This week's reading describes the miracle of the Mahn (Manna), the miraculous bread which G-d gave to our ancestors to eat in the desert. The people said they were hungry, they complained, and they were given an open miracle in return -- along with instructions. They...

What better time to ponder the spring season than the end of January! As I softly cup my hands around a steaming cup of hot chocolate, I can picture the red budding leaves forming on dormant tree limbs, and the fresh, green daffodil foliage peeking through the soil....

After the impact of six plagues, Pharoah had no choice. He would have had to give up. The commentaries (Ramban and Seforno) say that when G-d told Moshe that "I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and I will increase my signs in my wonders in the land of Egypt" [7:3], He was...

"Now I'm motivated. I'm going to make this happen." Those are the sweet words that kick-off the path to progress. As human beings we have aspirations to grow, to build, to make a mark. What sparks the transition from stagnation to production? While Moses was grazing...

The blessing Jacob gives Judah concludes with the words: "his eyes will redden from wine, and his teeth white from milk." Rabbi Yochanan says homiletically (Kesubos 111b) that you can read it as "teeth whiter than milk" -- to give a smile to a friend is even greater...

The sons of Jacob find themselves before Egypt's second in command, unaware that it's really their brother Joseph. Falsely accused of espionage and of stealing from the royal palace, about to lose their father's beloved son Benjamin -- whom they swore to protect from...