BGMCTV Parash 14 Va'eira “I Appeared” Sh’mot (Exodus) 6:2-9:35

BGMCTV Sh'mot/Exodus Va’era 6:2–9:35

THE FIRST SIGN WAS NOT THE WATER TURNING TO BLOOD, BUT THE STAFF TURNING INTO A SNAKE. WHAT WAS THE REASON MOSHE STAFF TURNED INTO A SNAKE?

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

YEHOVAH 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.

Moses and Aaron repeatedly come before Pharaoh to demand in the name of YEHOVAH, “Let My people go, so that they may serve Me in
the wilderness.” Pharaoh repeatedly refuses. Aaron’s staff turns into a snake and swallows the magic sticks of the Egyptian sorcerers.
YEHOVAH then sends a series of plagues upon the Egyptians. The waters of the Nile turn to blood; swarms of frogs overrun the land; lice infest
all men and beasts. Hordes of wild animals invade the cities; a pestilence kills the domestic animals; painful boils afflict the Egyptians.
For the seventh plague, fire and ice combine to descend from the skies as a devastating hail. Still, “the heart of Pharaoh was hardened and
he would not let the children of Israel go, as YEHOVAH had said to Moses.”

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