One of the many mitzvot mentioned in our parashah is the mitzvah of Aliyah LaRegel — ascending to Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) three times a year. Jews would travel from far and […]
Beshalach
The entire world heard about the spectacular miracles of Yetziat Mitzrayim (the Exodus from Egypt). As the verse says, “The nations heard and trembled” (Shemot 15:14). Yet for most of […]
Food From Heaven—And the Food We Call “Natural” Can we imagine what it would be like to wake up one morning and find our food waiting for us — not […]
In Parshat Beshalach, the Jewish people experience the splitting and subsequent crossing of the Sea of Reeds. After so many miracles— after the 10 plagues, after slaughtering Egypt’s idol, the […]
As this week’s Torah reading describes the Jews’ exodus from Egypt, theTorah tells us (13:19) that Moses made sure to take Joseph’s bones with them.In reference to this deed of […]
