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Bo Torah Portion Summary

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Moses and Aaron warned Pharaoh about the impending Locust plague, but Pharaoh’s heart was hardened as he would not let the Israelites leave.

Pharaoh offered to let the Israelites leave if they left their animals behind following the plague of three days of darkness, but Moses rejected this offer.

Pharaoh told Moses that if he returned to speak with Pharaoh, he would be killed.

God commanded the Israelites to sacrifice a lamb and smear its blood on their doorposts to avoid the final plague — death of the first born.

The Israelites were instructed to then eat the lamb with unleavened bread and bitter herbs in what became the first Korban Pesach.

That night, the first born Egyptians were killed, causing Pharaoh to finally allow Moses and the Jews to hurriedly leave Egypt.

Prior to leaving, the Jews were instructed to ask the Egyptians for all of their gold and silver, leaving their nation without any wealth.

The Israelites left in such a hurry, that their bread did night have time to rise.

The Jews were then instructed to observe the anniversary of the Exodus by eating unleavened bread for seven days and telling the story of the Exodus.

Additionally, God commanded the Jews to wear tefillin as a reminder of the Exodus.