The Israelites Left Egypt Armed: Gender & Chauvinism Preceding October 7

from Judaism for the Thinking Person · host Rabbi Nadav Caine

In the second verse of Parashat Beshalach (the flight from Egypt and the crossing of the Sea of Reeds), the Torah states that the Israelites fled fully armed. I explore the traditional commentaries on why, and connect this to the haftarah (story of Deborah and Yael) and to the intelligence failures in Israel caused by male chauvinism.

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