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1 And there was a man whose name was Jeremiah in the lost land, the land of twitter, and he said before the elders: "You have not read the book of exodus from Egypt. 2 Tell me, if you are wise, in the book of Shemot how are the small beasts that jump in the nine referred?" 3 And Raz of the house
October 26, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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The Infant Moses Tramples on Pharaoh's Crown
Nicolas Poussin (painter)
Manufacture des Gobelins, Paris
1683–1687
Woven in wool, silk, and precious metallic threads
315x610 cm
V&A Museum, London
Photo: October 21, 2026
Depicts the apocryphal/midrashic story where the infant Moses snatches the crown of the Egyptian Pharaoh Thermuthis and casts it to the ground, an omen that troubled the king's advisors. The dramatic incident depicted in the tapestry originates from rabbinic literature—principally recorded by the 1st-century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus in his Antiquities of the Jews and later expanded in midrashic texts like Shemot Rabbah. According to legend/midrashic tradition, when Moses was three years old, he was playing on the lap of Pharaoh's daughter during a royal banquet. The infant reached out, snatched the golden crown off the King of Egypt's head, and placed it on his own. In Josephus' version, Pharaoh playfully placed the crown on Moses, but the child cast it to the floor and trampled on it. This was no simple toddler tantrum to the Egyptian court. Pharaoh’s counselors fell into a panic. A prophecy had already warned that a Hebrew child would rise to destroy the Egyptian empire. The advisors interpreted the baby's actions as a literal omen that this child would usurp the throne and strip Pharaoh of his power. They instantly demanded that the infant Moses be executed. To determine if the child acted with calculating malice or innocent ignorance, an advisor suggested a test. Two bowls were brought before Moses: one filled with glittering gold, and the other with glowing, red-hot coals. If Moses reached for the gold, it proves he understood power and wealth, sealing his death sentence. If he chose the coal, he was just an innocent child. The infant instinctively reached for the glittering gold. However, Angel Gabriel intervened, redirecting his hand to grasp a burning piece of coal instead. Moses put the scorching coal to his mouth, permanently burning his lips and tongue. This saved his life, convincing Pharaoh he was harmless, but left him with the speech impediment ("slow of speech and slow of tongue") that he references later in Exodus when called by God. Detail of tapestry that hones in on the action. Nicolas Poussin captures the raw tension of this legend. On the left, a royal advisor (Balaam/Jethro) lunges forward with a dagger drawn, ready to execute the baby. In the center and right Pharaoh’s daughter (Thermuthis/Bithiah) quickly lunges to pull the child away, shielding him from the court's panic. If you look closely at the blue rug beneath the infant's feet, (in previous photo) Pharaoh's crown sits upturned and cast aside symbolizing the future downfall of Egypt. To modern eyes, a scene featuring an enraged guard lunging with a dagger at a toddler seems intense for a living environment. However, Baroque nobility viewed art through the lens of allegory and political theory rather than domestic comfort. Elite spaces were decorated with moral and historical paradigms. This scene is an example of divine providence—showing that even a vulnerable infant destined to be a liberator is protected by God against absolute tyrannical power. During the 17th and 18th centuries, monumental tapestries were the ultimate symbols of political power, luxury, and intellectual sophistication. Louis XIV used the Gobelins factory to spread the academic art theories championed by the Académie Royale. Making beautiful tapestries after famous paintings allowed the monarchy to export French cultural dominance across European courts. Beyond status, they served a practical purpose in massive royal residences: insulating cavernous stone rooms and blocking drafts. Baroque art celebrated high stakes, intense psychological tension, and "affetti" (the legible expression of raw human emotions like fear, shock, grief and anger), which Poussin used across the surrounding figures' faces. The tapestry series was commissioned in 1683 by the French Crown under King Louis XIV. The initial sets belonged to the French Crown. Louis XIV bought Poussin's original painting specifically for the King’s private collection, now housed in the Louvre.
October 30, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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Mi relato se llama SHEMOT. En hebreo significa "nombres", y es el libro de la Torá que se corresponde con el Éxodo, ya sabéis, el de los niños ahogados en el Nilo y Moises hablando con una zarza. El relato no va de eso para nada, pero el título no está puesto al azar.
Va de nombres y viajes.
Imagen con fondo marrón claro, como de papel de libro viejo. Se lee arriba "SHEMOT, Will Peña". Hay un dibujo en trazo negro sencillo de un coche avanzando rápido por una carretera, a los lados todo es oscuro.
October 14, 2026 at 7:46 AM
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¿Eliahu HaNabí -el Profeta Elías - con el poder de matar por medio del Shem HaMeforash? ¿Yeshu fue similar a Eliahu HaNabí?
https://www.orajhaemeth.org/2020/02/eliahu-hanabi-el-profeta-elias-con-el.html
¿Eliahu HaNabí -el Profeta Elías - con el poder de matar por medio del Shem HaMeforash? ¿Yeshu fue similar a Eliahu HaNabí?
BS"D Leyendo el Tafsir (traducción de la Torah al árabe) del RaSa"G (Rav Sa'adia Gaón AlFayyumi) sobre la Parashat Shemot (Éxodo 2:1...
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October 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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"Words for a Dazzling Firmament: Poems/Readings on Bereishit Through Shemot" by Abe Mezrich

