Tag: exodus

The Story We Tell (Bo 5778)

15th January 2018

It remains one of the most counterintuitive passages in all of religious literature. Moses is addressing the Israelites just days … Read more

6th February 2017

In September 2010, BBC, Reuters and other news agencies reported on a sensational scientific discovery. Researchers at US National Center … Read more

18th January 2016

The first translation of the Torah into another language – Greek – took place in around the second century BCE, … Read more

11th January 2016

The American writer Bruce Feiler recently published a best-selling book entitled The Secrets of Happy Families.[1] It’s an engaging work … Read more

5th January 2014

The Israelites had crossed the Red Sea. The impossible had happened. The mightiest army in the ancient world – the … Read more

4th March 2013

A long drama had taken place. Moses had led the people from slavery to the beginning of the road to … Read more

25th February 2013

Framing the epic events of this week’s sedra are two objects – the two sets of tablets, the first given … Read more

19th February 2013

The sedra of Tetsaveh, as commentators have noted, has one unusual feature: it is the only sedra from the beginning … Read more

12th February 2013

As soon as we read the opening lines of Terumah we begin the massive shift from the intense drama of … Read more

4th February 2013

On the opening phrase of Mishpatim – “And these are the laws you are to set before them” – Rashi … Read more