by RabbiOlivier | Jan 19, 2018 | Torah Reflections
Bo Exodus 10:1 – 13:16 From Pharaoh’s Slaves to God’s Slaves There is one peculiar word in Hebrew that is used interchangeably in this week’s Torah portion. While the Torah portion itself tells of the last plagues wrought upon Egypt by God and, in...
by RabbiOlivier | Feb 3, 2017 | Torah Reflections
Bo Exodus 10:1 – 13:16 God Acts in Wondrous Ways Our Torah portion opens, this week, with the last four plagues to befall Egypt. “Then the Eternal One said to Moses, ‘Go to Pharaoh. For I have hardened his heart… so that I may display My signs among them, and...
by RabbiOlivier | Jan 15, 2016 | Torah Reflections
Bo Exodus 10:1 – 13:16 From Pharaoh’s Slaves to God’s Slaves There is one peculiar word in Hebrew that is used interchangeably in this week’s Torah portion. While the Torah portion itself tells of the last plagues wrought upon Egypt by God and, in...
by RabbiOlivier | Jan 26, 2012 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Parashah (portion) Bo – God Acts in Wondrous Ways Exodus 10:1 – 13:16 Our Torah portion opens, this week, with the last four plagues to befall Egypt. “Then the Eternal One said to Moses, ‘Go to Pharaoh. For I have hardened his heart… so that I...
by RabbiOlivier | Aug 6, 2011 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Parashah (portion) Bo – Practicing Compassion Exodus 10:1 – 13:16 We begin the year with a new midah, a new value, as our focus for the month of January: Compassion. I plunged into this week’s Torah portion with eagerness, waiting to extract from it...