This time, Moses doesn’t run when the staff becomes a snake, but the verse reads that “he felt an apprehension inside of him” (Quran 20:67). God shows Moses his proof by causing his staff to ...

Holiness and Violence. Vaera and Bo (2025) – Exodus 6:2–13:16. Yakov M. Rabkin. These Torah chapters are read separately on different weeks, but I want to comment on them together.

One such sign involved Moses throwing his staff on the ground, where it became a serpent. When Moses picked it up by the tail, it turned back into a staff, demonstrating that God was with him.