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Va’eira / וָאֵרָא

And G-d spoke to Moshe (Moses) and said to him: I am G-d. And I appeared to Avraham (Abraham), to Yitzkhak (Isaac), and Ya’akov (Jacob), as “El Shaddai” but I did not make myself known to them by my name, Hashem.Vayedaber El-kim el Moshe vayomer eilav: ani Asoshem. Va’eira el Avraham, el Yitzkhak, ve-el Ya’akov, be’eil shadai, ushmi Hashem, lo noda’ati lahem.וַיְדַבֵּר אֱלֹ-ים אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֲנִי הֹ’׃
וָאֵרָא אֶל־אַבְרָהָם אֶל־יִצְחָק וְאֶל־יַעֲקֹב בְּאֵל שַׁדָּי וּשְׁמִי ה’ לֹא נוֹדַעְתִּי לָהֶם׃

Moses and Aaron Approach Pharoah

Aaron, to show proof of the message comes from G-d, follows G-d’s instructions and throws down his staff,

which turns into a snake.

Pharaoh’s magicians show they can do the same.

But even when Aaron’s snake eats theirs,

Pharaoh refuses to let us go to the desert to worship G-d. The 10 plagues follow…


Blood (1st plague)

with dead fish floating on top

(tomato soup with floating dead “fish”)

(blood, and water turning to blood, with candy fish)

Frog (2nd plague)

Lice (3rd plague)