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Torah Reading: Exodus 6:2-9:35
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Torah Reading: Exodus 6:2-9:35
This Torah Portion begins with the Lord commanding Moses and Aaron to go back to Pharaoh and order him to let the people of Israel go. The rest of the Torah Portion tells of the first seven plagues that God sent upon Egypt because of Pharaoh’s persistent refusal to obey God’s will.
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The difficulties that we endure in this life are sometimes so painful that we feel stuck in unending sorrow. Many of us have been through tragedies that have left us with a crushing despair, which years later turns into a continuous dull ache that never leaves. We become despondent and therefore reluctant to believe that God could heal us.