By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov: This Shabbat (the Shabbat before Purim) we will take two sifrei Torah out, one for the weekly Torah portion of Tetzaveh and the other for reading the Zakor. It is a positive mitsva to listen to this reading from a kosher sefer Torah. Some believe that […]
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By Rabbi Nuriel Zargari ויהי בשלח פרעה את העם ולא נחם וגו’ [י”ג יז] When the Bnei Yisrael were leaving Egypt, they had two different routes to take. Either they could travel through the land of the Plishtim or through the midbar, the desert. Each path had its advantages and […]
By Rabbi Yosef Shemtov: In this week’s parsha, three more makot befell Egypt: locust, darkness and first borns dying. Moshe again goes and pleads to Pharoah to free the Jewish nation and let them go out of the land. Moshe tells him, “You already got seven strikes and if you […]
By Rabbi Moshe Vosoghi: Before Moshe met with Pharaoh and threatened to bring the Makkot, Hashem informed Moshe that He will ‘harden Pharaoh’s heart’ to the terrible toll of the Makkot, not allowing Pharaoh to free the Jewish people. The idea that Hashem will “harden Pharaoh’s heart” is difficult to […]
By Rabbi David Cohen The meyaldot, midwives, risked their lives to save and sustain the Jewish infants. Pharaoh was a mass murderer; he would have had no problem adding two more Jewish women to his list of victims. Yet, the Torah underscores not their act of saving the children, but […]