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to a fascinating moment in the life of Moses, a moment tinged with both humility and a hint of the miraculous. You remember Moses. The future leader, still on the run after that… i...
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...
Maybe you're facing a challenge that seems insurmountable, a situation where you feel utterly trapped. Well, let me tell you a story about a literal pit and how someone climbed out...
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...
Sometimes, it's not those who’ve lived with the miraculous all their lives, but rather a newcomer, a convert, who can see it most clearly. Our story begins with Jethro, the father-...
Sometimes, it’s about setting aside your own prestige, your own sense of self-importance, to serve. To truly see the other person’s needs. We find a beautiful example of this in th...
The air is thick with the aroma of roasting meat, the sounds of laughter and song echoing through the desert. The Israelites, newly freed from slavery in Egypt, are gathered togeth...
You remember Jethro. Moses' father-in-law? The Midianite priest who recognized the greatness of God even before the Israelites fully grasped it? Well, according to the legends, his...
Jewish tradition is full of stories that suggest it does. And one of the most fascinating, and perhaps surprising, examples comes from the story of the Rechabites. These weren't Is...
