01/12/2025
As you know, my focus this year is the covenant. However, I believe the outlines I have previously provided you are still important. In my humble opinion, these outlines should be the first notes for each Torah Portion. They act as a guide. I am providing you with the traditional Rabbinical Parsha Aliyah and the Scholarly Literary Outline. These are two methods of reading and studying the Torah Portion.
Due to the length of these notes and the amount of time it would consume, I decided to email this to you. I plan to send these outlines to you each Sunday. Watch YOUR emails - ( joke ).
Parsha Name & Meaning
Exodus | Shemot
1st in Exodus, Shemot | 13th Annual Reading Cycle - Shemot - שְׁמוֹת - "names"
Parsha Shemot Aliyah
First reading — Exodus (Shemot) 1.1 – 17
Second reading — Exodus (Shemot) 1.18 – 2.10
Third reading — Exodus (Shemot) 2.11 – 25
Fourth reading — Exodus (Shemot) 3.1 – 15
Fifth reading — Exodus (Shemot) 3.16- 4.17
Sixth reading — Exodus (Shemot) 4.18 – 31
Seventh reading — Exodus (Shemot) 5.1 – 6.1
Literary Breakdown
Part 1: Bo***ge and Liberation (1.1 – 17.16)
Section One: The bo***ge(1:1-22)
1. First Paragraph: The children of Israel become a people (1.1-7)
2. Second Paragraph: The first two stages of bo***ge (1.8-14)
3. Third Paragraph: Pharaoh’s command to the midwives (1.15-21)
4. Conclusion of the Section (1.22)
Section Two: The birth of the savior and his upbringing** (2:1-22)
1. First Paragraph: The birth and rescue of Moses (2.1-10)
2. Second Paragraph: Moses and his brethren (2.11-15)
3. Third Paragraph: Moses in Midian 2.16-22)
Section Three: Moses’ Mission (2:23-4.31)
1. The Exordium: “God’s in His Heaven” (2.23-25)
2. First Paragraph: The theophany on Mount Horeb (3.1-15)
3. Second Paragraph: The instructions (3.16-22)
4. Third Paragraph: Moses’ doubts and how they were resolved (4.1-17)
5. Fourth Paragraph: Moses’ journey (4.18-23)
6. Fifth Paragraph: The encounter at the lodging place (4.24-26)
7. Sixth Paragraph: Moses and Aaron before the children of Israel (4.27-31)
Section Four: The first attempt and its failure (5:1-6.1)
1. First Paragraph: Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh (5.1-5)
2. Second Paragraph: Edict upon edict (5.6-9)
3. Third Paragraph: The new burden imposed on the people (5.10-14)
4. Fourth Paragraph: The complaint of the foreman (5.15-19)
5. Fifth Paragraph: The encounter with Moses and Aaron (5.20-21)
6. Sixth Paragraph: Moses’ remonstrance and the Lord’s reply (5.22-6.1)
