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Having delivered word of a fair few plagues already, Moshe is told to go see Paroh again, and the reason he is given is quite bizarre:
וַיֹּאמֶר ה אֶל-מֹשֶׁה, בֹּא אֶל-פַּרְעֹה: כִּי-אֲנִי הִכְבַּדְתִּי אֶת-לִבּוֹ -Hashem said to Mos read more »
Having delivered word of a fair few plagues already, Moshe is told to go see Paroh again, and the reason he is given is quite bizarre:
וַיֹּאמֶר ה אֶל-מֹשֶׁה, בֹּא אֶל-פַּרְעֹה: כִּי-אֲנִי הִכְבַּדְתִּי אֶת-לִבּוֹ -Hashem said to Mos read more »
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Throughout the story of Egypt, we find that Paroh’s heart is hardened, after which he resisted overtures to release the Jews. How could Paroh have his free will compromised?
The question of Paroh’s free will is based on the presumpti read more »
Throughout the story of Egypt, we find that Paroh’s heart is hardened, after which he resisted overtures to release the Jews. How could Paroh have his free will compromised?
The question of Paroh’s free will is based on the presumpti read more »
by Rabbi Yissocher Frand
The parshiyos at the beginning of the book of Shmos all recount the terrible enslavement the Jewish people endured in Egypt. The enslavement was so intense that even when Moshe came to Klal Yisrael to announce their impen read more »
The parshiyos at the beginning of the book of Shmos all recount the terrible enslavement the Jewish people endured in Egypt. The enslavement was so intense that even when Moshe came to Klal Yisrael to announce their impen read more »
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Hashem told Avraham that his children would be enslaved in a land not their own for 400 years. Yet we find that they left after just 210 years of actual enslavement. Where are the missing 190 years?
There is a read more »
Hashem told Avraham that his children would be enslaved in a land not their own for 400 years. Yet we find that they left after just 210 years of actual enslavement. Where are the missing 190 years?
There is a read more »
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This marks a significant change. Before reuniting his family, he felt his life had been a failure. Now they were together, living in harmony, fulfilling Yakov's ambitions for creating a... read more »
This marks a significant change. Before reuniting his family, he felt his life had been a failure. Now they were together, living in harmony, fulfilling Yakov's ambitions for creating a... read more »
by Rabbi Ariel Bar Tzadok
"Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours whe read more »
"Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours whe read more »
by Rabbi Lazer Broidy
Mattatyahu Cohen HaGadol, whom we remember every time we say the "Al HaNissim" prayer during Chanuka, is buried in a cave in a forest, about a kilometer north of Highway 443 near Mevo Modiin.
Mattatyahu and his sons fou read more »
Mattatyahu Cohen HaGadol, whom we remember every time we say the "Al HaNissim" prayer during Chanuka, is buried in a cave in a forest, about a kilometer north of Highway 443 near Mevo Modiin.
