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After winning favor with the queen – thanks to a bit of help from her hairdresser, naturally – Joseph finally approached Pharaoh with a request: to honor his solemn oath to his dyi...
Jewish tradition wrestles with this question constantly, and few stories illustrate the tension better than the legendary origins of MOSES. Imagine this: the 21st of Nisan. A seemi...
Remember Pharaoh's terrible decree? He ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed. But Jochebed, one of the midwives, defied him. She refused to participate in this horrific act,...
The tale begins when Moses, at the ripe old age of 67, leaves Ethiopia. Ginzberg, in Legends of the Jews, tells us this was the moment divinely appointed to liberate Israel from th...
Here's Moses, destined to lead the Israelites out of slavery, to receive the Torah – the first five books of the Hebrew Bible – at Mount Sinai. Yet, according to tradition, he wasn...
They were enslaved, toiling under Pharaoh’s harsh rule. They’d hoped things would get better when he died, maybe his son would be more merciful. But nope. The new Pharaoh? Even wor...
Sometimes, it's the small acts of kindness, the quiet moments of compassion, that truly define us and pave the way for greatness. Take Moses, for example. Before he parted the Red ...
The sun beats down, and the horizon shimmers with heat. But our journey isn't just a physical one; it's a journey into the heart of Jewish tradition. We're heading to a very specia...
We often imagine this grand spectacle, a booming voice from the heavens. But the traditional texts offer a much more intimate, nuanced picture of that pivotal moment. Imagine the s...
