“Until Your people have crossed, O God; until the people that You acquired have crossed over.”- why is the crossing mentioned twice?
What does the fact that the Jews ran out of water have to do with the promise that they will not suffer the punishments brought upon Egypt?
A true leader understands that in a time of crisis, the members of their flock are looking for guidance, reassurance and comfort.
Some say that prayer is not fully prayer until it contains that ineffable spark that only true song brings to it.
He is probably the most outstanding Biblical role model for our times.
Complaints, complaints. When will they ever learn?
Teaching our children about God cannot be limited to imparting knowledge; it must involve experiences that generate love of the Creator.
Paralleling our national birth and rebirth is the birth and rebirth of Moses.
There seems to be a mixed message coming from Pharaoh and the Egyptians about letting the Israelites go.
In today’s terminology, the Egyptians were rational, the Amalekites were not. Only with rational actors there can be negotiated peace.
The Israelites were protected as they fled Egypt. Was this a message for the future as well?
When our “backs were to the wall” (“to the sea wall”), Hashem said “Stop praying and be pro-active ...”. That holds for today as well.
The Torah is a compilation of music that speaks to every person individually on their own level.
There is much to learn from this pandemic about family cohesivenes and leadership on all levels.
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
There is no reason for a synagogue to ask members about their sexuality.
As great as the destiny of the Jewish nation is, so is the intensity of its suffering from the exile in Egypt onwards to Divine Revelation..
The Torah wants us to refrain from relating to the Land as an inheritance, but it is in fact an inheritance, so why not?
Redemption from Egypt alludes to the final redemption when Moshiach ben Yosef, from the Tribe of Ephraim, will precede Moshiach ben David.
The Torah was given from heaven, and it is absolute. But as soon as it landed on earth - its molding is in the hands of humans.
Macintyre: “I can only answer the question ‘What am I to do?’ if I can answer the prior question ‘Of what story.. do I find myself a part?’”
The wonders of G-d's world in a short, beautifully illustrated book that seems like a child's version of King David's praise in Psalm 104.
What is so terrible about darkness? It happens every evening.
What are the most important values in your life? You can talk and learn about them, emulate others and note that most of us try to do that.
The first Passover experience doesn’t happen in Egypt, but happens actually in S’dom. There are, however, similarities.
Rabbi Kook:We bind these memories of G-d's role in history to our hand, heart, and mind, and transform our coarse nature to a holy one.'
Parashat Bo:(Exodus 10:1 - 13:16): The fates of enemies of Israel in Jewish history, as found in Nachat HaShulchan, the Breslov Haggadah.
Why did God go through the full 10 Plagues, if anyways the Egyptians didn't learn their lesson? Why not just take the Jews out right away?
T"he slave to the compass has the freedom of the seas." How can we harness the power of this statement to find our own freedom?
The laws of the paschal lamb offering are in this parasha and they contradict the description of Jesus as a Passover sacrifice.
He said that he could see things other people couldn’t see because he didn’t look at things most people gazed at. Like photos on the web...
Moshe and Aharon recognized that as messengers of HaShem, they were His representatives to Pharoh, to the nation and to the world.
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.
Baruch Gordon provides insights into this week's Torah reading "Bo".
Many have questioned G-d, especially after the Holocaust, but to what avail?
There is a gene for hating Hashem’s chosen people passed on forever in the descendants of Esau and Ishmael. What does the future hold?
Kids are much more vulnerable today, as fewer and fewer have their parents around much. A lesson to be learned.
The words beow are dedicated the ascent of the souls of Hen ben Aron and Erez ben David and to the recovery of Ron ben Marina.
The shadchans had a high rate of success, despite the mockery to which they were subjected.
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
Sometimes the present is predetermined by things done in the past.
Did Moshe know Pharaoh from his childhood?
We are blessed to be in the Land of Israel. Where children can happily sing “Am Yisrael Chai” on the streets on a pleasant Friday evening.
The final sentence could have been delayed, or even averted altogether, if only the nation had repented.
On the 1st of the month of Shevat, we must take a look at the historical biblical event that transpired on this day thousands of years ago.
it is a mitzvah to follow poskim who rule leniently, and accept a convert who intends to live as a traditional Jew.
The world needs to transform its understanding of its creation by accepting that all is governed by Moral Law in addition to Natural Law.
Enslaving others, Pharaoh himself became enslaved. He became a prisoner of the values he himself had espoused.
This statement is not meant to lower our esteem for Moses, but to raise hopes for ourselves.
In the Torah portion of Vaeira - Moses notifies Pharaoh that the Jewish people need to leave Egypt for 3 days to serve God.
Israel's first chief rabbi, Torah luminary and iconic leader of Religious Zionism: The Names of G-d are connected to living in Eretz Yisrael
Parshat Va’era (Exodus 6:2-9:35): The vast difference between inheritance and heritage.
Sometimes one can be enduring a totally unacceptable situation, but have gotten used to it.
Why so is there so much emphasis on speaking to Pharaoh and on who will speak to Pharaoh, if no one is going to listen anyways?
A video filled with holiness, recently released.The Rav zts"l speaking in 1956 on Sanctity and the Challenges of the Orthodox Rabbinate.
By conditioning ourselves to recognize and acknowledge all of the gifts in our lives, we can and become better
Hard as it is, this can be a golden opportunity for expressing things we can now articulate for ourselves and our families.
The Steipler Gaon teaches that our denial does not result from ignorance, but is the result of a lack of will. Not so Pharaoh.
Hashem laments the departure of the Avot, rebuking Moshe for his words.
