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Batya, Daughter of Pharoh: Coincidence or Rebel? – Parsha Nosher
Parashat Shmot, the first parsha in the book of Shmot (every book bears the same name as the first parsha), begins the story of how we turned from a family, then a tribe, into a People.
Although Moshe’s infancy is depicted here, we must always remember that Moshe, though a great teacher (the likes of him never was again), was the MEANS through which G-d took us out of Egypt.
It is for this reason that the Passover Haggada focuses on G-d and the miracles He performed for us. We retell the story of the Exodus at that time every year, but Moshe is largely absent from the Hagadda.
Furthermore, though we know where many of our matriarchs and patriarchs are buried (though they were buried hundreds of years before the exodus), the location of Moshe’s body was deliberately lost, so as to avoid temptation to worship him.
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