Parashat Shemos
Parshas Shemos is the first parsha in the Book of Shemos. It contains 124 pesukim. Ashkinazim read a section of Yeshayahu for the Haftora and the Sefardim read from the first chapter of Yirmiya.
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Enslavement of the Jews
Passing of the Tribes
The Torah counts the Tribes after their passing as a display of affection although they were counted already during their life.
Multiplying of the Jews
At that point many of the Jewish woman began to give birth to sextuplets, greatly multiplying their population. Unlike rare recent history cases of sextuplet births where a portion of the children are generally born impaired and die soon afterwords, these were common and all 6 would emerge healthy and survive.