by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 2, 2023 | Beshalach, God, Miracles
The Torah portion of Beshalach (Exodus 13:17-17:16) opens with a description of the Exodus from Egypt. After the Children of Israel journeyed for a few days, God commanded Moses to tell them to backtrack slightly and camp in a very specific location for a very...
by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 26, 2023 | Bo, Light Unto the Nations
The opening verses of Exodus 12 introduce God’s instructions to the children of Israel regarding the preparations for the Passover lamb. God begins his words to Moses by telling him that the month in which the Exodus falls shall forever be known as the first month....
by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 19, 2023 | God, Va'eira
God spoke to Moses, and He said to him: I am the Lord (YHVH). I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty (El Shaddai), but with My name “the Lord,” (YHVH) I did not make myself known to them. – Exodus 6:2-3 The opening verses of the Torah portion of...
by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 12, 2023 | Shemot
When God called on Moses to go to Egypt and liberate the Children of Israel, Moses worried that they wouldn’t believe it was God who had sent him. To help convince them, God provided Moses with three miraculous signs (Exodus 4:1-9). The three signs were: Moses...
by Rabbi Pesach Wolicki | f 5, 2023 | Bible Study, Israel, Vayechi
“And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the length of Jacob’s life was one hundred and forty-seven years. When Israel’s days drew close to death, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Now if I have found favor in your sight, please put...
