Moses

Parashat Beha'alotcha: Know your place

After Pharaoh intensified the Jewish slaves' work, Moses felt that his mission had failed. Out of deep pain, he turned to God and said, “Why have You done evil to these people? Why did You send me?

|ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
Reading a torah scroll
Title page of first edition of the Zohar, Mantua, 1558. (Photos: Wikimedia Commons)

'The Wisdom of Truth': Reaching the attic with a ladder to the Zohar - review

Introduction to the Zohar explores exile, desire, and repair, presenting the Baal HaSulam’s ladder as a path to inner spiritual transformation.

|ByBARUCH LANDA
TAMBOURINE PLAYERS from the ‘Golden Haggadah’ (c. 1320), reflecting a medieval vision of Miriam and the women’s song after the crossing of the sea, The British Library, London

The hidden well: Exploring Miriam's leadership as a source of hope in war's shadow

Within a world of harsh decrees and cruelty, Miriam creates a human partnership that crosses boundaries for the sake of saving life.

|ByRABBA AMIRIT ROSEN
You don't have to be superhuman to change history.

You don’t have to be Moses: This generation must rise to lead in a time of war - opinion

Each and every one of us should rise to the occasion and seek justice, seek victory, seek fulfillment for this amazing and miraculous country of which we are a part.

|BySTEWART WEISS

Parashat Devarim: The beginning of history

The Torah is insistent that no human is perfect, and it is in the rough and tumble of daily life that we show our spiritual striving.

JULY 15, 2021ByDAVID WOLPE
REMBRANDT'S MOSES with the Ten Commandments

Parashat Devarim: God as Moses’s temporary student

In this week’s parasha, Devarim, Moses focused on the years when the Jewish nation wandered in the desert and on the trials and tribulations they experienced there.

JULY 15, 2021ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
Moses leading the Children of Israel across the Red Sea from the ‘American Heritage Haggadah’ by David Geffen, Gefen Publishers 1992

Parashat Pinhas: Ego and leadership

From this week's Torah portion, Parashat Pinhas, we learn from Moses that a leader puts his ego aside. Moses’s first concern is for Israel, not for himself.

JULY 2, 2021ByDAVID WOLPE
‘MOSES,’ BY Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1513-1515, at San Pietro in Vincoli (Rome)

Parashat Pinhas: A plurality of opinions

We learn from this week's Torah portion, parashat Pinhas, a plurality of opinions is a godly phenomenon.

JULY 2, 2021ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
Microphone

Parashat Chukat: The articulation of Moses

Moses says that he is not a man of “d’varim” – the Hebrew term he uses for “words.” God nonetheless insists Moses be the leader of Israel. And the lesson begins.

JUNE 17, 2021ByDAVID WOLPE
A still from the film showing Moses leading his people out of Egypt.

Parashat Beha’alotcha: Bamidbar and ‘dibur’

This week’s parasha shows us several different kinds of speech illustrate a range of values expressed in language.

MAY 26, 2021ByDAVID WOLPE
Gossip, illustrative

Parashat Beha’alotcha: A journey to the unknown

After about a year of camping near Mount Sinai, the children of Israel began moving toward the Promised Land.

MAY 26, 2021ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
THE SINAI Desert.

Feeling sorry for Moses

MAY 15, 2021ByRAYMOND APPLE
REMBRANDT'S MOSES with the Ten Commandments

Parashat Bamidbar: Ohel Mo’ed: Intimacy & modesty

God’s speaking to Moses – more than reflecting holiness, reflects the intimacy of direct communication and connection with the creator.

MAY 13, 2021ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
MOSES HOLDS his staff at the Battle of Rephidim in this painting titled ‘Victory O Lord!’ (1871) by English painter John Everett Millais

10 of the best Jewish tweets about the pre-Passover Suez Canal blockage

The Suez Canal has been blocked for days by a giant container ship, causing big problems for the global shipping industry and starting a torrent of social media memes. But what’s Jewish about it?

MARCH 26, 2021BySHIRA HANAU/JTA
A handout picture released by the Suez Canal Authority on March 24, 2021 shows a part of the Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given (Evergreen), a 400-meter-long and 59-meter wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic across the waterway of Egypt's Suez Canal.