Hopes which are destroyed cause deeper despair than complete hopelessness. The Jews had hoped for a new Pharaoh who would ...

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After God reassures Moses that God will be with him, the prophet learns that he will also have his brother Aaron by his side, ...

Israel said on Thursday it had barred entry to Gaza of foreign medical and humanitarian staff whose organizations were ...

The Israeli Ministry of Defense says it has stepped up construction of a new security barrier along the Jordanian border, ...

The verb va-yach (“he struck”) is also significant. It shares its root with makot, the plagues. Moses strikes first; God ...

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 ...

An estimated 20,000 Venezuelan Jews fled after Maduro’s predecessor, Hugo Chávez, took power and ignited antisemitism.

As the “America First” agenda emerges as a driving force in the conservative movement, younger generations have grown more ...

Every tyrant who oppresses his citizens and does evil is also an enemy of Israel - from Pharaoh all the way to Maduro and ...

It’s called ‘Va-Yechi’: And Jacob lived ….’. For, although it is about death, it’s also about life. Jacob lived until the age ...

People don’t always turn against others, they simply decide to forget them. Parshas Shemot opens with a verse that feels ...