All posts in: Bo

• Bo

  7 years ago

  I’ll be there for you!!

  Hashem tells Moshe “Bo El Pharoh” which translates as “Come to Pharoh”. Shouldn’t he have said “Go to Pharoh”? This teaches ..

  Written by Benjamin Rose
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• Bo

  7 years ago

  warning falling on deaf ears

  The opening pasuk of our sedra seems a bit strange at first glance. It reads ‘and HaShem said to Moshe ‘come to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart ..

  Written by d fine
• Bo

  7 years ago

  The second shortest Vort EVER!! (A BIT MORE OF WHAT MR FINE SAID)

  The Gematria of Vov and Aleph (the first two letters of Voera) = 7, because there are 7 plagues in that sedra, The gematria of Beis and Aleph (the first two letters ..

  Written by Benjamin A Rose
• Bo

  7 years ago

  the shortest vort ever!

  The Ba’al HaTurim notes that the word (& sedra) ‘Bo’ has the gematria of 3, which is the same number of plagues that are in the sedra (locusts, ..

  Written by D Fine
• Bo

  7 years ago

  I can think of worse things than darkness!?!

  Not so many years ago, London had its great fog. [Manchester has a mini version of this each morning.] Basically, the fog was so thick that darkness descended on London ..

  Written by D Fine
• Bo

  7 years ago

  Bo: Practical torah Thoughts on Everyday Living

  And they (Israelites) emptied Egypt. (12:36) The Israelites were commanded by G-d to request treasures from the Egyptians so that could leave Egypt with wealth as promised ..

  Written by Yehuda Katz
• Bo

  7 years ago

  Clutching at Straws

  When warning Pharaoh (and his surrounding servants) about the forthcoming plague of the firstborns, Moshe announces that the plague is going to occur at ‘approximately ..

  Written by d fine
• Bo

  7 years ago

  The Moon and the Jewish People

  In this weeks parsha ,Bo ,h’shem gives the Jewish people the mitzvah of keeping a lunar calendar and the appointment of Nissan as the head of the year (ie the first ..

  Written by PR
• Bo

  7 years ago

  BO – LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES

        Parshas Bo sees the culmination of the ten plagues which devestated Mitzrayim. However, Chazal tell us that during the Plague of Darkness, the Jewish ..

  Written by Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen
• Bo

  7 years ago

  Da’at

  The 3rd to last plague of locusts confirming the 3rd of the 10 utterances of Creation: dividing between the water of heaven and earth – corresponding to the 3rd Kabbalistic ..

  Written by Rabbi Shimshon Silkin