Scientific Objectivity and the Subjectivity of Faith
Modern technology attempts to convince us that its manipulation of nature is independent of our subjective conscious connection with the Almighty. Over time, we begin...
Category : Bo
Time and the Secret of God
As a nation, the Jewish people receive their first mitzvah in parashat Bo. This is the mitzvah to sanctify the new moon and to designate...
Wonders for Bo 5786
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Temporal Orientation: The Hebrew Calendar
In this week’s parashah, Moses and Aaron are given what is considered God’s first commandment: to designate the month of Nisan as the first month...
Partzuf: The Ten Plagues
Obviously, the Ten Plagues are a model that should be corresponded to the Ten Sefirot. However, as it turns out there are several ways to...
Parashat Bo: Aliyah by Aliyah
First Reading: The War of the Reptiles “God said to Moses, ‘Come to Pharaoh” The Zohar[1] on Parashat Bo offers a mysterious and most...
The Ten Plagues
“I Went Down to the Walnut Grove” With the Ten Plagues that afflicted Egypt, God made the Jewish people conscious of Him, as the Torah...
Bo: Extracting the Sparks from Pharaoh
“Come (Bo) to Pharaoh for I have hardened his heart…” This is the third and last time that Moses is told to “come to Pharaoh”,...
Bo: A Slap in the Face
After Moses informed Pharaoh of the upcoming plague of the firstborn and the exodus from Egypt that would follow on its heels, the Torah says,...
Mathematics on the Parashah • Bo • God of Hosts
A new generation, a new Name “On this very day, all the hosts of God departed the land of Egypt.”[1] Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi...
