Shabbat - 12/29/07 (20 Tevet 5768)

For your local Shabbat Candle-lighting times, please go here. This week's reading is -- Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1). Topics in Shemot: The generation passes, Pharaoh’s plot, Infanticide, The birth of Moses, Moses identifies with his people, Moses marries, G-d concludes that the time of salvation has arrives, The burning bush, Moses’ doubts and G-d’s reassurance, The Names of G-d, The request to the Egyptians, Moses doubts the people’s faith, Moses’ desperate plea, G-d’s response, Moses’ objections are overridden, Moses embarks for Egypt, Zipporah circumcises her son, Moses and Aaron come to Pharaoh, Pharaoh increases the burden on the people, Egyptian taskmasters and Jewish foremen, Protesting in vain, The Jews complain to Moses and Aaron; Moses complains to G-d, Portent for the future For more information about this week's Parsha, please visit these sites. Orthodox Union Chabad Aish HaTorah United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism Union for Reform Judaism Jewish Reconstructionist Federation