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October 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Shemot on the other hand...👌
October 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Vayechi, and he lived. Terribly inaccurate, the entirety of the parashah revolves around the deaths of Jacob and Joseph, so who lives? nobody lives! 0/10

Shemot, names. There are a few names, we’re introduced to many new people, and HaShem reveals His ‘true’ name, so overall fairly accurate; 8/10.
October 4, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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Shemot / Éxodo 22:17: Hechiceros, hechiceras… y Yeshú HaNotzrí
https://www.orajhaemeth.org/2026/04/shemot-exodo-2217-hechiceros-hechiceras.html
September 29, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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Sukkot is a harvest holiday, and it also commemorates the miraculous protection that G-d gave the Jewish people during the 40-year period in the Sinai desert following the flight from Egypt, as described in the Torah’s Book of Exodus (Shemot).

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The Holiday of Sukkot
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September 25, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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Negro Horizonte 3: Shemot. El clímax de la trilogía
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September 22, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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🧵 1/2 · Argentina's President Javier Milei: I quote passages from the Torah, particularly the Book of Shemot. For me, it is the most important story of liberation in humanity. It is the story of two brothers, Moses and Aaron, who faced Pharaoh
September 22, 2026 at 7:16 AM
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is the historicity of the Biblical account important to you? Do you try to correspond Shemot with contemporary Egyptian records? if so, who was the Pharaoh at the time the Exodus supposedly happened?

otherwise, do an ye will. 😉
September 20, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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👀 Negro Horizonte 3. Shemot

¡Se acerca el apocalipsis! Nuestros cuatro renegados, Esther, Judith, Tobie y Ben, han logrado sembrar el caos y liberar a los oprimidos. En su huida a bordo de una inmensa nave, dejan atrás una ciudad presa de las llamas y la anarquía entre la población.
August 15, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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"There is nothing in the world as harsh as poverty, as it is harsher than all the suffering in the world. Our Rabbis said: All forms of suffering on one side, and poverty on the other." —Shemot Rabbah 31:12
June 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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"There is nothing in the world as harsh as poverty, as it is harsher than all the suffering in the world. Our Rabbis said: All forms of suffering on one side, and poverty on the other." —Shemot Rabbah 31:12
May 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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The Eternal is a master of war, but His name is the Eternal of Lovingkindness. —Shemot 15:3
April 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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You shall not wrong or oppress a stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. You shall not ill-treat any widow or orphan. If you do mistreat them, I will heed their outcry as soon as they cry out to Me, and My anger shall blaze forth. —Shemot 22
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April 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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"There is nothing in the world as harsh as poverty, as it is harsher than all the suffering in the world. Our Rabbis said: All forms of suffering on one side, and poverty on the other." —Shemot Rabbah 31:12
March 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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The above is from the parashah Shemot of Exodus.

It is dire in its clarity. Violation of this mitzvah is divinely punished.

Nachmanides's read is simple. A stranger living among a Jewish community, is easily taken advantage of if people sin against them, so the prohibition against this is severe.
an excerpt from shemot 20 And you shall not mistreat a stranger, nor shall you oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 21 You shall not oppress any widow or orphan. 22 If you oppress him, [beware,] for if he cries out to Me, I will surely hear his cry. 23 My wrath will be kindled, and I will slay you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children orphans.
February 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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“So Moses stretched forth his staff heavenward, and the Lord gave forth thunder and hail, and fire came down to the earth, and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt”. Shemot (Exodus) 9:23
June 14, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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A little bit of Shemot
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June 14, 2026 at 5:50 AM
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I tell you, it’s going to be something right out of Shemot (Exodus).
June 13, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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Trump has never read Shemot (Exodus).
June 12, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Apparently the IRGC has never read Shemot (Exodus).
June 7, 2026 at 3:29 AM
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Before it gets too late in the day and many go offline tonight, I want to say Chag Pesach Sameach to all of my mishpocha who are celebrating the holiday. I’ll probably do what I did last year which is spending a a quiet evening reading Shemot (Exodus) and reflecting. 🇮🇱
April 1, 2026 at 6:44 PM