Articles Shemot

“They journeyed from Rephidim, and they arrived in the desert of Sinai, vayachanu, they encamped, in the desert, and Israel vayichan, encamped there…

The Exodus from Egypt is the seminal event in Jewish history. While it was just the first stage of the forming of the Jewish nation, it is the Exodus…

We are introduced – genealogically – to Moshe twice. The first time is, quite naturally, when he is born. Yet unlike pretty much every other prior…

The youthful Moshe has grown up in the Royal Palace, far removed physically and psychologically from his brethren, the Hebrews, now enslaved in Egypt…

“In the first month of the second year on the first of the month, the Tabernacle was erected” (Shemot 40:2). Sefer Shemot concludes with the…

“And G-d spoke to Moshe to say to the Jewish people: Ach, however: my Sabbaths you are to keep! For it is a sign between me and you, throughout your…

“And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an efod, and a robe, and a quilted undercoat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they…

The first of Adar is a very special day. “Just as when Av begins one decreases rejoicing, so too when the month of Adar begins, one…

“And all the people saw the thunder, the lightning, and the sound of the shofar, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they were…

"As G-d prepares to unleash the plagues on Egypt and redeem the Jewish people from bondage the Torah begins by listing the genealogy of Yaakov.…

“In the merit of righteous women of that generation we were redeemed from Egypt” (Sotah 11b). Sefer Shemot introduces us to a number of righteous…

“Moshe gathered the entire congregation of Israel and said to them” (Shemot 35:1). It is extremely rare that the Torah records Moshe speaking to the…