by Mordechai Dixler | Feb 21, 2013 | Lifeline
At a pivotal moment in the Purim Story, Mordechai sends a message to Queen Esther: go in to King Achashveirosh, and beg that he overturn Haman’s decree to annihilate the Jewish people. Esther responds that to enter the King’s chamber uninvited is...
by Mordechai Dixler | Feb 8, 2013 | Lifeline
The Talmud gives us a fascinating insight into the distribution and sharing of money. Given a case in which a father’s will gives all of his possessions to only one of sons, the Talmud writes (Bava Basra 131b) that this son is understood to be the executor of...
by Mordechai Dixler | Jan 17, 2013 | Lifeline
One of my children’s favorite songs for Passover is Pharoah in Pajamas in the Middle of the Night, a simple repetitive tune highlighting Pharoah’s frantic search for Moses on the night of Egypt’s plague of the firstborn. I’ve heard renditions of the song in...
by Mordechai Dixler | Jan 3, 2013 | Lifeline
The Jewish slaves, entrenched and tortured in Egypt for hundreds of years, finally reached a point where they were moved to prayer. “The Children of Israel moaned from the labor, and they cried, and their desperate plea ascended to G-d from the labor.”...
by Mordechai Dixler | Dec 20, 2012 | Lifeline
Due to the widespread famine in Canaan, Jacob and his family descended to Egypt to live under Joseph’s care. Before the journey, G-d appeared to Jacob and said “Don’t fear going down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there. I will go down...
