Parshah Focus

Yocheved, mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, risked her life to save her people. She is honored for her devotion, wisdom, and the legacy of her great children.

Moses, born to Amram and Jocheved, was hidden from Pharaoh's decree. The princess found him, and he was raised in her palace, where he was called Moses.

How did an Egyptian princess give her adpoted son a Hebrew name?

As the verse doesn't state what Jochebed's intentions were, the matter is open to speculation.

Moses Flees Egypt, Moses in Midian

Scripture tells us that Moses left Egypt a young man, and yet he comes back an octogenarian. Where was he for all those years?

Tzipporah, Yitro’s daughter, married Moses after he pulled a divine staff from the ground, a staff with a history tied to Adam, Noah, and the patriarchs.

Amram, son of Kehot, led the Jewish people in Egypt and fathered three of the greatest leaders in Jewish history.

Moses’ staff figures prominently throughout the story of the Exodus from Egypt and our ancestors’ subsequent sojourn in the desert. But Scripture doesn’t tell us the history of the staff.