Bo - 6th Portion

Join me as we learnish for Friday Pares Voy which is chapter 12 verse 29. In yesterday's Torah reading, we read where Moshe and Aaron told the Jewish people the commandments that God told them in preparation for the Pascal offering and what they need to do and how the Jewish people went to prepare and get ready in following God's command. Today, we go back to see what's happening on the Egyptian side as the plague of the firstborn begins. Verse 29. And it was exactly as midnight struck in the 15th of Nissan. Hashem and God struck down every firstborn of Egypt from the firstborn of Pharaoh sitting on the throne and told the firstborn who of the prisoners in the dungeon that were in the dungeon and all firstborn animals. And Rashi says every time it says and God and the heavenly tribunal the is always adding something like mister and so and so every firstborn from here every firstborn even any other person any nation any other nation that was in Egypt was also struck by the firstborn by the plague. What does it mean from the firstborn of Pharaoh? That Pharaoh himself was the firstborn. He was the only one that remained alive from all the firstborns. And that's why it says before because of this I allowed you to live that God should be able to show off and show him his strength. And therefore he also stated later on by the yams by the sea of reeds that he should be able to see the splitting of the sea and the destruction of Egypt. Why those in captivity? Because they were rejoicing to the suffering of the Jewish people. Therefore they also were were struck and had a plague. Another thing as we mentioned before, they should not say that the diety of Egypt is what punished Egypt because they put them in prison and therefore they also were struck to show that they were part of the Egyptians that were getting the plague. And so too, we know this from the firstborn of the maid servants as well. And he goes through all the different levels from the top which was from Pharaoh going to the ones in captivity as well as the ones of the maidservant and each one in their level. Verse 30 Pharaoh got up from his bed at the night him and all the servants and all of Egypt. There was a great outcry in Egypt for there was no house that there was not someone dead there. Where did he get up from? And he toss it from his bed. Laya at night not like the kings who we know are able to sleep in. There's nothing for them to rush. They get up at the third hour in the day. Whoa. He first got up and afterwards his servants. comes to teach us that he was going around waking up the servants. Do you know what's going on? It's crazy what's happening here. Does in every house was there a firstborn? Yes. If there was a firstborn, then the firstborn died. But if there was no firstborn in that home, the oldest in the home is called the firstborn. As it says, I also consider him as a firstborn. Another explanation is the oldest. What happened was that over here technically the Egyptian women were promiscuous and therefore had multiple children from different men from men that weren't married. So therefore they had multiple firstborns from different men and therefore you can have five firstborns to one woman woman called because each one was a firstborn to his father and each one of them and that's why it says in every home all the firstborns were dying you knew who this woman was how many firstborns were in that home and Pharaoh goes and calls to Mo called out motion lia all night said get up get out from our nation all the entire Jewish people and go and serve God as you said as you said comes to tell that Rashi was going around looking around where can I find Moses and all the kids were teasing him and telling him to go which Where's Aaron? Where's Moshe? He was in the dark. He had no idea where Mosha and Aaron lived the children as well. Like you said, not like I said, like the way you chose to do it. You can take your cattle and everything that you said. Now, whatever I said is nullified that it won't go. Get rid of what I said. said that who was going but get rid of what I said that only that your cattle can go. Verse 32. Take both your flock and your cattle take and bless me as well. Says like you said like they said because Mosha said you will also give us sacrifices to take and that's what they're going to take along. You will bless me. What is he asking for a blessing? Hallelujah. Pray for me that I should not die because I am also a firstborn. Verse 33. The Egyptians urged the people on hurrying them out of the land. Because they said, "We're all dying. So get out of here because we're all dying because of you." They said this doesn't look like the decree that Moshe made that he said only the first firstborn we see everybody's dying five or 10 and went home and the people took their dough before it became leavened their their leftover Her food was wrapped in their clothes on their shoulders. The Egyptians did not allow them. They were pushing them to go out before or even rise and therefore it did not rise. What does mean the leftovers of their mats that they had from the night before? Even though they had so many cattle that was with them that were able to carry their stuff, but they loved the mitzvah that they made the mat and therefore they carried it on their shoulders and the Jewish people followed exactly what Moshe said and they b and they borrowed and they