Strange that the last three of the ten plagues are in a separate Torah portion. Even more striking is that they all have some connection with darkness: Locusts, darkness, and death of the Egyptian ...

It brings me great comfort when we read the stories of our ancestors and we see that they faced the same kinds of things with which we struggle. It tells us that we aren’t alone; someone has ...

A wise rabbi once said: “Though we cannot understand why things happen to us, but at least we can prepare for their eventuality”. In a previous message, I related the following story about ...

There are serious reasons to suspect that the Egyptians are preparing for war, although they are not seriously threatened by any enemy. This is a sign of the pre-Mashiach period.

Ari Berman is the 10th rabbi to speak during the inauguration ceremony. More have appeared at a prayer breakfast. In 1949, as Harry S Truman prepared for the first presidential inauguration since ...

"Kody has actually said this. Because I only have one child, I am not entitled to an equal portion of the property," the reality star says in the Jan. 19 episode of 'Sister Wives' TLC Meri Brown ...

Parashat Shemot, which opens the second book of the Torah, recounts the suffering of the Israelites in Egypt. After years of comfort in Egypt, the Jews were subjected to harsh enslavement. Pharaoh ...

This week’s parasha could be entitled “The Birth of a Leader.” We see Moses, adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter, growing up as a prince of Egypt. We see him as a young man, for the first time ...

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When Hashem introduces himself to Moshe Rabbeinu, he says אנוכי אלקי אביך אלקי אברהם אלקי יצחק ואלקי יעקב – what exactly does it mean אלקי אביך ...

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Who named Moshe and what does his name connote? Did Pharaoh’s daughter speak Hebrew? Chizkuni suggests, that following Chaza”l that she converted, and she actually did speak Hebrew and names ...