As noted before, Pharaoh’s continued hardness of heart inaugurates a cycle of events often called “the ten plagues on Egypt.” Exodus does use the word “plague” but it also calls them “signs and ...
Did God rob Pharaoh of his free will in the Exodus story? Or, counterintuitively, did God simply strengthen it?
Why does Moses step aside for Aaron during the first plagues? The answer reveals a profound Torah teaching about humility and gratitude.
We can read these different versions as the Egyptians, perhaps out of admiration, guilt, fear, or recognition of injustice, freely giving to their neighbors. A situation where Moses is “esteemed.” ...
Keeping promises is the foundation of trust between people, of educating children, and of building a moral future.
The midrash portrays this as a flaw. Redemption, it claims, comes because of the merit of the patriarchs—not because of Moses, who questioned too much. Some traditions go further, suggesting that ...
On the road to Emmaus, Yeshua met with two of His disciples and, beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to ...
The Argentine president delivered an anti-globalist speech at the World Economic Forum, citing the Exodus story as a warning to the West.The post Milei invokes Torah, Judeo-Christian values at Davos ...
–Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and unable to speak from childhood, became one of the most inspiring writers, activists, and ...
After the end of the 10 plagues, Pharaoh sends the people out … and now the Children of Israel finally go forth from Egypt.
It’s not just things from our childhoods that inhabit Memory Lane. We remember happy events like weddings, births of children ...
Pharaoh’s Refusal ...