Vaera – 5779 Exodus 6:2 – 9:35 Think you don’t have what it takes? Neither did Moses: “And Moses spoke before the Eternal, saying, ‘Behold, the children of Israel would not listen to me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips.’” [Ex. 6:12] When God appeared to Moses at the Burning […]

Shemot – 5779 Exodus 1:1 – 6:1 The end of the book of Genesis focuses on the men – on Jacob and his sons. The Exodus from Egypt, in contrast, begins with five courageous women: Shiphrah, Puah, Yocheved, Miriam and Pharaoh’s daughter. A new pharaoh has risen in Egypt and enslaved the Hebrew people. Even […]