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Jethro: Midianite Priest and Father-in-law of Moses

The Torah portion, comprised of Exodus 18:1–20:23, is named after Moses’ Midianite father-in-law, Jethro. It tells of Jethro’s counsel to Moses, and God’s revelation of the Ten Commandments to the…

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Locusts: Past, Present, and Future

The eighth plague brought an unprecedented swarm of locusts into Egypt, a swarm that devoured every shred of grain and foliage that remained after the hail. The plague was so…

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Manna: Bread of Heaven

In preparation for their Exodus from Egypt, the Hebrews prepared for their trek across the desert which, at the time, they assumed would be relatively short and direct. But one…

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Jewish family eating Matzah at the Passover Seder (Shutterstosck)
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Matzah: Bread of Freedom or Bread of Affliction?

In preparation for the final devastating plague, the Hebrews prepared the Passover lamb. The offering, whose blood, painted on their doorposts, would protect them from the Angel of Death and…

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Milk and Meat: When Two Rights Make a Wrong

Exodus 23:19 contains the first of three times the Torah warns Israel, “You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk” (also found in Exodus 34:26, Deuteronomy 14:21). This prohibition…

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Why must we Remember and Observe the Sabbath?

After leaving Egypt and seeing the wonders of God’s greatness at the splitting of the Reed Sea, the Children of Israel prepared themselves for three days to receive the Torah…

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Seeing the Sounds At Sinai

The revelation at Sinai was undoubtedly intense and all-encompassing. But one verse in the Torah describing the experience suggests that the Children of Israel had a sensory experience of an…

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Song of the Sea

After the Children of Israel passed through the Reed Sea, God closed the waters, wiping out the Egyptian army that was chasing them. The Hebrews celebrated by singing two songs;…

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Standing Under Sinai

The experience at Mount Sinai was an unprecedented revelation of God’s glory that pushed the limits of human perception. This is reflected in the descriptions offered by the sages. When…

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The Clouds of Glory and the Feast of Tabernacles

God watched over the Children of Israel as they traveled through the desert toward the Promised Land, guiding them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of…

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