Vaera

“And I appeared”

Torah: Exodus 6:2-9:35; Numbers 28:9-15
Haftarah: Isaiah 66:1-24

About this portion

God reaffirms the covenant and sends Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh. The first seven plagues fall on Egypt — blood, frogs, lice, wild beasts, pestilence, boils, and hail. Pharaoh’s heart remains hardened.

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