Mattatyahu and his sons fou read more »
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During the famine in Canaan, Yakov sent his sons to Egypt, and they were captured and imprisoned. Unbeknownst to them, their captor was actually their long lost brother Yosef. In prison, they discussed their situation:
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During the famine in Canaan, Yakov sent his sons to Egypt, and they were captured and imprisoned. Unbeknownst to them, their captor was actually their long lost brother Yosef. In prison, they discussed their situation:
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We find that Yakov while crossing a river at night, Yakov remains behind the rest of his family, and is accosted by Eisav’s guardian angel, which has many forms – Satan, the angel of death, the evil inclination etc:
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We find that Yakov while crossing a river at night, Yakov remains behind the rest of his family, and is accosted by Eisav’s guardian angel, which has many forms – Satan, the angel of death, the evil inclination etc:
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by gTorah
Having delivered word of a fair few plagues already, Moshe is told to go see Paroh again, and the reason he is given is quite bizarre:
וַיֹּאמֶר ה אֶל-מֹשֶׁה, בֹּא אֶל-פַּרְעֹה: כִּי-אֲנִי הִכְבַּדְתִּי אֶת-לִבּוֹ -Hashem said to Mos read more »
Having delivered word of a fair few plagues already, Moshe is told to go see Paroh again, and the reason he is given is quite bizarre:
וַיֹּאמֶר ה אֶל-מֹשֶׁה, בֹּא אֶל-פַּרְעֹה: כִּי-אֲנִי הִכְבַּדְתִּי אֶת-לִבּוֹ -Hashem said to Mos read more »
by Rabbi Eli Mansour
We read in Parashat Bo the first Misva given to Beneh Yisrael as a nation – the Misva of “Ha’hodesh Ha’zeh Lachem Rosh Hodashim” (12:2). This Misva requires us to establish the Jewish calendar according to the lunar cycle, me read more »
We read in Parashat Bo the first Misva given to Beneh Yisrael as a nation – the Misva of “Ha’hodesh Ha’zeh Lachem Rosh Hodashim” (12:2). This Misva requires us to establish the Jewish calendar according to the lunar cycle, me read more »
by Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein
Is it all random or guided from above? Is there are such thing as randomness? Does Hashem listens to the tefilot? Stories from the parsha and life. Amazing and interesting insights into this week's parsha that you w read more »
Is it all random or guided from above? Is there are such thing as randomness? Does Hashem listens to the tefilot? Stories from the parsha and life. Amazing and interesting insights into this week's parsha that you w read more »
By Rabbi Eli Mansour
How far Gd's does supervision goes? Be it in personal life or in the world - we assume things, like we know. But, can this be right? How far can we trust, and how far should we rely? Why certain things happen certain way and read more »
How far Gd's does supervision goes? Be it in personal life or in the world - we assume things, like we know. But, can this be right? How far can we trust, and how far should we rely? Why certain things happen certain way and read more »
by Rabbi Eli Mansour
When you have a group of people, you can do wonders. How to use the group to your advantage - change your mazal, Heavenly decrees, get more zechuyot. Elevate yourself and others. If you are looking for answers this read more »
When you have a group of people, you can do wonders. How to use the group to your advantage - change your mazal, Heavenly decrees, get more zechuyot. Elevate yourself and others. If you are looking for answers this read more »
by Rabbi Eli Mansour
Parsha insights - audio shiur read more »
Parsha insights - audio shiur read more »
Following Moshe's warning to the King of Egypt of the impending plague of Locusts, the pasuk says, "And he turned and went out from Pharaoh" [Shmos 10:6]. The Ramban writes: Moshe knew that following the plague of Hail that the Egyptian agricultu
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How Much Knowledge of G-d is Enough?
by Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe
Understanding and knowing G-d takes a lot of effort. Most people only know G-d on a superficial level and content themselves with that. G-d could have taken the Children of Israe read more »
by Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe
Understanding and knowing G-d takes a lot of effort. Most people only know G-d on a superficial level and content themselves with that. G-d could have taken the Children of Israe read more »
Parsha Perspectives
Rabbi Yoav Druyan
ויהי חושך אפילה בכלארץ מצריים שלושת ימים... לאראו איש את אחיו ולאקמו איש מתחתיושלושת ימים...
"Let there be darkness in the land of Egypt, a palpable darkness ... No man saw his fellow and no m read more »
Rabbi Yoav Druyan
ויהי חושך אפילה בכלארץ מצריים שלושת ימים... לאראו איש את אחיו ולאקמו איש מתחתיושלושת ימים...
"Let there be darkness in the land of Egypt, a palpable darkness ... No man saw his fellow and no m read more »
by Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen
One of the most distinctive aspects of the Ten Plagues was the persistent refusal of Pharaoh to recognize the error of his ways and accept that the God of the Jews was indeed all-powerful. Miracle after miracle failed to read more »
One of the most distinctive aspects of the Ten Plagues was the persistent refusal of Pharaoh to recognize the error of his ways and accept that the God of the Jews was indeed all-powerful. Miracle after miracle failed to read more »
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