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Divrei Torah

Sanhedrin 49b: Rav Sechora

Let us say your father and rebbe are both carrying heavy boxes and need assistance putting it down. A mishna in Bava Metzia 33a says

 Bo

God and Moshe tell the Jews to take; of this command what are we to make? They’re told to take from the Egyptians before they

Bracha Upon Returning Tzitzit

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I take off my tzitzit to play ball. When I put my tzitzit back on

 Remaining in Eretz Yisrael

Parshat Bo The prophet Yirmiyahu issues a familiar message in this week’s haftarah—a message we read last week in the words of Yechezkel—about the punishments

Rambam’s Failed Vow

Great thinkers convince people and do not try to intimidate them. In the introduction to his Guide for the Perplexed, Rambam issues a command to

When Will We Be Loved?

Can you picture a Jewish people, an Israel, loved and admired by the world at large? An Israel that perennially wins the “Most Admired” prize

Zera Shimshon on Parshas Bo

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְֳדוד אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה בֹּ֖א אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה כִּֽי־אֲנִ֞י הִכְבַּ֤דְתִּי אֶת־לִבּוֹ֙ וְאֶת־לֵ֣ב עֲבָדָ֔יו לְמַ֗עַן שִׁתִ֛י אֹתֹתַ֥י אֵ֖לֶּה בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃ ולְמַ֡עַן תְּסַפֵּר֩ בְּאָזְנֵ֨י בִנְךָ֜ וּבֶן־בִּנְךָ֗ אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁ֤ר הִתְעַלַּ֙לְתִּי֙ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם וְאֶת־אֹתֹתַ֖י

Non-Discriminatory Kindness

Despite experiencing makkah after makkah, Pharaoh did not fully give in. Why didn’t Pharaoh want to save himself and his country and agree to let

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