A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT FROM RABBI MORDY So this week’s parsha is Bo and the Jewish people are in a pickle. (Sound familiar?) Slavery is unbearable and so are the plagues that God keep making  worse for the Egyptians. These are tense times indeed. And so, when finally the tenth plague arrives and the Egyptians are completely fed up, Moses… Read More

A WEEKLY TORAH THOUGHT FROM RABBI MORDY Ok, I’ll admit, this week’s Parsha (Bo) is a favorite of mine. It contains the last three Plagues to befall the Egyptians and then begins detailing the Jewish People’s liberation from Egypt. Certainly monumental in that this was the moment this band of slaves and vagabonds became a true nation with a free… Read More

So the Jewish people are in a pickle this week (Parshat Bo). Slavery is rough and the fire that is the plagues under the seat of the Egyptians is heating up. These are tense times indeed. And so, when finally the tenth plague arrives and the Egyptians are completely fed up, Moses instructs the Jews that everyone should take a… Read More