Plagues
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Death Threats
As Moshe and Aaron continued to encounter Pharaoh and negotiate the freedom of the Hebrew slaves, death hung in the air, actualized through certain plagues (even before the last sign). Parashat Bo continues to…
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How to be אלהים…
As G!d continued to guide Moshe and share what would be involved in being an agent of redemption from slavery for the Hebrew people in parashat Vaera, G!d stated at the beginning of chapter…
- Affliction, Discharge, Infection, Komps Kaos, Leprosy, Leviticus, Loneliness, Medicine, Metzora, Outcasts, Parsha, Plagues, Priests, Quarantine, Sickness, Skin Diseases, Society, Suffering, Vayikra
Quarantined
We don’t think very much about leprosy today. This “ancient” disease plagued people in the Bible (Tanakh), and later in the New Testament. Those who suffered from such a communicable disease were outcasts…
- Aaron, Deities, Egypt, Exodus, Freedom, Israelites, Komps Kaos, Miriam, Moses, Oppression, Parsha, Pharaoh, Plagues, Redemption, Slavery, Vaeira
Promises, Promises
I know this is repetitive, but G!d’s promise in Exodus 6:6-7 still connects me to this parsha undeniably. Through years of Seders, the four (five?) promises are engraved in my heart and mind.…
- Aaron, Bo, Deities, Egypt, Exodus, Freedom, Hardened, Heart, Mockery, Moses, Oppression, Parsha, Pesach, Pharaoh, Plagues, Remember, Suffering
A Heavy Heart Leads to Glorious Freedom
Last week’s Torah portion began the account of the plagues G!d sent against Pharaoh and Egypt; this week’s parsha recounts the rest of the plagues. The section opens with G!d’s reason for bringing…
- Egypt, Exodus, Heart, Let My People Go, Magicians, Moses, Parsha, Pesach, Pharaoh, Plagues, Redemption, Seder, Stories, Vaeira
The Plague of Repetition
This week, we’re told over and over again that Pharaoh’s heart was hardened. As if Moses’ job wasn’t hard enough, his shyness and Pharaoh’s refusal to comply without G!d sending plagues added obstacles…
