Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh. In my experience as a rabbi, calling someone out from the pulpit usually goes – poorly. The one and only time I thought to do it, the person I was addressing ...

Never before had cleaning off so shaped history. ... Pharaoh’s adviser and Moses’ eventual father-in-law, and raised in their respective homes. (Lest one be shocked that Moses, ...

Setting the Stage: The Conflict Before the Plagues. Before the plagues began, the conflict between Pharaoh and Moses/Aaron was marked by mutual distrust and entrenched positions.

Later, Moses (who, like Joseph, had been an insider in Pharaoh’s court) fled for his life and, before his encounter with God in the burning bush, spent extended time tending flocks (Ex. 3:1).