Moshe in the Nile

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1. The River and the Redeemer (Audio)

   Rabbi Chanoch Waxman | 12 minutes

   The Torah tells the story of Moshe's infancy in detail, yet skips his formative years and moves straight to his adulthood stories of rescuing others from injustice. This shiur explores the significance of Moshe’s infancy narrative, emphasizing the textual and symbolic connections between Moshe's Israelite birth mother and his Egyptian adoptive mother (Pharaoh's daughter).

2. The River and the Redeemer

   Rabbi Chanoch Waxman

   The Torah tells the story of Moshe's infancy in detail, yet skips his formative years and moves straight to his adulthood stories of rescuing others from injustice. This shiur explores the significance of Moshe’s infancy narrative, emphasizing the textual and symbolic connections between Moshe's Israelite birth mother and his Egyptian adoptive mother (Pharaoh's daughter).

3. Rashbam

   Part 1

   Dr. Avigail Rock

   Rashbam displays a great deal of respect towards his grandfather, Rashi, having learnt a great deal from him, but this does not prevent him from arguing on his views. The Rashbam’s commentaries are original and creative; his avoidance of Midrashic material allows him to look at the verse in an innovative, direct way.

   The nature of Rashbam’s commentary makes the following assumptions:

   • The commentaries prior to him, including his grandfather Rashi, might have thought that they were explaining the verses in accordance with the peshat, their commentaries do not express the simple meaning of the verse.
   • The “enlightened” are those who study Tanakh without relying on any Midrashic material.
   • The Rashbam’s pursuit of pure peshat does not take away from his regard for the Sages’ traditions, which are reliable and valid. The data derived from the derash is more important than the data derived from peshat.
   • Nonetheless, the peshat maintains an independent significance.
   • Both the Peshat and the Derash are true readings of the Torah.

   The principles of Peshat according to Rashbam include:

   • Taking into account common sense, logic and nature.
   • A verse must be understood as part of the general context in which it is placed and as being integrated in the sequence of verses in which it is found.
   • The peshat of Tanakh should be understood on its own, without consulting any external information; all data must be either explicit in the text or implicit in human logic or accepted practice.

   Rashbam’s Rules for Understanding the Biblical Lexicon include:

   • Synonyms are used in juxtaposition to each other without alluding to a different meaning to each word.
   • When the Torah introduces a passage with “And it was at that time,” it is an expression which comes to tell us that this event is closely tied to the previous event.

4. Shmot: If Midrash is Real, Why Isn't It Peshat?

   Rabbi David Fohrman |

   Welcome the book of Exodus! In this video, we explore the strange midrash in which the arm of Pharaoh's daughter stretched through the river to fetch Moses. Why do the Sages tell us such an odd story? Rabbi Fohrman argues that we need to put ourselves into the eyes of Pharaoh's daughter, and help us see that when we want to achieve something, God will help us find a way to do it.

    

    

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5. Beshalach: What Does It Mean to Have Faith?

   Rabbi David Fohrman |

   After crossing the Sea of Reeds, the nation of Israel sings a song of thanksgiving - but curiously, Miriam then leads the women of the nation in a second song. Why? In this video, Rabbi Fohrman explores a famous midrash about the birth of Moses and explains what it means to truly have faith.

    

    

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6. Parshat Shemot Part 2: Moshe: Birth and Maturation

   Dr. Yael Ziegler | 35 minutes

   Shemot perek 2 introduces us to Moshe and his maturation from a young child to an adult. We see him grappling with the immorality he witnesses, and striving to forge a sense of identity as a universal arbiter of justice. 

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