5780-11-Parashat Va’eira

After the opening of the book of Exodus last week, with the parasha of Shemot, we are reading the second parasha in Exodus, Va’eira. At first glance, it looks like what happens next will be very simple. After many years of slavery in Egypt, the time has come. G-d is all-powerful so he can easily take the people out of Egypt. What is standing in the way of this revolution of leaving Egypt? Well, it’s not just Pharaoh and the Egyptians who stand in the way; it’s the Jewish people, too.