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Exodus 12: Like Diamonds in the Sky
“This month shall be for you the first of the months”
הַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה לָכֶם רֹאשׁ חֳדָשִׁים (Exodus 12:2).
Rashi famously asks why this verse was not the first verse of the Torah. This is the very first mitzvah given to the Israelite nation. Rashi’s answer is that Genesis until now was setting the stage to show that God was the true custodian of the world and therefore could give the Land of Canaan to the Israelites. What Rashi’s answer does not address is why this was the first mitzvah given to the nation.
To answer this question, we must go back to Abraham and the covenant of the parts. In…
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