Exodus, Chapter 1 Exodus begins with a population crisis. Jacob’s descendants have multiplied and prospered in Egypt, “and the land was filled with them.” The new Pharaoh is alarmed and “oppressed ...

“Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it ‘the tent of meeting.’ Anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp. (….) ...

This week’s Torah portion, T’rumah, represents another abrupt shift in focus within the book of Exodus from the mostly legal ...

In this week’s Torah portion, God threatens to destroy the entire nation of Israel for the sin of worshipping the Golden Calf. Moses intercedes and convinces God not to carry out that destructive plan ...

Recently, I completed a Bible study on Psalm 90. This Psalm is a prayer from Moses to God. Moses prays about the eternal nature of God; the fragile nature of humanity; mankind’s sinful nature; the ...

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could talk to God, face to face, like we talk with our friends? Yes, I would love that too. I’ve heard of people who ...

So often God called Moses. / Three times they met / at the flaming bush / on Sinai and before the Tent of Meeting / that Moses might intuit God’s mind / and soothe God’s heart / as a lover comforts ...

When I started to pray in earnest for my family members, I realized I did not know what I needed to pray for. I was desperate to know what was lacking in my prayers, and what God desired for me to ...

The example and encouragement of men and women at prayer can never be underestimated. It isa powerful testimony to faith when people humble themselves and pray. Prayer is radically countercultural ...

I just finished teaching a six-week course that was an introduction to the Talmud. Having spent years in its study, it was a chance for me to see it with new eyes. A teacher must be in touch with the ...

Some years ago, I devoted all my Kol Nidrei talks to Moses. I talked about why Moses continues to be Moshe Rabbenu, our teacher, for the 21st century and why Moses has something to say to us on Yom ...

Ridley Scott’s “Exodus: Gods and Kings’’ is an utterly clueless, relentlessly grim and rambling action epic guaranteed to displease devout Jews, Christians and Muslims alike, amuse atheists — and ...