Parashat Va'era: Table of Contents
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CONTENTS
  • Midrash / מִדְרָשׁ
  1. Why does Moshe give Pharaoh such a long and detailed warning before the plague of hail?
  2. Throughout the story, the second plague is described as frogs—in plural. Why is there a verse that switches to the singular word: the frog?
  3. What was Pharaoh doing at the river in the morning?
  • Commentary / פַּרְשָׁנוּת
  1. Was it fair that God hardened Pharaoh’s heart?
  2. What was God's command for Benei Yisrael?
  3. What does it mean to know God?
  • Halakhah / הֲלָכָה
  1. How do the four cups of grape juice we drink at the Seder relate to the parashah?
  2. Where to pray?
  • A Moment of Hebrew / רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית​​​​​​
  1. Shoresh שֹׁרֶשׁ נ.ג.פ
  2. Shoresh שֹׁרֶשׁ א.ב.ק
  • Prayer in the Parashah /תְּפִלָּה
  1. When are prayers answered immediately and when are they answered after a while?
  2. Asher Yatzar, the prayer said after using the bathroom