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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

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

Behaalotcha (Israel): Meet the complainers

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

Behaalotcha (Israel): Meet the complainers

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.

Bamidbar: Navigating uncertainty

How history greets a newborn infant

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

How history greets a newborn infant

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.

Still slaves after all these years

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.

The Three Pronged War taking place in Israel

'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.

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

The Daily Portion / Shared memories: From the Exodus to the schoolyard

Our shared past experiences are seared into our souls.

The Daily Portion / Shared memories: From Exodus to schoolyard

Rabbi Yisroel Reisman captures the Essence of Life

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

Rabbi Yisroel Reisman captures the Essence of Life

Beshalach: A woman's poem?

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

Beshalach: A woman's poem?

Who was responsible for the Jewish Exodus from Egypt? The Parsha and Current Events

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.

Who was responsible for the Jewish Exodus from Egypt?

“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.

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

Freeing the mind

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

Freeing the mind

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?

Uncovering the connection: Bread and the Exodus from Egypt

Vaeira: The process of convincing Pharaoh

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

Vaeira: The process of convincing Pharaoh

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.

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

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.

Great expectations - great disappointments - and great return

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..

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

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.

How did cartoonists see the voyage of the Exodus?

Want to merit entering the Land of Israel? Refrain from charging interest!

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.

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

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.

A Progressive Passover

The Revolution of all Revolutions

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

The Revolution of all Revolutions

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.

An instant Salvation? Leaving Egypt was a process

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.

Shabbat Ha-Gadol:  Redemption then, redemption now

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.

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

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.

I know my ancestors were freed from Egyptian slavery

Cloud by day, fire by night

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

Cloud by day, fire by night

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?’”

Telling the Story

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.'

Bo: The Exodus and Tefillin

Pharaoh at the point of no return

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

Pharaoh at the point of no return

Free will and freedom

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

Free will and freedom

When Hashem spoke harshly to Moshe

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

When Hashem spoke harshly to Moshe

A Zionist paradigm shift

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

A Zionist paradigm shift

Vaera: Realize your worst fears

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

Vaera: Realize your worst fears

Magic makers

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

Magic makers

Are we missing out on life's greatest opportunities?

Can the temporary silence the historic?

Are we missing out on life's greatest opportunities?

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.

The pivotal role of women in the development of our nation

American politicians can learn from The Book Of Exodus

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

American politicians can learn from The Book Of Exodus

Are we missing out on life's greatest opportunities?

Can the temporary silence the historic?

Are we missing out on life's greatest opportunities?

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 more things change..