The Sfat Emet offers a profound reframing of Pharaoh’s hardened heart. He notes that the Torah uses the word חזק ( chazak ), ...

Moshe 2026 is the human being who does not argue with his own addiction. Who does not negotiate with his compulsion. Who does ...

Parashat Va’era reminds us that liberation is not only about escaping external oppression. It is also about resisting the ...

As noted before, Pharaoh’s continued hardness of heart inaugurates a cycle of events often called “the ten plagues on Egypt.” Exodus does use the word “plague” but it also calls them “signs and ...