In our sedra (2:14), Rashi brings an important Midrash which we must get to the bottom of. A young Moshe goes out of Pharaoh’s palace and sees two Jews fighting. ..
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“And these are the names of the Children of Israel” (Shmos 1:1). In conjunction with the public reading of the parsha, our Chachomim say that every individual ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
I see a(nother) head! The Midrash Rabbah (1:8) says that in Egypt the Bnei Yisrael gave birth to six babies at once (don’t worry – angels came and looked ..
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‘What is in your hand?’, and he said, ‘A staff’ (Shmos 4:2). Where did this staff come from, if it was destined to be used for miracles surely ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
My son…the shepherd It seems rather interesting that so many prophets (and leaders) of the Jewish People were shepherds. See, we weren’t always doctors and lawyers. ..
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The Rama paskens that a child should not nurse from an Egyptian woman (or any other non jewish woman), since it brings to Timtum HaLev (Stuffing up the Jewish heart) ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
Parshas Shemos; Jew(s) in Galus Chumash Bereishis has ended and we welcome in Chumash Shemos (it really is the season to be jolly!). At the start of Chumash Shemos, ..
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There’s a great vort the Kotzker Rebbe says in this week’s sedra on perek 2 pasuk 12. Moshe grows up in the house of Pharoah, and then goes out and sees ..
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There’s a classic question regarding the 10 plagues, and though the subject is deep, we can approach the roots… (the issue is found in Rambam hil. teshuva ..
Written by Daniel Fine
An opening line is always very important. So when HaShem tells Moshe that the first thing he should tell Pharoah is ‘bni bechori yisrael’ (4;22); that ..
Written by Daniel Fine