Post From Exodus to Today: The Enduring Struggle Against Antisemitism Antisemitism has been around since biblical times, and it continues to rear its ugly head today. The earliest recorded instance of such hatred can be found in the first chapter… Read More
Post Joseph: the master of dreams Joseph has been called the biblical King of Dreams. Truly, Genesis relates three pairs of dreams that changed his life and guided his destiny while also affecting the fates of… Read More
Post The Four Cups of Wine At the Passover Seder, Jews are obligated to drink four cups of wine while leaning to the left. The Mishnah (Pesachim 10:1) states that even the poor are obliged to… Read More
Post The Heart of the Matter: Free Will and the Story of Pharaoh People are complicated but God has us figured out, as the prophet Jeremiah said: Most devious is the heart; It is perverse—who can fathom it? I Hashem probe the heart,… Read More
Post Goshen: Where Israel Became a Nation When the house of Jacob went to Egypt, they were given the land of Goshen to settle. The Children of Israel settled in Goshen for 430 years, growing from a… Read More
Post The Remarkable Women Behind Moses’ Success Everyone is familiar with the phrase, “Behind every great man is an even greater woman.” In the case of Moses, it took far more than one woman to help him… Read More
Post The Secret of Joseph’s Coat of Many Colors I was the chef at a Jerusalem steak house with a modest reputation for several years. A young man came to the restaurant one day looking for a job. He… Read More
Post The Wisdom of Miriam The first portion of the Book of Exodus is one of transformation – the children of Israel, the family of Jacob, become the “Hebrews” and the Children of Israel, with… Read More
Post Were Shiphrah and Puah the First Righteous Gentiles? While Israel was being blessedly prolific in Egypt and growing into a nation, Pharaoh ordered the midwives to kill the male Jewish babies. Shiphrah and Puah defied Pharaoh’s order and… Read More
Post Who was the Pharaoh of the Exodus? There are several Egyptian Pharaohs mentioned in the Torah. The first contact with an Egyptian ruler described in the Bible takes place when Abraham goes to Egypt to escape a… Read More
