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Learning & Values Parshah (Weekly Torah) Shemot - Exodus

Parshat Va'era

Exodus 6:2-9:35

AUDIO CLASSES

Va'eira: The Slow Unraveling

Vaeira traces the slow unraveling of a world that can no longer endure, and asks what it takes to...

By Baila Olidort

PARSHAH FOCUS

Did the Egyptians Actually Practice Magic?

The plain reading of the text certainly implies that they did.

By Mordechai Rubin

AUDIO CLASSES

The Process of Breaking Free

Through the events preceding the Exodus we learn how to break free from our own negative habits and...

By Chana Weisberg

WEEKLY SERMONETTE

Of Mortals and Superheroes

To have believed that Moses was a celestial being would not have been implausible.

By Yossy Goldman

GUEST COLUMNISTS

How Much Is G-d Involved in Our Lives?

Our journey has value—not merely as a means to a greater end, but in and of itself.

By Katia Bolotin

GUEST COLUMNISTS

Staff, Serpent and Scattered Sparks

What’s the significance of the staff turning into a serpent, then back to a staff, and swallowing...

By Aharon Loschak

Va'eira Texts & Summaries

Va'era Audio Recording

Va'era Interactive Torah Trainer

Va'eira Text-Based Learning

Va'era In Depth

Kehot Chumash

Va'era Torah Reading

Va'eira Parshah Study

Chassidic Masters

Parshah Halachah

Text-Based Learning

From the Rebbe's Talks

Parshah Focus

Kabbalah on the Parshah

Daily Wisdom

Parshah Columnists - Va'eira

Reflections on the Parshah

Video

Baby Basket Gridlock on the Nile

How Warm Is Your Blood?

A Sense of Gratitude

How a Young Boy Saved His Sister from the Nazis

Va’eira - Blood and Frogs

Torah in Ten: Va'eira

Moses: The Speechless Leader!

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Audio

Va'eira Audio Classes

Time for Torah: Va'era

Parshah Thought: Va'eira

The Personal Parshah: Va'eira

Va’eira – Moses Becomes the Leader

Parshah Insight: Vaeira

Torah Gems - Parshah Va'eira

Va'eira: The Slow Unraveling

Baby Basket Gridlock on the Nile

Va'era Crossword

Va'eira Q & A

Living with the Parsha

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Haftarah

Va'era Haftorah: Hebrew and English

Haftorah in a Nutshell

Haftorah Audio Recording: Va'era

On the Haftarah: Action Is the Main Thing

Va’era Haftarah Companion

Readings for Va'era

Shevat 1, 5787

January 9, 2027

First Torah:

Va'eira: Exodus 6:2 - 9:35

Second Torah:

Shabbat Rosh Chodesh: Numbers 28:9-15

Haftarah:

Isaiah 66:1-24; Isaiah 66:23

Va'era in a Nutshell

The name of the Parshah, "Va’era," means "and I appeared" and it is found in Exodus 6:3.

G‑d reveals Himself to Moses. Employing the “four expressions of redemption,” take out the Children of Israel from Egypt, deliver them from their enslavement, redeem them, and acquire them as His own chosen people at “Mount Sinai”; He will then bring them to the land He promised to the Patriarchs as their eternal heritage.

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