The high price of not listening: What Pharaoh teaches us about power and humility
Pharaoh ignored every warning until his nation collapsed. His mistake isn’t ancient, it’s painfully familiar today.
Pharaoh ignored every warning until his nation collapsed. His mistake isn’t ancient, it’s painfully familiar today.
'On that day, a great shofar shall be sounded, and those lost in the land of Assyria and those who were cast off in the land of Egypt shall come, and they shall bow to the Lord in Jerusalem.'
Rosner’s book was written primarily for non-practicing Jews perplexed by Judaism in general and by apparent contradictions between Jewish and Western values in particular.
The beautiful chaos of our crew around a table covered with challah, wine, and probably too much food... Our table almost always holds more. Friends stop by. Guests join.
The divine cannot be reduced to scientific explanation or empirical inquiry. God exists beyond the categories through which human beings normally understand reality.
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The victory of the midwives over Pharaoh was the beginning of Israel’s triumph over Egypt.
We should value democracy, safeguard it within Israeli society, and participate actively wherever we reside, cherishing the liberties and dignity it secures.
The book Disasters of Biblical Proportions: The Ten Plagues Then, Now, and at the End of the World provides a history of the interpretations of each of the 10 plagues in the Book of Exodus.
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Anyone who truly wants change must begin with himself – to be better, more generous, more understanding, and more open to differing views.