One of the most revealing moments in the parsha occurs after the plague of hail. Pharaoh, shaken and afraid, calls out to ...

In Parshat Va’era, God begins to inflict the ten plagues on Pharaoh and on Egypt. Our Sages teach that each plague has ...

Parasha Shemot teaches that antisemitism is a recurring human failure, but Jewish resilience is a recurring miracle. The ...

1620, Pilgrim leader William Bradford, later the Governor of Plymouth Colony, reading the Mayflower Compact on board the Mayflower off the coast of what became known as Massachusetts. (Photo by ...

This week's Parsha Almanac by Rabbi Dovid Taub is nearly complete, but is missing some sections due to the passing of his ...

There’s some interesting statements in the midrash regarding Yosef being blessed by Yaakov in this week’s parsha. בֵּן פֹּרָת יוֹסֵף בֵּן פֹּרָת עֲלֵי־עָיִן בָּנוֹת צָעֲדָה עֲלֵי־שׁוּר ...

The Mitzvah of building the Beit Hamikdash is prominent in this week’s parsha. In Sefer Hachinuch, at the end of the mitzvah after he thoroughly describes the details of the roots of the mitzvah, the ...

Yosef's Presence in Mitzrayim kept us going through golus mitzrayim. Today still we learn from Yosef, and despite symptoms of ...