General Introduction
Basic Ideas
Historical Background
Laws and Customs
Sources
Activities
Educational Aims
1. The Book of Exodus:
(a) 1:1-7 Emigration of Israel to Egypt.
(b) 1:8-22 Pharaoh's decrees.
(c) 2:1 to 7:7 Birth of Moses and his mission.
2. The Book of the Aggadah (by Bialik and Ravnitzky)
§19, pg.43 Jacob's emigration to Egypt.
§4, pg.43 Israel in Egypt.
§5, pg.47 The cry of the Children of Israel (to God).
§8, pg.49 The hardships of slavery.
3. Midrash Aggadah
(a) Exodus Rabbah 1,10.
(b) Yalkut Shimoni Exodus 1, 247 162.
4. Studies in Shemot - Exodus (by Prof. Nehama Leibowitz)
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