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By Rabbi Dovid Markel Last week’s parsha concludes with Moshe protesting G-d’s actions towards the Israelites. G-d had sent Moshe to Egypt to redeem the Israelites, but instead the servitude only intensified. Moshe returned to...
By Sholom Olensky This week in the Torah: A conversation between G-d and Moses, seemingly repetitive of a similar conversation earlier. Last week in the Torah, Moses claims that he has difficulty speaking,...
By Avner Friedmann The Midrash[1] describes Moshe and Aaron’s first encounter with Pharaoh: That day was Pharaoh’s birthday. Many kings and dignitaries from the surrounding countries had come bearing gifts in his honor. Moshe...
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Why this parsha begins with an account of the names of the Children of Israel.
Shemos, Egypt and the suffering of Job
By Rabbi Dovid Markel This week’s parsha begins with the words (Bereishis, 47:28), “And Yaakov lived in the land of Egypt for seventeen years.” The Medrash (Bereishis Rabba, 96:1) explains that these years...
Studying the Torah in depth.
Why did Rueven rebuke his brothers?
Two forms of trust in G-d.
Rabbi Avraham Bar Hiyya’s Defense of Astrology
18 Dec, 2015
18 Dec, 2015
The Litigants’ Appointment of the Court
26 Nov, 2015
On The Disqualification of Personal Testimony
11 Nov, 2015
Rabbi Tzadok and Willpower Fatigue
7 Nov, 2015
18 Dec, 2015
From Exile To Redemption (Full Essay)
18 Feb, 2013
9 Dec, 2013
Parshas Noach – Perfect In His Generation
4 Oct, 2013
27 May, 2013
