The Sages blame many wilderness failures on the Erev Rav, the Egyptian converts.
But was this about scapegoating a group… or diagnosing influence?
What if the real danger wasn’t them, but what they mixed into us?
When the Israelites left Egypt, they chose to take the leftover maror with them. It wasn’t commanded. It was carried.
What we do with our pain after freedom might matter as much as how we survive it.
Did God take away Pharaoh’s free will—or did he trap himself? Explore how pride and unchecked desire can weigh down the heart, even in the face of miracles.
There’s a moment when looking away stops being neutral.
The Torah describes it as “there was no man.”
That’s the moment when a part of you either lives—or dies.
The person who runs away from a prophecy ends up running right into it. It’s probably the most cliché plot device in all of storytelling. Oedipus Rex. Return of the […]
In parshas Bo, God gives the Jewish people their first official Mitzvah, God said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, [showing them the new moon:] “This renewal will signal the […]
Parsha Va’eira begins, “God [Elohim] spoke to Moses and said to him, ‘I am Hashem [YKVK]. I revealed [Va’eira] Myself to Avraham, Yitzchok, and Yaakov as the Almighty [El Shaddai], […]
For my recent blog posts I’ve been veering away from the weekly Torah portion to explore the concept of bitachon, or trusting in God, by going through Sha’ar HaBitachon, a […]
I have a friend who recently got back from leading a trip to Israel. A tremendously inspirational and committed person, she, like me, is a baal teshuvah. Her dedication to […]
Parshas Bo contains the final three plagues of Egypt. The title of the parsha, “Bo” refers specifically to the way God instructs Moses to approach Pharaoh as he warns him […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 