BESHALLACH: The Bones of Yosef, the Danube River and the Shoah

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Founded in 1989 in Israel, ZAKA was originally formed to respond to terror attacks and deal with the retrieval, identification and burial of the deceased. (Written...

BESHALLACH: Miriam, and the audacity of hope

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ותקח מרים הנביאה את התוף בידה Miriam, Moshe’s (Moses) sister, was probably the most optimistic person in the history of Am Israel. I believe that...

SUMMARY OF BESHALLACH

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PHARAOH'S REGRETAfter Pharaoh expels the Jewish slaves from his land, God does not lead them along a direct route to the Promised Land, because...

BO: Gaza y las diez plagas

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Para el Faraón, todo es personal Moisés advierte al Faraón que si no libera a los judíos, Egipto comenzará a sufrir a causa de diferentes...

BO: Death, as the last resort

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The story of the ten plagues is fascinating not only for its content but also for the sophistication of its narrative. The plagues begin...

VAERA: The Miraculous Rejection of the Ceasefire (2014)

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ChatGPT said: (Written in July 2014) I would like to refer to Parashat Vaera, the second parasha of the Book of Shemot, and its main character,...

VAERA: Pharaoh and His Gambling Problem

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Every time I read this Parasha, I feel perplexed and fascinated by the behavior of Pharaoh. During the plagues, Pharaoh even admitted that he...

Pharaoh and the Two Midwives

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אֲשֶׁ֨ר שֵׁ֤ם הָֽאַחַת֙ שִׁפְרָ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית פּוּעָֽה Pharaoh planned the final solution to the Jewish problem. The plan begins by recruiting collaborators. It was not...

How was assimilation prevented in Egypt?

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When our patriarch Ya'aqob was getting ready to descend to Egypt and reunite with his son Yosef —Egypt's second most powerful man— he feared...

Rabbi Elyashiv and the number of Jews that left Egypt

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How is it possible that the people of Israel reproduced so greatly in Egypt within a period of just 210 years? Let us recall that the...