Exodus, Chapter 1 Exodus begins with a population crisis. Jacob’s descendants have multiplied and prospered in Egypt, “and the land was filled with them.” The new Pharaoh is alarmed and “oppressed ...

The midrash portrays this as a flaw. Redemption, it claims, comes because of the merit of the patriarchs—not because of Moses ...

After God reassures Moses that God will be with him, the prophet learns that he will also have his brother Aaron by his side, ...

In this week’s Torah portion, God threatens to destroy the entire nation of Israel for the sin of worshipping the Golden Calf. Moses intercedes and convinces God not to carry out that destructive plan ...

While Moses did not see God with his eyes, nevertheless with his ears Moses heard and recognized God’s voice (replete with the stentorian, somewhat liturgical, doubled summons, “Moses, Moses!”), and ...

Recently, I completed a Bible study on Psalm 90. This Psalm is a prayer from Moses to God. Moses prays about the eternal nature of God; the fragile nature of humanity; mankind’s sinful nature; the ...

I just finished teaching a six-week course that was an introduction to the Talmud. Having spent years in its study, it was a chance for me to see it with new eyes. A teacher must be in touch with the ...

So often God called Moses. / Three times they met / at the flaming bush / on Sinai and before the Tent of Meeting / that Moses might intuit God’s mind / and soothe God’s heart / as a lover comforts ...

When I started to pray in earnest for my family members, I realized I did not know what I needed to pray for. I was desperate to know what was lacking in my prayers, and what God desired for me to ...

The divine cannot be reduced to scientific explanation or empirical inquiry. God exists beyond the categories through which ...

Ridley Scott’s “Exodus: Gods and Kings’’ is an utterly clueless, relentlessly grim and rambling action epic guaranteed to displease devout Jews, Christians and Muslims alike, amuse atheists — and ...