requested silver and golding utensils and clothing from the Egyptians. like Moshe said that Moshe told him previously in Egypt that each one should ask from his friend clothing even the clothing was more important than the golden silver the one that's stated later in the verse is the one that's more important and God granted them favor in the eyes of the Egyptians and they granted the request and they thus drained ained Egypt of its wealth. Even the things that did not ask, they gave. They would say, "Give me one. Take two as long as you get out of here." The word means doesn't mean literally that they saved, but it means that they emptied them out of what they had. Verse 37, the Jewish people traveled from Ramsees towards Sukos. How many people were there? It was about 600,000 men on foot. That's besides counting women and children under 20. It's 120 meal. The Jewish people got there in a short time. As it says, and I will gather you on the wings of an eagle. This means that they took them very quickly. That means besides children counting males 20 years and up. Verse 38. Moreover, a mixed multitude which we would call the also came up with them. cattle and sheep a great deal of livestock. 38 of what does it mean? A mixture of of different nations that converted and wanted to join the Jewish people as they left Egypt. Verse 39, and they baked the dough that they took out of what kind of dough is this mat. cakes of matzah. It is not leavened. Why didn't it become leavened? Because they were chased out of Egypt. They did not have enough time and they could not delay. And also they did not have any time to prepare any provisions for themselves as they left Egypt. Matas means a cake which is flat that needs which is baked on top of coals in an oven dough that has not become leavened is called matzah tells us they did not prepare any provisions for the way tells us the praiseworthy of the Jews they did not say but how we going to go out to a desert and we don't have any food well he say There's no provisions. They believed in God when they went. This is what the prophets tell us in Jeremiah. I remember that first love that God talks about that he had for the Jewish people that they were so in love with God that they just followed him into the desert without knowing what was going to happen, how they're going to be provided for. What was the reward that God gave them this? Therefore, the verse continues there in Jeremiah says, "Because of that, the Jewish people are considered sanctified and holy by God because of the love that we have for God." Verse 40, and the total length of time that the Jews lived in Egypt, 430 years. How we get to the calculation of 430 years is exactly what Rashi is going to tell us. after all the other places they settled that they were in other places that were not theirs was 130 years total. Now how are we counting 130 years? Sarashi tells us as follows from when was born until now until they left Egypt it was 400 years from one from the time that the children were born to Abraham already at that time it came about the promise that God said your children will be a stranger was 30 years from the time when that decree was made that means the covenant that was made between to pieces when God told him that your children are going to be slaves 30 years later Yitzk was born. So from 400 years from when was born counting those 30 years is a total of 430 years. Now Rashi proves that the Jews how they were in Egypt. This account and says as follows it's impossible to say that they were just in the land of Egypt for 430 years and you have to take into the tally from the time when God made that calculation because Kahas Gahas the son of Ley he was from the people he came from with Jacob. So now now make a calculation of of was 133 years. The am and all the years of was 137 years and the 80 years of Mosha. How what number you going to get to is only three is 350. 1337 plus 80 gives you 350. Now then there's many years of Kahass's life that he also didn't go down to Egypt that he lived in the land of Israel. He was already an older boy or man when he came down to Egypt. And then there are some years that Amram was alive and kahass was alive at the same time. They weren't consecutive years. They were continuing years while one was alive with the other. And many years were caused and Moshe was 80 but he wasn't born to when died. So there were some years of and Mosha were alive together at the same time. What do you have for me? You're not going to find 400 years from when the Jews came down to Egypt. Therefore you have to say that all the places that the Jewish people were up until when they came to the land of Egypt was also considered in a foreign land. Even while it says while he was a stranger there strange land that they lived. Therefore, you're going to have to say as Rashi started off saying that the count comes from the time of the covenant that God made with Abra from the time that he had children. Now if you're going to count from the years that they were in Egypt now if you're going to count 400 years from was born comes out and from when they came into Egypt until they left was exactly 210 years. This is one of the things that we mentioned previously that when the scholars had to translate the Torah, there were many different times the 70 scholars that Talmay the king caused them to translate and they had to change a few things in it so that