Parshas Beshalach – Sea-Splitting Laughter
Finding themselves between a rock and a hard place, with the sea on one side and the marauding Egyptians quickly approaching from the opposite direction, — ויצעקו‘the Children of Israel cried out to G-d’. Rashi explains that ‘they seized the ××•×ž× ×•×ª — art of their ancestors‘, implying that they prayed. In the Selichos we recite […]
Parshas Beshalach – Sea-Splitting Laughter
Finding themselves between a rock and a hard place, with the sea on one side and the marauding Egyptians quickly approaching from the opposite direction, — ויצעקו‘the Children of Israel cried out to G-d’. Rashi explains that ‘they seized the ××•×ž× ×•×ª — art of their ancestors‘, implying that they prayed. In the Selichos we recite […]
Parshas Beshalach – Sea-Splitting Laughter
Finding themselves between a rock and a hard place, with the sea on one side and the marauding Egyptians quickly approaching from the opposite direction, — ויצעקו'the Children of Israel cried out to G-d'. Rashi explains that 'they seized the ××•×ž× ×•×ª — art of their ancestors', implying that they prayed. In the Selichos we recite […]
Parshas Bo – Who You Lookin’ At?
Have you ever been so angry at someone and blurt out, “I never want to see you again!” Pharaoh most certainly was. After the latest plague of darkness debilitated his people, he was quite irate and desperate. He summons Moshe back and begins to negotiate the terms of a deal that Moshe had formerly requested […]
Parshas Bo – Who You Lookin’ At?
Have you ever been so angry at someone and blurt out, “I never want to see you again!” Pharaoh most certainly was. After the latest plague of darkness debilitated his people, he was quite irate and desperate. He summons Moshe back and begins to negotiate the terms of a deal that Moshe had formerly requested […]
Parshas Bo – Who You Lookin’ At?
Have you ever been so angry at someone and blurt out, “I never want to see you again!” Pharaoh most certainly was. After the latest plague of darkness debilitated his people, he was quite irate and desperate. He summons Moshe back and begins to negotiate the terms of a deal that Moshe had formerly requested […]
Parhsas Vaera – Virtual Unreality
Before the onset of the first plague — Blood, Pharaoh is forewarned by Moshe of the impending scourge. “So, says G-d, ‘Through this shall you know that I am HaShem; behold with the staff in my hand shall I strike the waters that are in the River, ×•× ×”×¤×›×• — and they shall change to blood. […]
Parhsas Vaera – Virtual Unreality
Before the onset of the first plague — Blood, Pharaoh is forewarned by Moshe of the impending scourge. “So, says G-d, ‘Through this shall you know that I am HaShem; behold with the staff in my hand shall I strike the waters that are in the River, ×•× ×”×¤×›×• — and they shall change to blood. […]
Parhsas Vaera – Virtual Unreality
Before the onset of the first plague — Blood, Pharaoh is forewarned by Moshe of the impending scourge. “So, says G-d, ‘Through this shall you know that I am HaShem; behold with the staff in my hand shall I strike the waters that are in the River, ×•× ×”×¤×›×• — and they shall change to blood. […]
Parshas Shemos – Chayos HaKodesh — Holy Beasts
Initially, Pharaoh attempted to conceal his intention to diminish the burgeoning male population of the Jewish nation by instructing the Hebrew midwives to clandestinely kill the male infants on the birthstool. They heroically defied his orders and caused the children to survive instead. Indignantly, he summons the midwives demanding an explanation. They respond by informing […]
