Moses
Parashat Va’era: Why being good is the secret strength we forget
Why does Moses step aside for Aaron during the first plagues? The answer reveals a profound Torah teaching about humility and gratitude.
Parashat Shemot: Learning God
Parashat Shemot: The continuity of the world
Yom Kippur: The end or the beginning?
Parshat: Splitting of the sea of love, faith and hope
“They were very frightened, and the children of Israel cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses... ‘What is this that you have done to us to take us out of Egypt?"
Ancient Christian manuscripts digitized at monastery beneath Mount Sinai
The monastery lies at the foot of Mount Sinai, by tradition the site where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
Parashat Vayakhel: Who will build the Tabernacle?
The High Priest would carry the entire nation on his heart and shoulders, an ability made possible by the leaders of the tribes.
Parshat Beshalach: Faith, justice and humility
By fulfilling a commandment that we cannot understand, we declare our humility in the face of the transcendent, obedience that stems from humbleness.
Moses or Aaron – justice or mercy?
The Sages themselves constantly used the title Moshe Rabbenu – Moses our teacher – yet Hillel the Elder did not choose him as the model to be emulated, but rather Aaron. Why?
Who made you so successful?
Parashat Hukat: Who is capable of sin?
A person, as impressive as he might be, is still a person, and he has the choice of sinning or not.
Ties with Israel through the lens of Ethiopia’s ambassador
Tsegay Berhe takes the connection between the two peoples all the way back to Moses.
To understand Facebook's CEO, ask: What would Moses do?
Moses served his people, was humble, had a vision, showed empathy and engendered trust; Zuckerberg tried to show all these traits in his testimony before Congress in April.
Don't stay the course
A good deed done privately may be laudable, but the same deed performed the next day with a boastful intent is unworthy.
