Where is Moses?

Pesach is approaching very quickly and in about a week we will be sitting around the table eating, drinking, reading, learning, teaching and questioning in fulfillment of the Pesach Seder. It is fascinating to note that if you look through the Haggadah there is a great personality who was the hero of the Exodus, and he just doesn’t really play a part in the Seder at all.  Moses gets just one, ...

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We Are All in Egypt!

As we are now preparing for Passover, of course, we begin to think about the exile in Egypt and about exile in general. When one becomes familiar with the Torah and with Judaism, one will observe that exile features frequently in the Torah. Adam and Eve are exiled from the Garden of Eden, Cain is exiled, Abraham has to go into exile in Egypt and Jacob and his sons also ...

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Night and Day

In Jewish tradition every day starts in the evening. So for example, the Sabbath, Shabbat, starts Friday evening when the sun sets and it ends on Saturday when the stars come out. The Jewish 24 hour day extends from the beginning of the night till the beginning of night, so that the evening always proceeds the morning in the order of our day. This is implied in the verses in ...

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