Being Equal To God — By Ben
When I was a kid, I remember watching a news special detailing how something called a T cell can get taken over by a virus which uses it to replicate […]
Tag Archives: Pharaoh
The Women of the Exodus — By Ben
I don’t think there is a more packed parsha than the first reading of the second book of the Torah. Shemos contains like the whole first half of the movie […]
Pesach – It’s Not Darkest Before Just the Dawn — By Ben
We have a lot of maxims in our culture that simply aren’t true. Insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over, expecting different result. No volume of the […]
Mercy Vs Justice : Names of God — Va’eira — By Ben
I had an English teacher in 9th grade who delighted in making fun of us in front of the whole class. I remember one time he knocked Yuriy Teslyar’s notebook […]
The Luxury of Pessimism – Shemos — By Ben
Imagine you go to the grocery store to pick up a bottle of wine for Shabbos dinner. You’re going to run in, grab the wine, and pay for it. […]
Hidden Agenda – Vayeishev
The story of Joseph may be the most compelling story in the whole Torah. There are dreams, the conspiracy of the brothers, getting sold into slavery, Potiphar’s wife’s seduction, prison, […]
Denial isn’t Just a River in Egypt — By Ben
In this week’s parsha (Va’eira) there is the big showdown between Moses and Pharaoh. God sends Moses to plead with Pharaoh for the Jewish people’s freedom and every time Pharaoh says […]
Let My Pharaohs Go… It’s About Finding Freedom And Participating At The Seder – By Marc
First off, let me just say that neither Ben nor I noticed that this blog hit the one-year anniversary mark on April 2, 2016. It has been a pleasure melding […]
Va’eira – Attitude of Gratitude — By Ben
Parsha Va’eira is the Torah portion with almost all the plagues. And Moses, the staff, and the snakes, and Moses and Pharaoh coming head to head. Basically, if you’ve seen the […]
Shemos – Identity Crisis
The desire to assimilate is probably the most difficult temptation any Jew faces living in America today. On one hand, we want to be a part of the culture […]
Six Degrees Of Kosher Bacon 