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What incident made the Egyptians so fearful of the children of Israel? Why was it so important to Moshe that he kill the Egyptian overseer when he could have simply ordered him to stop beating the Hebrew slave? What was the incident with Moshe nearly being killed at the inn for not circumcising his son really about? Parshat Sh’mot begins by presenting Israel’s transition from a clan to a people. The first verses of the parsha offer us an overview of Israel’s roots, of which there...