[caption id="attachment_1761" align="alignleft" width="239" caption="Job Descriptions"][/caption] The Sages teach us that the Egyptians gave everyone jobs at which they were not skilled in order to increase their frustration and prevent them from having any sense of accomplishment. How did the Sages know? The Foundation Stone™ did...
[caption id="attachment_1757" align="alignleft" width="292" caption="The Mouth"][/caption] I am fascinated by my grandson’s obsession with his mouth. I bought a pull-toy for him as a Chanukah gift, and he examined every piece with his mouth. Whenever he pulls a book from the shelf, he puts the...
How do the Sages know? The Talmud teaches that the Jews were saved from Egypt in the merit of the righteous women. How did they know? The first two heroes, or shall I say, heroines of the story are the two midwives, Shifra and Puah, who stand...
[caption id="attachment_1749" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Total Clarity"][/caption] “Pharaoh’s daughter went down to bathe by the river,” the Sages teach means that she went to the Mikva, Ritual Bath, in order to convert? Is that a legend? Or, did they read it in the story? How did...
[caption id="attachment_1745" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="I'm Mot Listening!"][/caption] It seems that this is a night for arguments. My wife and I had to go to the hospital and I wanted to go out and warm the car for her. She wanted to go out and warm...
[caption id="attachment_1737" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Spirituality"][/caption] Pharaoh had a problem. It doesn’t seem too serious, but it has the potential to explode. Moses arrived with Aaron to demand; “Let My people Go!” The people in question are not there. Oh! They set out with Moses and...
[caption id="attachment_1733" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Controlling The Future"][/caption] Pharaoh was in trouble. He believed in astrology and the stars spelled his eventual doom. A Jew/Egyptian would be born on a specific day, who would topple the king and destroy Egypt. Pharaoh did what he needed to...
[caption id="attachment_1729" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Gratitude"][/caption] What is the first thing you would say about Pharaoh? Would you mention that he was a killer? Or, would you start with the fact that he enslaved an entire nation? The verse introduces Pharaoh by saying, “He did not know...