The final appearance of the staff in the Exodus story occurs in the iconic moment when Moses splits the sea, carrying out the ...

Parshat Bo begins with Moses coming before Pharaoh and threatening the eighth plague- swarms of locusts that will eat everything in sight, including all the vegetation that was not previously ...

Hatred is a spiritual sickness that consumes the soul, warps reason, and drives us toward self-destructive actions. Pharaoh’s ...

We are at a watershed moment, and we need to respond from courage, artfulness, and faith, – not from despair. It’s time to ...

There have been many mass marches in history, and they have been turned into material for myths and mystification and constitute a trove of wealth for the imagination. Mass gatherings of people stir ...

What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each parent’s and child’s personality, needs, and circumstance vary so widely.

In Exodus, God summons Ten Plagues against the Egyptians to free the Jews. Although some people view this story as … Continue ...

Once Moses arrives and the plagues begin, the enslaved Israelites almost fade into the background. This week’s reading zeroes in on Pharaoh and his showdown with God. Through Moses and Aaron ...

In an age riven by ethnic and religious conflict, the message of the Torah rings true in our time. To be free, you have to ...

In the wake of the plague of locusts, Pharaoh himself admitted (Exodus ... is withheld from the Israelites after Moses returns to Egypt, while the brick quota remains unchanged, crushing their ...