Finally, the Children of Israel are free. Four hundred and thirty years after God promised Abraham that his descendants would inherit the land of Canaan, the Israelites have begun their journey to the ...

This week’s portion, Pekude, covers the last chapters of Exodus and so is a good place to try to draw some general lessons from our story of stories. The poets have been finding metaphors and similes ...

The Israelites were living in captivity in Egypt. They were persecuted and abused. Pharaoh ordered that all Hebrew newborn boys be killed. Moses was born during this time. His mother hid him in a ...

Soon, we shall again be reading the story of Exodus. It’s a good story, whether it actually happened or not. Now there’s the current version, coming into Texas. Their problem is they don’t have Moses ...

This is the time of year when we Jews read the story of “Yetzi’at Mitzrayim,” the Exodus from Egypt. (It is part of our yearly reading of the Torah, the Five Books of Moses.) The experience of slavery ...

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Time is short and the Jews are, as usual, in trouble. What does the Exodus teach us about what to do? Yes, the Jews are in trouble both today and long ago, when we were slaves in Egypt. Apparently, ...

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Jews around the world are celebrating Passover, which commemorates the redemption of ancient Israel from slavery in Egypt. Although that event occurred nearly 3,500 years ago, its essential lessons — ...