Jews Take Egyptian Wealth

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The Vegetarian Era

Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

Matzah represents the bare necessities of life. The Passover offering represents luxuries whose function is solely to give pleasure. Maror represents a middle ground between these two extremes...

Jewish Practice » Jewish Holidays » Passover » Passover Seder » The Haggadah » Thoughts on the Haggadah

The Kabbalah of Darkness

By Lazer Gurkow

When confronted with darkness, what do you do? fight it? peer more deeply into it? A dual lesson from the Plague of Darkness that afflicted the Egyptians

Learning & Values » Weekly Torah (Parshah) » Shemot - Exodus » Bo » Parshah Columnists » Inner Stream

A Night of Opportunity

By Lazer Gurkow

Choosing a mitzvah over material and spiritual riches

Learning & Values » Weekly Torah (Parshah) » Shemot - Exodus » Beshalach » Parshah Columnists » Inner Stream

Exodus

Pharaoh's resistance is finally broken and he actually chases the Israelites from his land. Finally, the Jews are free...but the story's not over yet

Jewish Practice » Jewish Holidays » Passover » Study & History » History » In a Nutshell

Egyptians "Sue" For Gold & Silver 4th Century BCE Event

Egyptian representatives appeared in the court of Alexander the Great, demanding that the Jews pay restitution for all the Egyptian gold and silver they took along with them during the Exodus. Geviha the son of Pesisa, a simple but wise Jew, requested ...

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