torah

Following the narrative in which G-d elucidated to Moshe (Moses) how he would approach Pharaoh and Pharaoh would ignore him, the Torah states “Moshe was… Read More »The Effort Department

This week, the Torah tells us how the Egyptian exile entered its waning moments as the dawn of redemption begins. Moshe and Aharon threatened Pharaoh… Read More »Proof in the Putting

FRIDAY NIGHT WE CAN FINALLY sit back and enjoy the show. It’s always so comforting to watch the tables finally turn on Pharaoh and the… Read More »Hidden Antisemitism

The Torah scholar should not walk with erect stature and head held high (lit., ‘throat thrust out’) as it states ‘[…for the daughters of Zion… Read More »Chapter 5, Law 8 – Walking the Walk

In this week’s reading we are introduced to a new Pharoah, “who did not know Joseph” [Ex. 1:8]. Pharoah had an imagined, entirely unfounded worry:… Read More »Balancing the Scale

In this week’s parsha, Shemos we read about Moshe’s first encounter with Hashem while shepherding his sheep in the barren wilderness. Hashem revealed Himself to… Read More »Bleeding Hearts-Lofty Souls

Nothing human is ever permanent. Perhaps the only exception to this rule is human nature itself, which, seemingly, has never changed from the days of… Read More »We Shouldn’t Ignore this Lesson from Egypt

This week we begin the Sefer of Shemos. The Parsha begins with the story of Ya’akov and his family descending to Egypt. One might wonder… Read More »Pharoah and “the Jewish Problem”

Moshe was pasturing the flocks of Yisro, his father-in-law, the chief of Midian, and he led the flocks after the desert (free pastureland), and he… Read More »About One Thing

Go and assemble the elders of Israel, and say to them, “…I have surely remembered you, and what is being done to you in Egypt.”[2]… Read More »Too Much Information