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The Prohibition Against Living in Egypt
Parshat Ki Tavo
By Aryeh Citron
The return of the Jews to Egypt would be an affront to G‑d, who specifically saved us from slavery there and removed us from there...
Jewish Practice » Miscellaneous » Parshah Halachah » The Prohibition Against Living in Egypt
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Turning Up the Heat
Parshat Va'eira
By Sarah Zadok
The very concept of Egypt denotes limitation, a sense of entrapment, blockage and slavery. And we have a directive to escape this reality every day. We don't need to physically live in the land of Egypt under Pharaoh's rule to feel enslaved...
Women » Spirituality & the Feminine » Women on the Weekly Torah Portion » Turning Up the Heat
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Life's Journeys
By Nechoma Greisman
It took 42 stages for the Jews to get from Egypt to Israel, over a period of 40 years. Each stage of the journey was determined exclusively by Divine decree--the cloud which hovered over the Jewish camp when they were required to relocate, began to move ...
Parshah » Bamidbar - Numbers » Massei » Parshah Columnists » Through the Eyes of a Woman » Life's Journeys
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The Jew and Egypt
From Rabbi Yitzchak Luria
During the Egyptian exile, the Jewish people elevated all its divine sparks
Kabbalah Online » Major Concepts » World Peace » The Jew and Egypt
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Home to our Fathers
By Elisha Greenbaum
Q: Who was the straightest man in the Bible? A: Joseph, he was a ruler in Pharaoh's court. Corny joke, but the question it leads to is valid though. Joseph was a high achiever if there ever was one. By dint of hard work, intelligence, good judgment and a ...
Parshah » Bereishit - Genesis » Vayechi » Parshah Columnists » Parshah Musings » Home to our Fathers
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Narrow Escape
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
There was only one journey which actually took the Jewish nation out of Egypt: their journey from Ramases to Sukkot. Why, then, does the Torah speak of 42 journeys of "the children of Israel going out of the land of Mitzrayim"?
Parshah » Bamidbar - Numbers » Massei » Chassidic Masters » Narrow Escape
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Parshas Lech Lecha
From the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
Likkutei Sichos, Vol. V, p. 57ff. I. As mentioned on frequent occasions, it is doubtful that [any of] the names of the weekly Torah portions are cited in the Talmud.Megillah 29b does mention the name of readings VeAtah Tetzaveh and Ki Sissa, and Megillah ...
Spirituality » Chassidic Texts » Crown Jewels » Breishis » Parshas Lech Lecha
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Israel's Enslavement
Library » Jewish History » Our Biblical Fathers » Israel's Enslavement
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Chapter 2: Limits
Dovid Taub & Jonathan Goorvich
Hollywood Producer/Gefilte fish sends Jono, Itche, G-fish, and Ari Goldstein to China to find G-Fish's family. But will they get there?
Kids » Itche Kadoozy » The Quest » Chapter 2: Limits
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Israel: Land of the Free
True freedom only exists in the holiness of the Land of Israel.
By Rabbi Chaim (ben Moshe) Ibn Atar
True freedom only exists in the holiness of the Land of Israel.
Kabbalah Online » Weekly Torah » Archives » Shemot - Exodus » Yitro » Mystical Classics » Israel: Land of the Free
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