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Rosner’s Torah-Talk: Parashat Va’era with Rabbi Craig Marantz

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January 12, 2018

Rabbi Craig Marantz is the senior Rabbi at Emanuel Congregation in Chicago. Rabbi Marantz has over 17 years as a Jewish educator and congregational leader. A native of Los Angeles, CA Rabbi Marantz has Master’s degrees from Stanford and The Reform College.

The week’s Torah portion- Parashat Va’era (Exodus 6:2-9:35)- features Moses and Aaron’s appearance before Pharaoh, their showdown with Pharaoh’s sorcerers, and the first seven plagues of Egypt. Our discussion focuses, among other things, on the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart and on the enigmatic question regarding God’s role in it.

 

 

You can watch previous conversations on this parsha with:

Rabbi Daniel Brenner

Rabbi Edwin Goldberg

Rabbi Adam Kligfeld

Rabbi William Cutter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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