The Exodus

When miracles demand courage: A moral reading of Exodus for our time - opinion

There are moments in history when reality itself seems to fracture, when the familiar dissolves, and humanity is forced to confront the limits of fear, power, and hope: The Exodus is one such moment.

|ByZEHAVIT GROSS
Exodus from Egypt (Edward Poynter)
Exodus from Egypt (Edward Poynter)

In every generation: The revolutionary spirit of Passover - opinion

Our story is not one of strength but of vulnerability; not of total victory but of powerlessness.

|ByOFEK MEIR
An Israeli family enjoys a "Seder" Pesach on the first night of the Jewish holiday of Pesach. April 22, 2024.

Parashat Tzav: True freedom begins in the mind, not in physical circumstance

Shabbat Hagadol is a time of inner preparation for the Festival of Freedom. On this Shabbat, we begin to think and act from a broader perspective.

|ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
Shirel Dagan-Levy, CEO of Voice of the People

Seeing beyond the moment: What Passover demands of us this year

This year, perhaps the most important question the holiday asks of us is not “what happened then,” but “what does this moment require of us now?”

|BySHIREL DAGAN-LEVY

Parashat Shemot: What makes a hero?

Moses’s personal struggles enable him to summon the strength despite his initial unwillingness.

JANUARY 7, 2021ByDAVID WOLPE
THE PARTING of the Red Sea during the Jewish nation’s escape from Egypt, an illustration from a Bible card published 1907 by the Providence Lithograph Company

Parashat Shemot: An unglamorous leader

One of the skills a leader needs is the ability to make speeches and persuade the masses, and this was something Moses felt he could not do.

JANUARY 7, 2021ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
‘MOSES WITH the Ten Commandments,’ Philippe de Champaigne, 1648: Why not read them every day?

Kabbalah, and the logic of the impossible - Moses our rabbi

The Exodus from Egypt was a crucial event not only in the life of the Jewish people, but for the world as a whole.

JULY 28, 2020ByEDUARD SHYFRIN
THE PARTING of the Red Sea during the Jewish nation’s escape from Egypt, an illustration from a Bible card published 1907 by the Providence Lithograph Company