Exodus

Each generation is unique, yet each is tied to the past

Sukkot celebrates Hashem’s protection of Bnei Yisrael in the desert and also the uniqueness of that particular generation.

The first day of Nissan - in Egypt

It is the first of Nissan in the year 2448 (1312 B.C.E.). Nine of the Ten Plagues have struck Egypt, and only the tenth, the Slaying of the Firstborn, the most devastating Plague of them all, is yet to come.

Matan Rosh Chodesh essay: Nissan and Redemption

The future deliverance can be viewed as “a redemption of correction,” perfecting the initial one.

If you have skills, use them

Whatever skill we might have, we must ask ourselves, how we can use it for G-d?

Lessons from the Exodus for Israel's government

Not surprisingly, it is those who most clearly represent evil that lead the charge against the Jewish people in every generation, but the Jewish people are not a one-time episode and the Torah tells us what to do.

Draining Egypt

Israel's first Chief Rabbi: Why was it necessary to completely drain Egypt of its wealth?

Finding hope for tomorrow in our past

How can we add hope to our lives as we continue to hear the tragic news of our fallen soldiers, while aware of our enemy’s unfathomable cruelty?

Trying to sink the boat: The real story of the Exodus

Maybe reading the story of the Exodus can remind us that our real enemies are waiting for us to sink the ship of the Jewish state. Op-ed

Behaalotcha (Israel): Meet the complainers

Today, as then, there are people who simply have to complain - and those whose gripes are murmured ceaselessly.

Bamidbar: Navigating uncertainty

The Israelites spent a long time in a state of unknowing. They had no first-hand knowledge of where they were going.

How history greets a newborn infant

Children are new creations brought into this world and the Exodus occurred for each one.

Still slaves after all these years

It is easier to take the Jews out of slavery than to take slavery out of the Israeli mindset.

Op-Ed:

The Three Pronged War taking place in Israel

An Erev Rav Analysis and the Pesach opportunity. The mixed multitude that left Egypt with us are alive and well, plaguing every generation.

'So that you may relate in the ears of your son'

The message of the Exodus as seen by Torah commentators from the Riva to the Slonimer Rebbe.

The Daily Portion / Shared memories: From Exodus to schoolyard

Our shared past experiences are seared into our souls.

Rabbi Yisroel Reisman captures the Essence of Life

It seems like a contradiction in timing, but it is really a model for living.

Beshalach: A woman's poem?

Women are those who welcomed the men returning from battle in ancient times.

Who was responsible for the Jewish Exodus from Egypt?

The exodus from Egypt taught us that words, such as those spoken by Moshe and Aaron,are not enough to move masses of Jews to return home.

“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers…”

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, will yet defeat our enemies in the Land of Israel.

Freeing the mind

It is not so simple to go from bondage to freedom.

Uncovering the connection: Bread and the Exodus from Egypt

Israel's first Chief Rabbi: Why do we say "God who brings forth" only on the blessing for bread, as G-d says about the Exodus from Egypt?

Vaeira: The process of convincing Pharaoh

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

Thanksgiving reaffirms the 400-year-old US-Israel nexus

William Bradford, leader of the "Mayflower", interacted with the Jewish community in England and saw his voyage as another Exodus. Op-ed.

Great expectations - great disappointments - and great return

We disappointed Hashem from the Exodus until today, not living up to expectations, but we have also proven that we want to be bonded to Him.

Israel's first Ship of State - the real story of the Exodus

The UK showed its cowardice and contempt for Jewish Holocaust survivors with the Exodus. Moral? Jews cannot rely on the world. Story below..

How did cartoonists see the voyage of the Exodus?

75 years ago this week, the Exodus story made waves internationally. But how did the cartoonists see it? Op-ed.

Want to merit entering the Land of Israel? There are conditions!

Keeping the prohibition on taking interest from one's fellow Jew is relying on the God who took us out of Egypt to bring us sustenance.

A Progressive Passover

At Passover time, agitators for a State of Palestine feel compelled to act Moses, paraleling the Exodus with the Two State Delusion. .Op-ed.

The Revolution of all Revolutions

The Exodus from Egypt constitutes a revolution in the concept of reality.

