“Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here.” — Sue Monk Kidd, author During a Passover seder, Jews tell the story of Exodus to remind us of ...

The narrative in this week’s parsha is rich and foundational for the formation of the Israelite nation. The Hebrews have become enslaved to a cruel and stubborn Pharaoh who puts them through numerous ...

to win a later war, united. In “The “Egyptian” Midwives: Who were the midwives who risked their lives to save male Hebrew babies—Israelites or Egyptians? A text discovered at the Cairo Genizah sheds ...

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HaRav Dov Begon is Head of Yeshivat Machon Meir. “And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, the name of the one was Shifra and the name of the other Puah" (Exodus 1:15). Rashi explains: ...

Of the 83 people introduced by name in Genesis, only 24 are women. In Chapter One of Exodus, we are reintroduced to Jacob and his 12 sons and two new female characters: Shifrah and Puah. When we first ...

Exodus, Chapter 1 Exodus begins with a population crisis. Jacob’s descendants have multiplied and prospered in Egypt, “and the land was filled with them.” The new Pharaoh is alarmed and “oppressed ...