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to the story of Jochebed and Miriam, and the desperate measures they took to save the infant who would become Moses. Imagine the scene. Pharaoh’s decree hangs heavy in the air: all...
Brutal labor, constant oppression, and no end in sight. That's the reality Moses walked into, and his heart broke for his people. But even in the face of such darkness, Moses becam...
The Israelites weren't just a faceless mass of slaves. They were organized, structured, even in their oppression. The text tells us that officers were appointed over every ten Isra...
Ginzberg, in his masterful Legends of the Jews, paints a vivid picture of this pivotal moment. Moses, witnessing an Egyptian taskmaster brutally beating a Hebrew slave, was faced w...
He has no clue that destiny has something truly unexpected in store. At this precise moment, war erupts between Ethiopia and its former eastern territories. King Kikanos, leading h...
Loyalty to a leader you trust, versus the allure of the familiar. That's exactly where the Israelites found themselves in this little-known story about Moses. We all know Moses led...
We pick up the tale after Moses has helped Zipporah and her sisters at the well, driving away the rowdy shepherds. After sharing the story of her father’s miraculous rod – yes, tha...
The man who spoke to God face-to-face, led the Israelites out of slavery, and received the Ten Commandments. Surely, he was perfect. Not quite. The story goes that when God first c...
Turns out, Moses knew exactly how that felt, way back in ancient Egypt. Imagine this: Moses, chosen by God to lead his people out of slavery, invites the elders of Israel to join h...
