Chapter Two of the biblical Book of Exodus compresses into a mere five paragraphs the extraordinary story of Moses the Israelite boy born into a slave family who becomes the prince of Egypt and then a ...

The final appearance of the staff in the Exodus story occurs in the iconic moment when Moses splits the sea, carrying out the ...

The midwives, possibly Egyptian, defied Pharaoh. Pharaoh’s daughter saved Moses, who, raised as an Egyptian prince, ultimately confronted Pharaoh’s tyranny. I’ve always been struck by how ...

Before the death of the king of Egypt, the Torah describes how Moses, who had been raised as the adopted son of Pharaoh’s daughter, went out to his brethren and saw their burdens. He sees the ...

The Jewish tradition loves serious play with words. This week’s Torah portion begins with God’s telling Moses, “Go to Pharaoh” (Exodus 10:1) to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go. The problem is, ...

Could Pharaoh have changed his mind if he had wanted ... This was apparent when Moses received the Torah on Mt Sinai, and the worship of the Golden Calf as an expression of Egyptian idolatry ...

What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each parent’s and child’s personality, needs, and circumstance vary so widely.

What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each ...

God revealed Himself to Moses, who was raised in Pharaoh’s palace, and tasked him with the mission of announcing the redemption to the Israelites. The midrash explains that Moses was chosen for ...

This week’s parasha could be entitled “The Birth of a Leader.” We see Moses, adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter, growing up as a prince of Egypt. We see him as a young man, for the first time ...