Pesach night is the time to put our brain into gear and try to understand the story of ye’tizas mitzrayim, so let me leave you with some food for thought. Sometimes we find that Hashem tells Moshe to meet Pharaoh by the water while other…
Category: Pesach
“…Ad Be’chor Hashvi Asher B’veis Ha’bor” – Collective Punishment
When American bombs fell over Iraq and surely killed some innocent Iraqis who certainly had nothing to do with the war, there was barely any public outcry. When the UN placed sanctions on Iraq and many innocent women and children…
“Ani Hu V’lo Acheir” -It is I and No Other!
The classic question that many ask here is quite a simple one. If we have already eliminated even the greatest of angels called “serofim” isn’t it redundant to now state “It is I and no other?” Who can we be…
Beware the False Novi
Just imagine the following scenario. Peter Popoff, a well known evangelist, announces on his weekly radio and television show which is heard by thousands nationwide, that he had a vision in which J. told him that there would be a…
“B’Yod Chazakah Shtayim. Bz’roah Netuyah Shtayim, B’morah Godol Shtayim, B’osos Shtayim, U’b’mofsim Shtayim”
As we all know, there were ten plagues in all. While we all know that these plagues were both signs and wonders, and represented G-d’s “Powerful Hand” and “Outstretched Arm,” it seems from the above, that the ten plagues were…
Dayeinu!
Here’s a classic question that I’ve seen in many of the meforshim on the Haggadah: What purpose could there have been in bringing us close to Har Sinai without giving us the Torah? After all, the entire purpose of bringing us toHar Sinai was matan Torah! So what…
Egypt, The Magical Capital of the Ancient World
In ancient times, Egypt was known as the magic capital of the world and its magical powers are recorded in the Torah. The Egyptian magicians seemed to be able to turn water into blood and make frogs appear from nowhere.…
The Five Questions
1) I’d like to understand how Shimon Peres who certainly would never have dared accept the Nobel Peace Prize flanked by Boruch Goldstein at his side, is more then willing to shake hands with Arafat and even receive the Peace…
What’s the Big Rush?
Few people would feel comfortable eating a meal while holding a stick in one hand, their belt fastened tightly, wearing shoes instead of house slippers and being told to finish eating the delicious grilled steak as quickly as possible. That’s certainly…
THE SPECIAL PASSWORD – “Pokod Pokadeti”
These are the two special words that brought great smiles and joy to the Yidden. They were the special code words that identified Moshe as the great savior sent by Hashem to take out His nation from Mitzrayim. Yosef had already apprised the Jews many years earlier…