Parshas VO’EIRA Shabbos Times Erev Shabbos Shabbos Day Plag HaMincha 7:13pm Latest time for Shema 9:52am Candle Lighting 8:26pm Shabbos Ends 9:31pm Shkiya 8:43pm Shaarei Shabbos Riddles 1. When is it אסור for the Rebbi, but מותר for the Talmid? 2. When on consecutive days do you say ‘Kiddush, Havdolah, kiddush, Havdolah’? 3. In this parsha, which married couple begins their names with the same letter of the Aleph-Beis? 4. Which body parts are referred to in this parsha? (7 answers) 5. In what context are camels mentioned in this parsha? Short Vort on the Parsha It is said that Pharoah was not overly impressed with first two plagues because his own sorcerers could reproduce them, it was only when Hashem made the plague of lice which showed that Hashem had control even over the tiniest of creatures did Pharoah realize that Hashem was literally running the world to His will. But why did Hashem make plagues that the Egyptians could replicate at all – surely ten new extraordinary and impossible plagues would have had more of an effect then two copy cats at the start. A possible answer could be that Hashem, who knew that in future years (ie. today) where we are so technically advanced, one could possible come to believe that Moshe created a light show or magic tricks to fool a simple people, and had the miracles happened today they would be easily recognizable as sleight of hand. Therefore, in showing that the Egyptians could actually reproduce two of the miracles (that we cannot do today), we quell the temptation to say that a simple group of people were fooled by clever Jews with a set of magic tricks.