Parashat Bo describes the final three plagues that struck Egypt—locusts, total darkness, and the death of the firstborn. Together with the earlier plagues, they raise a fundamental question: Why exactly ten plagues? Why these specific punishments, and why in this precise order?
At the end of Tanna D’Bei Eliyahu Zuta 14 (written by Rav Anan—an Amora—who learned with Eliyahu HaNavi), it says: The redemption from this galut
Chazaq Torah Talks – Episode 91 (Aired February 14, 2023)
When I sat down with Rabbi Mordechai German for Episode 91 of Chazaq Torah Talks, the
Pharaoh saw himself as a g-d. He declared, “The Nile is mine, and I made myself.”
How could such foolishness take hold of a human being?
As parents and siblings, we all want our homes to be happy places. But for a teenager, home also needs to be a place where it is safe to be unhappy
In Parshat Va'era, Hashem speaks to Moshe and says, “Va’eira el Avraham, el Yitzchak, ve’el Yaakov” — “I appeared to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to
For many Jewish New Yorkers, antisemitism no longer feels like a distant or abstract idea, but something that can surface during an ordinary subway
