All posts in: Shemos

• Shemos

  7 years ago

  Where logic ends

  After a long history of tranquillity in Egypt, the Jewish people there begin to feel that they are not wanted. Pharaoh starts issuing decrees against the Jews; and we end up in slavery ..

  Written by d fine
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• Shemos

  7 years ago

  Parashas Shemos

  Parashas Shemos This week we start the first sedra from the book of Shemos, which is called… Shemos! The parasha starts with what appears to be a small recap on the names ..

  Written by Daniel Sandground
• Shemos

  7 years ago

  Brave Nurses & The Journal of Life

  This week we start reading a new book of the Torah: Shmot (Exodus). At the end of last week’s parsha, Yaakov (Jacob) our forefather dies, and now suddenly ..

  Written by Tal Segal
• Shemos

  7 years ago

  L’chaim

  Picture the scenario: Moshe has been in exile for many years for having killed the wicked Egyptian taskmaster and now he receives a Divine message that it is safe ..

  Written by Rafi Jager
• Shemos

  7 years ago

  You Gotta Get Out More Buddy

  So this week we start reading the Book of Exodus, or in Ivrit, Sefer Shmot. The whole story of The Jewish People going out of Egypt and becoming a nation is about ..

  Written by Tal Segal
• Shemos

  7 years ago

  The chosen!

  A basic study of Jewish history could lead to the conclusion that the Jews being called the “chosen people” means chosen to suffer. The Jewish nation ..

  Written by Rafi Jager
• Shemos

  7 years ago

  The lesson we learn from sefer Shemos!

  The Ramban says that Sefer Shemos is called Sefer HaGalus and also Sefer HaGeula since it is the story of both the Bnei Yisroel’s descent into Gauls Mitzrayim ..

  Written by Benjamin A Rose
• Shemos

  7 years ago

  Lashon Hara – the reason for our slavery?

  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. ..

  Written by d fine
• Shemos

  7 years ago

  The Mitzvah of Shnayim Mikra

  “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
• Shemos

  7 years ago

  hit for six

  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 ..

  Written by d fine