Parashá Shemot שמות

Shemot covers Exodus 1:1–6:1, opening the Book of Exodus with Israel's oppression in Egypt under a new Pharaoh, the birth and rescue of Moses, and his upbringing in Pharaoh's palace. It narrates Moses's encounter with the burning bush, God's revelation of the divine name, and Moses's initial unsuccessful demand that Pharaoh let the people go.