Plague of Darkness

Parshat Bo Part 2: The Plague of Darkness

Lesson Dr. Yael Ziegler שמות י':כ"א-כ"ט

This podcast discusses the plague of darkness and its symbolism as the precursor to the ultimate light of freedom. It also discusses the last three plagues as a representation of the end of Egyptian c…

Plague of Darkness

⬇PDF R. Yosef Bekhor Shor

Article Source: Courtesy of the Virtual Beit Midrash, Yeshivat Har Etzion Dr. Avigail Rock בראשית ל"ז:ח'-כ"ה

R. Yosef of Orléans, (northern France) was a 12th-century exegete who has become known through the generation as Ri Bekhor Shor. He was a Tosafist, a student of Rabbeinu Tam, and he was influenced mai…

Exegesis - Parshanut Rashi Rashbam Peshat and Drash Plague of Darkness Avraham and the Angels

⬇PDF Haggai Redoubles His Efforts

Article Source: Courtesy of the Virtual Beit Midrash, Yeshivat Har Etzion Rabbi Tzvi Sinensky חגי א':ט"ו - ב':כ"ג

Haggai once again exhorts the community to remain committed to the building process. Although they had obeyed his first prophecy, they had apparently become discouraged yet again. The prophet conveys …

The Return to Zion Building the Second Beit HaMikdash Comparing the First Mikdash to the Second Mikdash Plague of Darkness Rebuke - Tokhaha Adversaries Opposing the Building of the Second Mikdash

Light in Tanakh

Short Elisheva Brauner בראשית א':א'-ה'

Hanukka is the holiday during which we are commanded to light the Hanukka lights. Let’s examine some places where light appears in the Tanakh. The very beginning of creation is described as a situatio…

Creation The Light of God Hanuka Following God through the Desert Pillar of Fire

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