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”,...
Category : Exodus – Shemot
Va’eirah: Don’t be Apathetic
In the first plague in Egypt, the waters of the river turned into blood. The Lubavitcher Rebbe says: Water symbolizes coldness and apathy, while blood...
Shemot: Until When?
“And Moses returned to God and he said, ‘God, why have You done bad to this Nation, why did You send me? And since I...
Q&A: Secret of Ages of Seven Generations from Abraham to Moses
Q: What is the significance of our being told that Levi lived 137 years, Kehat 133 years and Amram 137 years? (Exodus 6:14-27) A: The...
Pekudai: Forgotten Souls
At the beginning of the Torah portion of Pekudai, Moses gives a detailed accounting of the money donated to the Tabernacle. Every Jew gave half...
Ki Tisah: Seeing with the Heart
And He said, “You will not be able to see My frontside, for no man can see me and live…and you will see My backside,...
Tetzaveh: The Secret Weapon Against Amalek
“And you shall make a plate of pure gold and you shall engrave upon it engraving of a signet, ‘Sacred to God…’ and it shall...
Trumah: The Rectification of the Snake
“And you shall make the altar of acacia wood…and you shall overlay it with copper.”[1] This altar, which stood in the courtyard of the Tabernacle,...
Parashat Terumah: Experiencing Miracles
In the desert Tabernacle (and later, in the Temple in Jerusalem) three levels of miracle occurred daily, representing the unification between the supernatural and the...
