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Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its ...

The literal approach to the Passover Haggadah’s four sons, or more broadly, four children, is straightforward. On four different occasions, the Torah describes questions asked by children about ...

The biblical term for midnight, the time Moses says God will slay the firstborn, is ka’chatzot halailah (“at about midnight”; Exodus 11:4). The prefix ka can be interpreted in a range of ways, ...

Malka Rappaort is a student. as the Ziegler school. This week’s Torah portion- Parashat Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16)- features the final three plagues of Egypt, the People of Israel’s departure from Egypt, ...

A close family friend recently told me that she was in a “dark place,” demoralized by the suffering and slow deterioration of old friends. Her phrasing was honest and poetic. Darkness is a fitting ...

Pharaoh is the most powerful man in the most powerful empire of the world in his day. He decided who would live and who would die. He decided who would be wealthy and who would be poor. He decided who ...

How did the Jews find grace in the eyes of the Egyptians, when they were the source all the plagues and destruction to begin with? It is true that the real blame should have fallen on Pharaoh; but it ...

Parshat Bo contains the last 3 of the ten Makkot; the culmination of the redemption would soon take place. The commentaries grapple with a fundamental difficulty that lies at the core of the ...

This week's Torah portion of Bo brings the 10 plagues to their zenith and relates how they ultimately convince Pharaoh to give the Jews their freedom. Follow us on Google bo parsha 8888 (photo credit: ...