there shouldn't be any questions that they shouldn't try to deny in the authenticity and the veracity of the Torah because of that they this is one of the things that they did change as well. verse 41. It was after it was after 430 years. It was on that very day. On that very day, all the hosts of God left Egypt. Verse 41. It teaches us once it came the time, the appointed time when the Jewish people were supposed to leave and God did not hold them back. Even the blink of an eye on the 15th of was when the angels first came to Abraham to tell him about that his son Isaac was going to be born. And then a year later on the 15th of Nissan was born. H of Nissan and then on the 15th of Nissan Zarim was also the creed of that 30 years prior to birth of that that they should be slaves and on the 15th of Nissan is when the Jewish people had the exodus of Egypt. Verse 42 it is at night of protection for God that God was an expectation for God to take them out of Egypt. This is the night that God refers to is a time of protection for all Jewish people throughout throughout the generations. What does it mean? A night of protection. God was waking and looking forward to this day to keep his promise to take them out of Egypt. We find the same terminology that Jacob was awaiting uses the word. This was the night that night going to take out your children from Egypt. It is a time of protection and it protects them from the damaging angels and the damaging spirits. Like we read before that the damaging spirit did not have the opportunity and was not allowed to hurt the Jewish people. Verse 43, the Torah now continues to tell us about the Pass Pass off Passover offering and the Pascal offering that was brought previously on the 14th of Nissan, telling us more details concerning them. And God said to Moshe and Aaron, these are the laws of the Pac sacrifice. No stranger may eat from it. What does this mean? When was this told and what was he saying? Verse 43. This was said on the 14th of Nissen going back before to what he was telling them that this is everything that the Jewish people did. It enumerates for us the laws that were mentioned then. What does it mean? Any foreigner, stranger, a person who behaves like a gentile, like a stranger to God, he is not allowed to eat from it. Meaning, we're not referring to a gentile necessarily specifically, but a person who does not behave accordingly. Meaning This includes whether a gentile or a person who no longer is observant. He specifically leaves the religion and changes his religion. But mashma, that's who it's including. Verse 44, and any servant who a Jewish man buys for money and he should be circumcised only then he's allowed to eat from it. Verse 44. Only after is he circumcised. Then his master gives him food. Gives him part of the basket offering. It comes to teach us that the circumcision of the servant will withhold him from the ser master giving him food to eat of the pascal offering. That means as long as he is not circumcised, the master cannot give him from the pascal offering. That's where Yeshua holds. The Talmet is a discussion about this. And says that the circumcision of the servants do not withhold them from eating from the pascal offering. If so, what does the Torah mean? It's talking about the servant that the servant is not allowed to eat from it. However, can the master eat from it as well? That has nothing to do with the master. Meaning the argument of Yeshua here is can does that withhold the master? If a master has people in his household who are not circumcised, according to Yeshua, the master still will not be able to eat from the pascal offering because he has people in his household, meaning the servant who is not circumcised. According to it, it only forbids the servant from not eating but not the master. Verse 45. A neither a resident nor a hired laborer may eat from it. 45. What does this mean? What is this refers to a convert who is a resident amongst the Jewish people? Technically, it's talking about a person, a gentile, who lives amongst the Jews, but he took upon himself that he will not serve idolatry and the other seven laws, but he's not considered a Jew for any uh anything else. This is a non-Jewish person who may be hired for work to do by a Jew. What does the Torah have to tell me that such people are not to eat from the Pascal offering? They're uncircumcised. the we already mentioned in the previous verse and it's going to say it later that no uncircumcised person is allowed to eat from the pascal offering. This is referring to there were nations of the world that did circumcise themselves and even today there are many people that circumcise themselves. So one may say well the very fact that the person is circumcised that should allow him to eat from the pascal offering. Therefore, the Torah tells us no that if this person is just a resident that even though he just accepted the seven laws or he's working for a non-Jew just as a job that he's doing for him, but he does not belong to the Jew, he's then still not allowed to eat from the pascal offering even if he is circumcised. Verse 46, they should eat it in a single group in one home. Do not take it out of the house. Do not take it out of the group from this outside and do not break any bones from it. What does this mean? As the Torah now explain, Rashi explains the details of this law. The word bias here literally means a whom