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Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

Playing God’s name game can show us a brighter future 

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen January 15, 2021January 15, 2021

The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Vaera Exodus 6:2-9:35 At the end of the previous parashah of Shemot, the Torah leaves the reader with a cliff-hanger. Moses has already been to Pharaoh to request that the Hebrews be given a three-day vacation to go and worship […]

“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

Moses was full of doubt. God trusted him anyway.

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein January 24, 2020January 23, 2020
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

It’s hard. But you have to stop working all the time.

Rabbi Joel Landau by Rabbi Joel Landau January 12, 2018January 12, 2018
In a 1902 painting, Moses addresses Pharaoh before his court
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A message for Moses and America — ‘Never give up’

by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan January 27, 2017January 24, 2017

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