Pharaoh

Egypt:

For 1st time in over a century, new tomb of ancient pharaoh found

Egyptian antiquities authority say they found the tomb of King Thutmose II, an ancestor of Tutankhamun, in the first such find since 1922.

Phony Pharaohs

Hard-hearted Pharaoh, the Hebrews, and explaiining the Jews who supported Obama/Biden/Harris. Opinion.

Pharaoh comes to Washington

Biden “forgot” Netanyahu, and became the new, harsh Pharaoh, who decrees a halt to those arms shipments that had been promised. He is not killing Jewish babies though, like Pharaoh and Tlaib and Ilhan Omar's Hamas friends did. Op-ed.

Vaera: Moses introduces the concept "kal vachomer"

The unspoken answer of Hashem, to Moshe’s query, as to why the affliction increased after Moshe’s first approach to Pharoah, leads to a kal vachoerm.

Why did G-d act with chessed towards Egypt?

Why did G-d warn Pharaoh of the famine to come?

The State of the Jewish Nation: Navigating paradox

Why was Pharaoh blown away by Joseph?

Vaeira: The process of convincing Pharaoh

Step by step, plague after plague, Pharaoh learns the way the world works.

Vaeira: Would not one great plague alone have sufficed?

After all, in the past century we witnessed how two bombs forced the powerful and fanatical Japanese Empire to surrender unconditionally.

The Parsha and Current Events: From Moses to Moshe Rabbeinu

How was it possible to refuse Hashem for even a moment, let alone seven days and nights?

Not fit for the job? Great! Rav S. R. Hirsch on the parasha

G-d told Moshe: “This” – your inadequacy and self-doubt – will be a sign to the Jews that I have sent you.

Leading through darkness Parshat Vayechi

The real summation of Jacob’s last years emerges in a conversation he has, not with Joseph, but with Pharaoh.

Jacob blesses Pharaoh - does Pharaoh realize why?

Though Jacob lived a stormy and often tragic life, it is he who blesses Pharaoh for Jacob possesses the gift of the future and immortality.

'When Pharaoh had let the people go” – or did he?

There seems to be a mixed message coming from Pharaoh and the Egyptians about letting the Israelites go.

'Come to Pharaoh for I have hardened his heart'

The Beit Halevi, the Yismach Moshe, the Dubner Maggid and Rav Moishe Mendel of Vilan grapple with the reason G-d hardened Pharaoh's heart.

Pharaoh at the point of no return

Sometimes the present is predetermined by things done in the past.

The Levi Factor: Triumph over Pharaoh

Did Moshe know Pharaoh from his childhood?

Free will and freedom

Enslaving others, Pharaoh himself became enslaved. He became a prisoner of the values he himself had espoused.

Moshe Rabbeinu was only human, just like you and me

This statement is not meant to lower our esteem for Moses, but to raise hopes for ourselves.

Can we handle big change?

In the Torah portion of Vaeira - Moses notifies Pharaoh that the Jewish people need to leave Egypt for 3 days to serve God.

Do we double down like Pharaoh when we are wrong?

The Steipler Gaon teaches that our denial does not result from ignorance, but is the result of a lack of will. Not so Pharaoh.

Getting to know you...

What is the antidote to polarization? Pharaoh and Joseph are a case in point.

Shemot: Just ask

It took the lack of change after Pharaoh's death to dash Jewish hopes and cause them to ask for freedom.

Avraham and Sarah think ahead

Even though one can pray to Hashem for a miracle, it is not proper to do so, as that will detract from one's merits later on in life.

Pharaoh, please forgive us

Why do I make such a ridiculous statement? Well, consider the following, and then tell me just how ridiculous it is (or is not…).

Finale: No Balaam no bondage no Pesach

How the Midrash explains the bondage of the Israelites to Pharaoh as an idea spawned by Balaam, with Jethro against and Job silent.

No Balaam no bondage no Pesach

Between the lines of the Midrasjh saying that Jethro, Job and Balaam were called to Pharaoh to advise him on the growing Israelite problem.

A little humility is a wonderful thing

What does God have against Pharaoh?

Breaking down a false self-image

To initiate the recognition of God, one must begin developing a more realistic view of the self. Pharaoh had to rethink his self-image.

G-d is in control

It was at this time of year that Pharaoh declared that G-d is in control. And with COVID, we are coming to terms with something similar.

Overcoming setbacks

There are heights you cannot climb without first having fallen. Moses shows us the need to try and try again.

Hardened Hearts

It is very disturbing that people are so emotionally attached to their opinions that they cannot rethink them. Opinion

Moses left Pharaoh's palace - and grew into greatness

Rav Ahron  Kotler says:’He ‘felt’ their suffering, as if it was his own."

Holocaust and Ghetto Uprising Memorial Day

'Hamas is your Pharaoh'

Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Yoav Mordechai compares Hamas to Pharaoh, says they don't care about Gazans.

Ayoub Kara: Obama is like Pharaoh

Communications Minister blasts new book about Trump as 'fake news.' 'We went through an 8-year period with the US reminiscent of Pharaoh.'

Ancient Egytian Coffin Unearthed in Jezreel Valley

3,300 year old coffin of wealthy Canaanite working for Egypt, buried with gold scarab seal of Pharaoh Seti I, father of pharaoh from Exodus.