Parshat Shemot
One aspect of the Torah that requires attention is when something is repeated, and yet subtly changed in the way either a narrative is presented, or in how a mitzvah is re-presented, or in how a text appears that second time. What is the reason for the changes? What are we to learn from the changes?
A few simple examples for your own homework (if you are interested) include:
• The way Avraham’s servant meets Rivkah v. how he tells over the story to her family
• Pharaoh’s dreams as they happen v. how Pharaoh relates his dreams to Yosef
• Aseres HaDibros in Shmos 20 v. Aseres HaDibros in Devarim 5
• The way the event of the spies transpires in Bamidbar 13-14 v. how Moshe revisits that tale in Devarim 1
