Judaism – Page 101 – Prologue Journal

Parashat Yitro: The different audiences of the Ten Commandments

Jerusalem Post In Exodus we are told to think about the Creation story, while in Deuteronomy we are told to remember slavery. Why are there two different points of reference for our weekly day of rest? https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-731125

Parashat Yitro: Free will or coercion?

Jerusalem Post It was on this occasion that the entire nation – men, women, and children – heard the Ten Commandments, the abbreviated manifesto of Judaism. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-731123

Parashat Beshalah: More than just manna

Jerusalem Post To this day, we do not know exactly what manna was – this miraculous food that fed the Israelites on their 40-year trek through the desert. There is much speculation. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-730427

Parashat Beshalah: Searching for passion

Jerusalem Post Without our own passion and sacrifice, we have little to demand from the future. Don’t fear hardships or sacrifice – they will lead us to nobility and passion.  https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-730418

First creation of Adam: Does G-d use Ockham’s Razor?

Jerusalem Post Part One – The family of minimal principles https://www.jpost.com/kabbalah/article-730015

Parashat Beshalah: Bringing Shabbat into weekdays

Jerusalem Post In commemoration of the double amount of food that the children of Israel gathered for Shabbat, we place on the Shabbat table lehem mishne, two breads or challot. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-730371

Parashat Bo: The politics of extinction

Jerusalem Post Religious Jews must demonstrate the beauty and dignity of a life of divine commandment and moral commitment. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-729729

Parashat Bo: The balancing of Genesis 1 & Exodus 12

Jerusalem Post A mitzvah in parashat Bo is connected to the flight from slavery, as well as a year-round commandment: the establishment of a calendar. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-729735

Parashat Bo: Living a ‘miracle’

Jerusalem Post During specific and rare occasions, God decided to make nature work according to other rules. This is what we call a miracle. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-729732

Parashat Va’eira: Fact-checking

Jerusalem Post The small act of improving Moses’s speaking abilities would have gone a long way toward improving his ambitious agenda, yet God preserved Moses’s speech impediment. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-728950