This week’s parshah is Va’era, the story of the growing conflict between Pharoah and Moses leading to the 10 plagues we know from Passover. This Torah portion also holds special meaning to ...
50 C.E.) who makes a passing reference in his book ‘On the Life of Moses’ (1.16): “ten punishments were inflicted on the land.” Psalm 78: 44-51 lists NINE signs/plagues in a somewhat ...
Moses changes tactics. Despite his eloquent arguments against God presented in the Midrash, Moses says (in Exodus 4:10), apparently ... including the warning of the plagues and the sword.
In Exodus, God summons Ten Plagues against the Egyptians to free the Jews. Although some people view this story as … Continue ...
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” The words are Ecclesiastes 1:9 – among my ...
Unfortunately, sometimes, the media doesn't help. But they rather amplify the already existing level of cynicism in the society. If we are truly and genuinely interested in the advancement of our ...
Moses brought them down from Mount Sinai to the children of Israel, and now Gillsville Republican state Rep. Emory Dunahoo ...
Moses raised his staff toward heaven. God gave forth thunder and hail, and fire came down to the ground inside the hail, and God rained down hail over Egypt. ~ Exodus 9:23 one of our paradises ...
Michelangelo’s Moses has more in common with C.S. Lewis’s Mr. Tumnus than the casual viewer might expect—namely, a couple of stubby horns. Michelangelo wasn’t the first artist to depict the Hebrew ...
7. You shall not steal. 8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. 10. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.