When the Passover holiday begins — on the evening of April 8 in 2020 — Jewish people around the world will celebrate by retelling the biblical story of the Exodus from Egypt — including the 10 plagues ...

In Exodus 2:1-10, the Bible tells us how Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, was taking a bath in the Nile River and spotted a basket and opened it. Inside the basket was a Hebrew baby. She had ...

A PLOS ONE paper places Ahmose's reign over Egypt decades after the famous Thera volcanic eruption in the Aegean Sea, with ...

The liturgy of Passover is particularly focused on thanking G-d for enabling the Israelite slaves to escape ancient Egypt. And when we anecdotally tell the story of Passover, whether to small children ...

Our guest this week is Lise Stern from Hebrew College. In Parshat Vaera Moses and Aaron repeatedly come before Pharaoh to demand “Let My people go”. Pharaoh refuses. Aaron’s staff turns into a snake ...

Along with Jews the world over, I’m preparing to celebrate the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery, as recounted primarily in the biblical book of Exodus. Usually, the coming of ...

This Friday night begins Passover, where Jewish families all over the world will sit down and tell the ancient story of the Hebrews’ exodus from Egyptian bondage. Ask anyone who has been a guest at a ...

A student recently asked me why the Bible seems to have so many plagues in it and what all these plagues are for. To give a quick answer, in the Bible, plagues occur because the Almighty is angry ...