In his very first comment on the Torah, Rashi cites a Midrash in the name of Rabbi Yitzchak that the section in the middle of Parshat Bo should have been the first Parsha in the Torah because it includes the first Mitzvah provided to the Jewish people -- the Pascal Lamb. The section on the Pascal Lamb begins with a mini-mitzvah, that Nisan, the month in which the Exodus occurred, should be the first month of the year. While Rosh Hashana, which takes place on the first day(s) of Tishrei, marks the beginning of the new year, Jewish law also assigns the ‘first-month’ status to several other dates which each represent a special type of beginning. Due to the Exodus, Nisan is designated the first of all the months. This explains why some
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In his very first comment on the Torah, Rashi cites a Midrash in the name of Rabbi Yitzchak that the section in the middle of Parshat Bo should have been the first Parsha in the Torah because it includes the first Mitzvah provided to the Jewish people -- the Pascal Lamb. The section on the Pascal Lamb begins with a mini-mitzvah, that Nisan, the month in which the Exodus occurred, should be the first month of the year. While Rosh Hashana, which takes place on the first day(s) of Tishrei, marks the beginning of the new year, Jewish law also assigns the ‘first-month’ status to several other dates which each represent a special type of beginning. Due to the Exodus, Nisan is designated the first of all the months. This explains why some