Moshe as a political leader

Moshe is one of the biblical figures whose life we follow from infancy to the time of his death. We learn of the vicissitudes of his fate and watch him as he grows and develops, until he finally becom…

What accounts for the apparently repetitive geneaological list in the Parsha? The list here provides context, and a message about how Moshe's approach must recognize his rootedness in Bnei Yisrael. On…

Parashat Vaera is notorious for the confusion at the beginning - there is blatant repetition of the command to tell Pharaoh the message, and Moshe's complaint. We compare our parasha to the previous P…