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Rosner’s Torah Talk: Parshat Shemot with Rabbi Richard Rheins

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Shmuel Rosner

December 28, 2018

Rabbi Richard Rheins is the Senior Rabbi of Temple Sinai in Denver, Colorado. He is in his thirtieth year as an ordained Rabbi. He has served as the President of the Rocky Mountain Rabbinic Council (Colorado), President of the Pittsburgh Rabbinic Association, and President of the Monroeville (PA) Interfaith Alliance. In addition, Rabbi Rheins continues to serve on many organizational boards including the National Executive Council of AIPAC. More about him here.

This week’s Torah Portion – Parashat Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1) – features the beginning of the epic story of Moses and the exodus from Egypt. The portion features a description of the oppression of the people of Israel by Pharaoh, the birth of Moses, his flee to Midian, the story of the burning bush, and Moses’ return to Egypt. Our discussion focuses on Israel leaving in the Diaspora of Egypt.

 

 

Previous Torah Talks on Shemot

Rabbi Amy Eilberg

Rabbi Nina Mandel

Rabbi Sybil Sheridan

Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin

Rabbi Sharon Sobel

 

 

 

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