Aaron the kohen ascended Mount Hor at the Lord’s bidding and died there, on the first day of the fifth month in the fortieth year of the children of Israel’s exodus from Egypt. A Midrash astutely ...

One could call this the Gettysburg Address of the Exodus. At the beginning of Parshat Vaera, God speaks to Moses and assures him that slavery is about to come to an end: “Therefore say to the children ...

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In honor of Passover 5785, it’s worth pondering a brief midrash found in the Talmud (Berachot, 9b), on a verse in Exodus, chapter 3. When Moses meets God for the first time at Mt. Horeb, he says to ...