Shemot 8: The Elders Slipped Out One by One

Nehama Leibowitz

1993

The whole of chapter three and part of four are taken up with the Divine call to Moses, his preparations for undertaking the mission, the overcoming of all his hesitations, from the historic promise of: “I shall be with thee” to his finally being invested with the power to perform signs and miracles. The chapter opens at the moment Moses and Aaron…

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Nehama Leibowitz

1905–1997

Nehama Leibowitz was a biblical scholar and interpreter. Born in Latvia, she grew up in Berlin and immigrated to Israel in 1930. A professor at Tel Aviv University, Leibowitz was also renowned for her classes on the weekly Torah portion that were broadcast on the radio. Her commentaries on Torah readings were published in their entirety and she received the Israel Prize in 1956.

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