer about faith in G-d and believing in Moshe His servant. Chp. 15, continues with the "awz yashir" the Jewish nation singing praise to G-d for saving them.

Chp. 14 verses 5 - 22: Pharaoh harnesses his own chariot and gathers his army to destroy the Jewish nation. The people are terrified when they see the Egyptians. They complain to Moshe and there are different approaches as what to do. He assures them that this would be the last time that they would see the Egyptians. They spend the night with the Egyptian army at their back separated by the cloud. Moshe stretches forth his hand and the waters are divided, and the Jewish nation enters the sea.

Chp. 13 verse 17 - Chp. 14 verse 5: Pharaoh escorts the people out of Egypt. They travel into the wilderness, with the cloud leading them during the day and the pillar of fire at night. Chp. 14, begins with Hashem instructing Moshe to return the people back towards Egypt so that Pharaoh would chase them into the wilderness for his final punishment.

Chp. 13 verse 14-16: Discourse on the laws and meaning of the mitzvah of tefillin.

Chp. 12 verse 43 - Chp. 13 verse 14: More laws about the Pesach. Chp. 13, describes the sanctification of the firstborn of man or animal. The law of telling your son about the redemption from Egypt, haggadah. The laws of Tefillin. The laws of redeeming the firstborn donkey with a sheep, and the simple sons question.

Chp. 12 verses 19 -42: Finishes off the laws of Pesach. Then the command about the blood as a sign, and a final command for the holiday to be celebrated forever. The description of the plague of the firstborn, and the Jews departure from Egypt. Then they traveled from Rameses to Succoth.

Chp. 11 verse 9 - chp. 12 verse 19: Chp. 11 ends with Hashem explaining to Moshe that Pharaoh would not listen "in order to multiply My wonders in the land of Egypt." Chp. 12 begins with the first Mitzvah given to the Jewish people, sanctifying the New Moon. Next the command to take a sheep on the tenth of the month and tie it to their bedpost, and all the commandments connected with it, for then and for the future.