but it's referring to group. Don't make it into multiple groups and then eat it. Then one may ask Does it mean in one group or does it literally mean in one home? It comes to tell us that when they're making a meal, one should not split it into two. Meaning if they started eating in in the courtyard, then it started raining and they were no longer able to eat there. Does that mean that they should not go into the house to continue their meal? the homes that they're eating with it. Meaning from here we know that if a person's eating the pascal offering, if he wants to eat it in two different places, that's fine. But the group should not be split. So if the group decides to go into the home while training, that would be fine. Also over here, it doesn't mean literally home. Do not take the meat out from one group and go join another group. What does it mean the bone should not be broken? We're talking about a bone that has on it. If the bone has on it a kazayas, which is approximately 1 ounce that's still on the bone of meat, then there is a problem. then you do have the prohibition of breaking the bone of but if it does not have any meat on the bone or it does not have any marrow then there's nothing there's no concern of a person worrying about breaking the bone the breaking of the bone has to do with something that can be edible on the bone so there has to be a meat on the bone for it to be considered ed edible and if there's any flesh on it only then is it considered a prohibition of breaking of the bone The Torah then continues on page for uh verse 47. The entire community of the Jewish people should join a group and offer to bring the carbon pes the pascal offering together. Rashi verse 47. Why does it say if why does the Torah have to tell us again that all the Jewish people are obligated to do it is because when it talks about the pascal offering when it was brought in Egypt that it was one lamb for each household is that it was counted according to the families I would have thought so for the future generations it should go specifically according to the families therefore the Torah comes to tell us that the entire Jewish community can do it. Meaning everybody is equal and you can pick who you want to be able to be part of your family and make it the capascal offering. Verse 48, when a convert lives amongst you and he will then make a sapasical offering for God first he will have to be circumcised for every male and only then will he be able to bring the offering. Will be just like the native of the land. The Torah tells us again the no uncircumcised person may eat from the pascal offering. Verse 48 that any person that converts even throughout the year, he shouldn't wait until the p the holiday of Pes, he should do it right away because he missed out previously. Just like this would be something that would be part of his conversion. Therefore, the Torah tells us he's like the native of the land just like a regular Jew native would make it on the 14th of Nissan or so too. He does it together with the rest of the Jews on the 14th of Nissan, not on his own time. No uncircumcised person's allowed to eat from the pascal offering. This comes to include there's a law that's pertaining if a person who's not circumcised for the very fact that if two of his brothers died from circumcision then according to Jewish law he does not become circumcised as we are concerned that he may die from it as well. Therefore this person now is not circumcised. So he is not allowed to eat from the pas the pascal offering though he may not be considered a person who denies meaning he does not against the concept of circumcision and the only reason why he's not circumcising himself is only because the Torah mandates and it's considered a which means an accident it's not something which he wanted it's a circumstance he's not able to and this cannot be learned from the previous time where it says a stranger will not eat from it. Talking about a person who specifically has no interest in following the commandments and therefore has converted to other religions of some sort. Therefore, the Torah over here tells us that a person who is circumcised, even a person who is uncircumcised, not by choice, but because this was a mandated law for him, that means he is uh forced into this situation. And still in all he cannot eat from the pascal offering. Verse 49. It is one law that should be for the native and for the convert that lives amongst you. Meaning to tell us that the convert and the native and the regular Jew with not a convert are all equal when it comes to the mitzvah of the Torah. And this teaches us not only for the mitzvah of the pascal offering, but for every mitzvah of the Torah, once a person converts, he becomes like a regular Jew like anybody else. Verse 50, and all the Israelites did as just as God instructed Moshe and Aaron. That's exactly what they did. As we mentioned, Mosha and Aaron did it themselves. and as well everybody else did it without omitting any single detail from it. Verse 51. By this time already the Egyptians may some of them may have started having a second thought. But nonetheless, the Torah tells us it was on that very same day that the Egyptians tried that they even tried to stop the Jewish people but Israel that God took the Jewish people the Israelites may try out of Egypt alum with all their hosts. This concludes the sixto reading for parious bow.