Religion – Page 210 – Prologue Journal

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

Parashat Va’eira: From weakness to strength

Jerusalem Post In this week’s parasha, Va’eira, God revealed His ineffable Name to Moses, in an attempt to fortify him to continue his task. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-729028

Parashat Va’eira: Who can’t?

Jerusalem Post A careful reading of Pharaoh’s words to Moses and Aaron shows an interesting linguistic oddity. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-728958

Israel asks Pope, Red Cross to help recover four citizens held in Gaza

Jerusalem Post Israel is using all possible methods to bring citizens out of Gaza and back to safety in Israel. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-728893

Parashat Shemot: Attitudes about us

Jerusalem Post With the rise of anti-Jewish behavior around the world, we also need to pause and realize we are not alone as we have been in the past. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-728397

Parashat Shemot: Orthodox Jews & ‘tikkun olam’

Jerusalem Post The common thread of all these stories is Moshe’s compassion for the underdog and his moral indignation toward injustice. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-728391

Parashat Shemot: A conspiracy of women

Jerusalem Post In this first instance of Pharaoh’s underestimation of women, he fails to recognize that women who bring life into the world are unworthy allies in facilitating violent death https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-728389

Parashat Shemot: Courageous woman in Pharaoh’s palace

Jerusalem Post Pharaoh’s daughter is one of the courageous women we meet in parashat Shemot, alongside the Hebrew midwives Shifra and Pu’ah, Yocheved and Miriam. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-728396