As the first mitzvah of kiddush hachodesh is communicated to Moshe and Aharon, the verse puts deliberate emphasis on the location of this “conversation”. “Hashem said to Moshe and to Aharon in the land of Egypt saying (Shemot 12:1)” Chazal are perturbed by the emphasis on Eretz Mitzrayim. In the Midrash Tanchuma (parsha 5), they […]