Exodus (“Shemot”) is the second book of the Torah, Judaism’s foundational text. It describes the Israelites’ enslavement in Egypt and their miraculous redemption through ten plagues and the splitting of the Red Sea. Under the leadership of Moses, they begin their travels in the desert, where they experience God’s revelation and receive the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai, and build the Mishkan (Tabernacle). Interspersed throughout the book are more than 100 commandments.
