Shemot 2024
Jan 6, 2024 • Brittney Scott
Shemot/”Names”, Exodus 1:1-6:1, lends its name not only to this parshah but to the entire book we know as Exodus. It is the transition from a family to a nation, and the journey from slaves to sons! When looking at the entirety of Exodus, the judgements, the miracles, the journey, it is intriguing to note this chosen title – Shemot/Names! Our attention is drawn and constantly reminded through everything that transpires of the shemot – the names both of the sons of Israel as well as the Name of Yahweh revealed to them via their deliverance. In fact it seems that there is a direct connection between the revealing of the Name of Yahweh and the recording of the names of the 12 sons/tribes.