In this week's Torah portion, God promises Moses the land of Israel
for his people. Moses freaks out and says he can't do it because of a
speech impediment. God tells Moses Aaron will be there and that when he
gets to Egypt God will harden Pharaoh's heart and God will show him that he means business. Moses meets up with Aaron and they meet Pharaoh. He doesn't believe them so Aaron turns his staff into a snake. The Egyptians do it too but theirs are swallowed by Aaron's staff. Pharaoh is
uninformed. Then the plagues start. Blood fills the Nile, then the frogs
come. Pharaoh wants them gone so Moses and God make all the frogs die. God
hardens Pharaoh's heart and Pharaoh gets mad about having dead frogs. After the
frogs come the lice, then the wild beasts come, then animals die, then boils, then hail. The parshah ends with the seventh plague.
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