Pharaoh recognizes God

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1. "And They Shall Know That I Am The Lord" - The Seven Plagues in Parashat Va'era

   Haftarot: Va'era

   Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein

   The parasha and haftara both point to a dual purpose for the plagues. One purpose is Pharaoh's recognition of God, and the second is Pharaoh's recognition that God intervenes in the natural world.

2. Two Groups of Plagues: The Difference Between Va'era and Bo

   Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein

   The division of the plagues between Parshat Va'era and Parshat Bo is very significant, representing the different goals of each set of plagues.  In Parshat Va'era, the struggle between Moshe and Pharaoh relates to the recognition of God, and it is toward this objective that the plagues are directed.  In Parshat Bo, on the other hand, the goal of the plagues is to take Israel out of Egypt. By examining these two goals alongside the haftarot of the two parshiot, we can understand these distinctions in a much deeper way, and appreciate the destiny of Israel as a nation that it will not be utterly destroyed, but rather that it will survive as God's people.

3. Who is Targeted by the Theological Display of the Plagues in Egypt?

   Dr. Brachi Elitzur

   Moshe must lead the nation in a process of building faith in God, and the means that was chosen in order to fulfill this theological mission is Pharaoh. Pharaoh's starting point, his stubbornness, and his refusal to view the wonders that are occurring before his very eyes as proof of the existence of a God who rules over creation, are what make him a perfect model for the building of the nation's faith, layer by layer. Pharaoh's gradual acknowledgment of God leads to a parallel process of the building of faith amongst his spectators - Am Yisrael.

4. Parshat Miketz - A Crisis of Dreams

   Rabbi Chanoch Waxman | 33 minutes

   We will be discussing the beginning of Mikketz. Pharaoh’s dreams and their lack of solution is the key to the story. This parasha is the story of the initial lack of solution and the eventual resolution of that crisis. Phaaoh ultimately cedes control to Yosef the Hebrew.

   It is not just Yosef who recognizes God, but Pharaoh who recognizes God- which conjures up the idea of Shemot in the reader's mind. This story foreshadows who is really in charge in Egypt - and it is appropriate that it appears here, at the very beginning of the Exodus story.