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How does a nation fall so fast? The Israelites were preparing to begin the last leg of the journey to Canaan. The voyage would take three days....
It’s the eighth day of the Tabernacle and the Israelites understand that this time, Moses will not break down the structure at the end of the day....
The Lord spoke to Moses in the Sinai Desert, in the Tent of Meeting on the first day of the second month, in the second year after the exodus from the...
As we conclude Leviticus, the Torah takes a detour from the numerous commandments of the Tabernacle and Land of Israel. Unlike just about every other...
Funny, how the Torah can say the darndest things. Here we are in our weekly Torah portion, Emor, reading how we take from the first reaping of the...
Most nations can exist without doing anything other than being. They go on year after year whether rain or shine. Sometimes war breaks out and they...
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, This shall be the law of the person afflicted with tzara’ath, on the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought...
Nadab and Abihu were rising stars. The two elder sons of Aaron were seen as doers — managing the new Tabernacle and preparing for its inauguration...
Let’s face it, with all this talk and walk for democracy, slavery has been given a bad rap. The fact is that most of the world consists of slaves....
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: That is the burnt offering which burns...
And He called to Moses, and the Lord spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: When a man from...
Picture this: Moses and Aaron put out a call for donations for the Tabernacle. There is a need for everything required in construction and storage —...
Moses was summoned to Mount Sinai to receive the Torah, stone tablets that would define the Israelites’ commitment to G-d. And while he was on Sinai...
And you shall speak to all the wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, and they shall make Aaron’s garments to sanctify him,...
The Lord spoke to Moses saying:” Speak to the children of Israel and have them take for Me an offering; from every person whose heart inspires him...
And these are the ordinances that you shall set before them. Should you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall work [for] six years, and in the seventh [year],...
It came about on the next day that Moses sat down to judge the people, and the people stood before Moses from the morning until the evening. When...
Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. [Exodus 17:8] It was a tough few weeks for Moses and Aaron. First, they had to organize the exodus of...
The Lord said to Moses, “Stretch forth your hand toward the heavens, and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, and the darkness will become...
When we last left Moses, he was engaged in a bitter exchange with G-d. The former shepherd had followed G-d’s commandment to the letter and did not...
And a new king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph. [Exodus 1: 6] How do you turn from friend to enemy? How do you destroy a people who saved...
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt for seventeen years, and Jacob’s days, the years of his life, were a hundred and forty seven years. [Genesis...
Then Judah approached him and said, “Please, my lord, let now your servant speak something into my lord’s ears, and let not your wrath be kindled...
It came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh was dreaming, and behold, he was standing by the Nile. As Joseph languished in jail,...
These are the generations of Jacob: when Joseph was seventeen years old, being a shepherd, he was with his brothers with the flocks, and he was a lad,...
After 34 years, Jacob was coming home a rich family man. Waiting for him was his brother Esau, who never stopped hating him. Esau rounded up 400...
You could say a lot of nasty things about Laban, but he was not a stupid man. Once Laban laid his eyes on his nephew Jacob, he saw dollar signs. The...
And the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two kingdoms will separate from your innards, and one kingdom will become mightier than...