Post Are Science and Fear of God Compatible? “Fear of God is the beginning of knowledge and understanding.” There are several sources for this piece of wisdom. King Solomon, the wisest of the wise, said it in Proverb (1:7)…. Read More
Post Beyond Bondage: A Tale of Divine Awakening In an insightful interpretation by Rabbi Pinchas Polonsky, the story of the Exodus is presented not just as a pivotal chapter in Jewish history, but as a defining moment in… Read More
Post Blood Red Rivers: The First Plague Reappearing Around the World Turning the Nile River into blood was the first plague God brought against Egypt, giving a public and graphic message to the Jews and Egyptians alike. According to the Bible,… Read More
Post Does God Have a Finger? When Moses and Aaron confronted Pharaoh, his court magicians tried to refute their demand to release the Hebrews by mimicking their miraculous acts. This proved to be within the magicians’… Read More
Post Free Will and Pharaoh’s Hardened Heart God sent Moses to demand that Pharaoh release the Hebrews from bondage, threatening that should the Egyptian king refuse, the country would suffer. So it seems incredibly unjust that God… Read More
Post Worst of All: The Plague of the Firstborn The final plague that struck Egypt was exceptional in several respects. It hit both man and animal and, for the first time, a plague killed people outright. Unlike the other… Read More
Post How Many Israelites Died in the Plague of Darkness? Exodus (12:37) is quite explicit in stating that 600,000 Hebrew men, more specifically men between the ages of 20-60, left Egypt. In his Aramaic translation of the Torah, Rabbi Yonatan… Read More
Post How Many Plagues Were There? Every schoolchild knows that Egypt was struck by ten plagues before the Hebrews were set free. But a different count is given in Psalms and several different options for enumerating… Read More
Post 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… Read More
Post The Fast of the Firstborn On the eve of Passover, firstborn sons fast from sunrise to sunset in commemoration of the salvation of the Israelite firstborns during the Plague of the Firstborn in Egypt. Unlike all… Read More