Parashat Misphatim: A Beginner’s Guide to Piety
Forgotten Piety Immediately following the revelation on Mount Sinai, the Israelites are handed a long list of laws and regulations,
Forgotten Piety Immediately following the revelation on Mount Sinai, the Israelites are handed a long list of laws and regulations,
Concepts, not Commandments The famous term “Ten Commandments” is a misnomer. In the three references in the Torah to what
Women, Men, and Angels When the Israelites left Egypt and God split the sea for them the angels wanted to
“They shall eat the meat on that night, roasted, with matzoth and bitter herbs” The first ever lean burger is
Who is in Control? The ten plagues were meant to convince Pharaoh to let the Israelites go. But it seems
Full Room-Service The Talmud says that because of the merit of righteous women, the Israelites were redeemed from Egypt (Sotah
Choosing a college major is a tricky business. You start studying for the profession most in demand at the moment,
In his royal chambers, covered in fine Egyptian linen sheets, Zaphenat Pa’aneah, aka Joseph the Hebrew, wakes up screaming, awash
By Rabbi Haim Ovadia Two years after Yosef correctly interpreted the dreams of the royal cupbearer and baker, Pharaoh had
Are You Really Sorry? By Rabbi Haim Ovadia [Gen. 37:1] Yaakov settled in the land of Canaan, where his father
