Moses

Parashat Bo: The world is catching up, again

'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' was a crude forgery that peddled the myth of a clandestine Jewish cabal manipulating institutions under the guise of doing good.

Gold.
Promises.

Parashat Bo: Promises must be kept

Parsha.

Parashat Va’era: Why being good is the secret strength we forget

The encounter at the burning bush lays the bedrock of monotheism. Illustrative.

Parashat Shemot: Learning God


What we can learn from the story of those who contributed eagerly, told to stop - opinion

In order to be of help to others, one must be on a certain moral and intellectual level, the writer explains.

 Money jar

Will Israel’s pro-judiciary revolt be violent?

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Unlike this government's many tin soldiers and draft dodgers, the dissidents who called for an armed struggle are real war heroes.

 PROTESTERS AGAINST the current government and the planned reforms rally in Tel Aviv on January 28.

Rabbi Pinto: “The Book of Deuteronomy is the greatest book of ethics”

In light of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto’s renewed calls, many of his students joined the initiative to read the Book of Deuteronomy.


Parashat Beshalah: Searching for passion

Without our own passion and sacrifice, we have little to demand from the future. Don’t fear hardships or sacrifice – they will lead us to nobility and passion. 

 THE TORAH refers to Moshe’s hands as ‘hands of faith.’

Parashat Va’eira: Fact-checking

The small act of improving Moses’s speaking abilities would have gone a long way toward improving his ambitious agenda, yet God preserved Moses’s speech impediment.

 FEWER BULLHORNS, more introspection.

The Jewish leaders leading the Jewish people - then and now - opinion

Living in modern Israel is like living in a real-time ongoing Talmudic dispute.

 RIME MINISTER Yair Lapid arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem

Rosh Hashanah: ‘For my sake the world was created’

Each individual has the power and potential to change the world. Indeed, throughout Jewish history there were many individuals who literally changed the course of Jewish history.

 YOU – THE reason the world exists.

What are the Ten Commandments in the Bible? - explainer

The Ten Commandments have a central place in Judaism and Jewish history, given by God and Moses at Mount Sinai. Here's what you need to know about them.

 Moses and Aaron with the 10 Commandments (illustrative).

Parashat Pinchas: Four comments on leadership

Humility, dedication to the nation’s needs, tolerance and taking responsibility are the traits of an ideal leader, as Rashi taught us based on the words of the Torah.

 MOSES ASKS God to appoints a new leader for the nation so they ‘will not be like sheep without a shepherd.’

Passover 2022: A Ukraine Chabad rabbi's Exodus - opinion

How can matzah, made from the most simplistic of ingredients, be intertwined so profoundly with our faith and heritage?

 RABBI YOSSI GLICK accompanies two girls from the Chabad Ukraine Orphanage on a plane from Romania to Israel following their 22-hour train journey to Romania.