Haftarah: Parshat Shemot (5786)

Lesson summary AI-generated

• The haftarah of Shemot opens a new book of the Torah and the slavery in Egypt; it comes from Isaiah and describes Yaakov taking root, blossoming and filling the world with fruit.
• Commentators are quoted on how the people took root in Egypt while the essence of Israel stayed untainted.
• The lesson touches on the great shofar of redemption, and on the prophet's rebuke of leaders who went astray through strong wine.
• The phrase "precept upon precept, line upon line" is explained as a way of learning a little at a time.

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