{"id":6837,"date":"2025-01-12T13:18:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T19:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=6837"},"modified":"2025-01-19T18:10:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T00:10:53","slug":"parashat-shemot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/parashat-shemot\/","title":{"rendered":"Parashat Shemot (podcast)&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-375 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/dafli-125.jpg?resize=125%2C125&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/Scripture\/Torah\/Shemot\/shemot.html\">Book of Exodus<\/a> (\u05e1\u05b5\u05e4\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea) begins directly where the book of Genesis left off, by listing the \u201cnames\u201d (shemot) of the descendants of Jacob who came down to Egypt to dwell in the land of Goshen. Over time Jacob\u2019s family flourished and multiplied so greatly that the new king of Egypt \u2013 who did not \u201cremember\u201d Joseph \u2013 regarded the Israelites as a political threat and decided to enslave them.<\/p>\n<p>When the king\u2019s oppression did not curb their growth, however, he commanded the Hebrew midwives to kill all newborn Jewish boys. When the midwives refused to obey, however, the Pharaoh decreed that all newborn boys were to be forcibly drowned in the Nile river.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6849\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/exod1-1a-analysis.jpg?resize=600%2C543&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/exod1-1a-analysis.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/exod1-1a-analysis.jpg?resize=300%2C272&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/exod1-1a-analysis.jpg?resize=210%2C190&amp;ssl=1 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In this audio summary, I discuss the first portion of the Book of Exodus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hebrew4christians.com\/Scripture\/Parashah\/Summaries\/Shemot\/shemot.html\">parashat Shemot<\/a>, as well as the significance of the secular New Year and our approach to understanding the holidays in general.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parashat Shemot Podcast:<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6837-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/shavuah-tov-Shemot.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/shavuah-tov-Shemot.mp3\">https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/shavuah-tov-Shemot.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2884\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/shemot.jpg?resize=980%2C735&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/shemot.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/shemot.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/shemot.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/shemot.jpg?resize=210%2C158&amp;ssl=1 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/Scripture\/Parashah\/Summaries\/Shemot\/ShabbatTableTalkPage-Shemot.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parashat Shemot Table Talk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/Scripture\/Parashah\/Summaries\/Shemot\/shemot.html\">Parashat Shemot Summary<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00ad<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Book of Exodus (\u05e1\u05b5\u05e4\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea) begins directly where the book of Genesis left off, by listing the \u201cnames\u201d (shemot) of the descendants of Jacob who came down to Egypt to dwell in the land of Goshen. Over time Jacob\u2019s family flourished and multiplied so greatly that the new king of Egypt \u2013 who did [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-h4c-podcast","category-torah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6837"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6852,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6837\/revisions\/6852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}