by Rabbi Altonaga | Apr 18, 2025 | Passover, Pesach, Rabbi Michael Altonaga
At the beginning of Passover, we told our children: בַּעֲב֣וּר זֶ֗ה עָשָׂ֤ה יְהֹוָה֙ לִ֔י בְּצֵאתִ֖י מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ … …because of this, Hashem did for me and took me out of Egypt. -Shemos 13:8 The simple reading is that this is an explanation for the...
by Elisha Guberman | Apr 8, 2025 | Elisha Guberman, Passover, Pesach
When we sit around the Seder table and bite into the crisp matzah, we often recall the classic explanation: “The dough of our ancestors did not have time to rise before God redeemed them.” This image of hurried departure, of last-minute scrambling, is...
by Yiska Guberman | Apr 3, 2025 | Passover, Pesach, Weekly Parsha, Yiska Guberman
Parshat Vayikra begins with an unusual detail in its very first word: “וַיִּקְרָא” (Vayikra—“And He called”). The aleph at the end of the word is written smaller than usual in the Torah. This seemingly minor scribal detail carries deep significance,...
by Rabbi Gotlib | Apr 25, 2024 | Pesach, Rabbi Gotlib
Is it a coincidence that the Hebrew word for evil is ra and that Ra just so happens to be the most powerful of the Egyptian gods (the very one that pharaohs were often said to be incarnations of)? Many academic scholars argue that it is not! Indeed, the fact that...
by Rabbi Shaps | Apr 18, 2024 | Metzora, Pesach, Rabbi Zischa Shaps, Weekly Parsha
This past Saturday night, Israel was bombarded by a combination of more than 300 Cruise Missiles, Ballistic Missiles and Attack Drones. More than 99% of them were intercepted by a combination of Israeli and allied forces. When I first heard about it, it was after the...
