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Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its ...

In the course of Moshe’s event-filled return to Egypt, we are not quite sure what happens to his family. We see them riding with him and stopping at an inn. And then we hear nothing until much later ...

Julia Knobloch is a student at the Ziegler school. And a poet. This week’s Torah Portion – Parashat Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1) – features the beginning of the epic story of Moses and the exodus from ...

and I don’t want to go the way of Joseph. Forgotten in the Diaspora by whoever ascends next. It’s not about me, may be my mantra, but choosing life all day long may mean it’s at least a little about ...

Rashi notes that Moshe chastises the Jew who struck his friend using the future tense. “וַיֹּאמֶר, לָרָשָׁע, לָמָּה תַכֶּה, רֵעֶךָ” – “And he said to the bad one, ‘Why would you strike your friend?'” ...

Who were the midwives asked by Pharaoh to kill the newborn Jewish males? (Exodus 1:15, 16). Their identity is critical because they deserve a tremendous amount of credit. At great personal risk, they ...

Anti-Semitism is unfortunately alive and well. Its roots are presented in the beginning of the Book of Exodus. The Bible written thousands of years ago teaches lessons about Jew-hatred and how we ...

Although Scripture has already enumerated them by name while they were living, when they went down into Egypt (Genesis 46:8-27), it again enumerates them when it tells us of their death, thus showing ...

The divine cannot be reduced to scientific explanation or empirical inquiry. God exists beyond the categories through which human beings normally understand reality. The liberation from Egypt was a ...