Sh’mot (Exodus 1:1−6:1)
This Week’s Torah Portion: Sh’mot (Exodus 1:1−6:1)
“We are family (Hey, y’all)
I got all my siblings with me …”
In Genesis, we were a family. In Exodus, we are called for the first time a People. No longer just a family, we became a Nation.
From the beginning of our story, with God’s promise to Abraham, “I will make you into a great nation” to the first time we are called a People, being Jewish is much more than a faith and a religion. Being Jewish is being part of a people, part of the people of Israel.