Moses is the undisputed protagonist of the great epic of the Jewish people as they are delivered from the bondage of Egypt and led by him to the threshold of the land that the Lord has promised to ...

If you’ve lived long enough, then you know that some people can be great friends when you’re down and in need of help, but paradoxically, not necessarily such great friends when you’re doing great and ...

There has never been a generation like that of Moses, Miriam and Aaron, says the Zohar. Their combined presence, awesome as it was for the “wilderness generation,” made the idea of their deaths that ...

Why, in this week’s reading, Rashi asks, does the ritual of the red heifer introduce the death narrative of three of Israel’s finest [Numbers 19:2-22]? Moses’ sister, Miriam, was the first to go. The ...

This week’s Torah portion, Chukat, is marked by the deaths of two key biblical leaders, Miriam and Aaron, in quick succession. With Torah’s accounts of their passing, I found myself searching their ...

Moses’s father-in-law, Jethro, pays a visit to impart some unexpected leadership advice. Miriam gets to know Moses’s wife Zipporah while Korah investigates an Egyptian imposter pretending to be an ...

Exodus 4:2; 7:15, 20; 9:23; and 10:13 all refer to Moses’ staff or rod, that was used to perform signs and wonders. But Exodus 7:10, 12, 19 and 8:1, 12 describe Aaron as possessing this staff and ...

The Exodus story tells us about one of the world's first CEOs. With Passover beginning the night of April 2, it seems fitting to look at Moses' strengths and weaknesses. Was he a good leader? Did he ...