An instant Salvation? Leaving Egypt was a process

A successful businessman once said that it takes years to become an overnight success, and the Exodus was no different. Op-ed.

Shabbat Ha-Gadol: Redemption then, redemption now

Shabbat ha-Gadol, “the Great Shabbat” before Pesach, commemorates our final Shabbat in Egypt, 3,334 years ago, five days before the Exodus.

Purim to Passover: G-d's love for His People and His Land

If the ten days from Rosh Hashana to Yom Kippur are Days of Awe,I would posit that the days from Purim to Passover are Days of Love.

I know my ancestors were freed from Egyptian slavery

I did not need the amulet found on Har Eival to strengthen my faith. My proof is the fact of generations of believers since Mount Sinai.

Cloud by day, fire by night

The Israelites were protected as they fled Egypt. Was this a message for the future as well?

Telling the Story

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?’”

Israel's first Chief Rabbi:

Bo: The Exodus and Tefillin

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.'

Pharaoh at the point of no return

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

Free will and freedom

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

When Hashem spoke harshly to Moshe

Hashem laments the departure of the Avot, rebuking Moshe for his words.

A Zionist paradigm shift

This week's parasha holds the key to understanding practically all of Jewish History in the past 120 years.

Vaera: Realize your worst fears

There is another, and much more profound, meaning to the words 'realize your worst fears' than the obvious one.

Magic makers

Why was it worth God’s while to produce the effects which the sorcerers could duplicate?.

Are we missing out on life's greatest opportunities?

Can the temporary silence the historic?

The pivotal role of women in the development of our nation

As the Jewish nation emerged from a family, and families are the bedrock of society, it is clearly the women who are of supreme importance.

American politicians can learn from The Book Of Exodus

Today the people of America are slaves to political pettiness.Opinion.

Are we missing out on life's greatest opportunities?

Can the temporary silence the historic?

SHEMOT 5782

The more things change..

Pharaoh's words are mirrored by every paranoid Jew hating ruler ever since - and there have been, and still are, many.

The Exodus 1947: How It became Israel’s first Ship of State

74 years ago, on July 11th, loaded with Holocaust survivors, the Exodus 1947 left France for the Holy Land- But the British attacked. Op-ed.

Passover and the Seuda of Mashiach

The Baal Shem Tov: The first days of Pesach celebrate the Exodus but during the last days of Pesach we anticipate the coming of Mashiach.

Will the Exodus story be the next victim of cancel culture?

Cancel culture's historical homicide has rendered the Exodus obsolete because in its eyes, Jews are innately privileged whites. Op-ed.

Lockdown thoughts: National stability begins at home

At the moment of our liberation, G-d says to Moshe that he should tell all the people to enter their homes Like we are doing now.

Weekly Torah Study:

What had Israel to gain from finding grace in Egyptian eyes?

Finding grace in Egyptian eyes was no less a miracle than the plagues. What does it signify?

Bo: The Passover leap

Israel's first Chief Rabbi, iconic leader of Religious Zionism: The paschal lamb was a spiritual leap, but not everyone could partake of it.

The great joy of an 'evil son'

Verse used when Moshe promises the Jews that they will have children born in Israel is same used in Haggada in context of the evil son.

The Great Joy of an "Evil Son"

The verse used when Moses promises the nation that children that will be born to them is the same used in the Haggadah for the evil son.

A great nation looks for great answers

​​​​​​​The Jews were not freed from Egypt merely to become a nation, and not just to establish a Jewish state in the Land of Israel.

The most comfortable exile ever - what could possibly go wrong?

Is it prescient that the Torah readings during this stormy period in the USA are about the change in Egypt's attitude towards the Jews?

The choices we are forced to make

Think about it: The Land of Israel, the exodus circumcision, the Torah, life, and the food we eat were all forced upon us by Hashem.

The Daily Portion, Ki Tavo / Not to be ungrateful

With our entrance into the Land of Israel - and today with our return - we must live with the continuous consciousness of God's goodness.

Early indications

Moses admonishes the people in Dvarim, not for the serious sins of the spies and the golden calf, but for flaws rooted in ego. Op-ed.