We Make Our Own Redemption
Today we look at Va-Eira, Exodus 6:2 – 9:35 – God’s instructions to Moses to free the Israelites, the description of the descendants of Israel in Egypt by name and tribe, and lots of plagues. In order to convince the Israelites that God is really God, God manipulates Pharaoh, hardening his heart which leads to […]
Reflect on Rights in Elul
For today, Va-Yeishev, Genesis 37:1 – 40:23 – the beginnings of the stories of Joseph, and some other stories about Jacob’s household. The story of Tamar is here, a wife of two sons of Judah who don’t provide her offspring. When Judah shirks his obligations to her, she tricks him into doing the right thing. […]
