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I am writing in advance of this week’s visit by Mr. George Bush, the President of the United States, to the Holy Land on the first stop of his Middle East...

Parashat Bo 5768 Parashat Bo – Why did Hashem save us? Text Message Responsa Stories of Rabbenu – Our Rabbi: Ha-Rav Tzvi Yehudah Ha-Cohain Kook – Redemption Shut She’eilat Shlomo –...

Kindly take a moment to study MISHNAS CHAYIM in the merit of יהושע ליב בן מרדכי דוד ע”ה a fellow Jew who passed away with no relatives to arrange Torah study...

When Pharaoh begs Moshe to stop the hail, Moshe agrees: “When I leave the city, I will extend my hands towards HaShem; the claps will cease, and the hail...

The Coming Week’s Daf Yomi by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz This essay is based upon the insights and chidushim (original ideas) of Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, as published in the Hebrew...

Kindly take a moment to study MISHNAS CHAYIM in the merit ofדוד בן אברהם ע”ה a fellow Jew who passed away with no relatives to arrange Torah study on behalf of...

Parashat Vaera 5768 Our Egyptian bondage experience and subsequent miraculous exodus (Yetziat Mitzrayim) play a conspicuous role in our liturgy. In addition to the Pesach festival dedicated to these historical events,...

It is a mental footnote for the Biblically knowledgeable – most of us not knowing exactly what to make of it. I am referring to the strange fact of Moshe’s k’vad...

Parashat Vaera 5768 Parashat Vaera – Glorifying Hashem’s Name one Plague at a Time Text Message Responsa Stories of Rabbenu – Our Rabbi: Ha-Rav Tzvi Yehudah Ha-Cohain Kook – Torah Scholars...

Our parsha tells us that the Egyptians worked Benei Yisrael with “crushing labor” (befarekh – Shemot 1:13). While Rashi explains that this refers to work which crushes the body, one explanation...