Moses

=Moses=

Summary:
====G-d created Moses so he could lead the Jews out of Egypt. The Jews had been living in Egypt for many years working as slaves. Moses was born to the daughter of Levi. She hid Moses for three months until putting him in a basket and leaving him in the reeds in the river brink. The daughter of the Pharaoh found him and took him in as her son. One day when Moses was grown up he saw an Egyptian beating a Jew, one of his people, and because know one was looking he killed the Egyptian for beating the Jew and hid him in the sand. When the Pharaoh found out he wanted Moses killed. But Moses fled before the Pharaoh could do so. G-d told Moses that he had seen the affliction of my people in Egypt and that he knows that they are suffering, so he has come down to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians, and bring them to a better place. G-d told Moses that he is to go back to Egypt in peace and demand that the Pharaoh let his people go.==== ====When Moses went to the Pharaoh and said that G-d said let my people go, the Pharaoh didn't believe him. Moses left and asked G-d what he should do. G-d sent the Plagues. The plagues were water to blood, frogs, gnats/lice, flies, boils, thunder/hail, locusts, darkness, and death of the firstborn. When the day before the last plague (the death of the first born) G-d told Moses to tell all of the Jews to but lambs blood around the doorways to there house so that the dark spirt will know a Jew lives there and will pass over the house. After the last plague the Egyptians were urgent for the Jews to leave Egypt. But right after they left the Pharaoh had a change in heart and wanted the Jews back. So the Pharaoh picked out a chariot and and chaced after the Jews with his army following him. But G-d, to help the Jews, parted the sea so they could walk across safely, and once they were across, the waters returned to normal so that the Egyptians could not follow them. After crossing the Red Sea, they reached Mount Sinai, which was where Moses receives the Ten Commandments. While receiving the Ten Commandments the Jews decided to build a Golden Calf to use as an idol so they didn't have to sacrifice a lamb each time they wanted to honor G-d. When Moses came back from getting the Ten commandments and found the Jews worshing the Golden Calf he was furious. Moses was so upset he threw the tablets that had the Ten Commendmants written on them and they broke to peaces. When G-d saw what the Jews had done he was very upset. Moses had to plead with G-d to save the Jews and to get another set of tablets. After 40 years of wandering in the desert, Moses dies aged 120, just as they were going to reach the promise land the next day.====

Discussion Questions:

 * 1) Why do you think the daughter of the Pharaoh adopted Moses who is a Hebrew’s children?
 * 2) Why do you think Moses killed the Egyptian and stayed in Midian. Does his actions surprise you?
 * 3) Why does God trust Moses?
 * 4) Do you think the Pharaoh regrets anything about releasing the Hebrews again and again even God already gave them punishment. Is it reckless?
 * 5) What do you think about the plagues?
 * 6) Why Moses was died before they reach the promise land?

Supplementary Material:
During Passover the Jewish people don't eat leavened bread, this is why it is called "The Festival of the Unleavened Bread". Matzo is the flat unleavened bread that you eat during Passover and it is a symbol of the holiday. Passover begins on the 14th day of Nisan and ends the 21st day of Nisan in the Jewish calender. In 2012 Passover begins April 6th and ends at dusk April 13th/14th.

Outside Material:

 * = English ||= Blood ||= frogs ||= gnats/lice ||= flies ||= Cattle Disease ||= boils ||= hail ||= locusts ||= Darkness ||= Death of the first born ||
 * = Hebrew ||= דם ||= צפרדעים ||= יתושים / כינים ||= עף ||= בקר המחלה ||= שחין ||= רעמים ||= ארבה ||= חושך ||= מותו של הראשון נולד ||
 * = English translitaration ||= Dam ||= Tz'far-dey-a ||= ki-nim ||= A-rov ||= De-ver ||= Sh'-hin ||= Ba-rad ||= Ar-beh ||= Ho-sheh ||= Ma-kat B'-ho-rot ||

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Study Guide/Quiz Questions:

 * 1) Why did Egyptians plan to kill Hebrews at first?
 * 2) Where does Moses go after he killed the Egyptian?
 * 3) What reasons let Moses reject God’s request at first?
 * 4) The final plague, which is the worst one, is what?
 * 5) List the Ten Commandments.