Moses

The Ten Commandments have a central place in Judaism and Jewish history, given by God and Moses at Mount Sinai. Here's what you need to know about them.

Humility, dedication to the nation’s needs, tolerance and taking responsibility are the traits of an ideal leader, as Rashi taught us based on the words of the Torah.

How can matzah, made from the most simplistic of ingredients, be intertwined so profoundly with our faith and heritage?

The way that God turns to Moses teaches us how to behave in our own relationships.

The Hebrews in Egypt during Moses’s time, and the Jews in Europe during Herzl’s time, failed to envision the path to freedom.

Internalizing the lessons from Moses’s exodus, Herzl understood that transformations need to happen gradually – he referred to those 40 years in the desert as “education through migration.”

“I felt in bondage to depression over my mother’s death, and I felt I needed to break those bonds.”

The fact that bad things can come from God and affect His nation when it does not follow His path presents a difficult theological problem for people who believe in a benevolent and righteous God.

Unlike in Herzl’s France, Israel’s stability is provided by that secret formula planted in Deuteronomy by Moses: Political delegation.

The Land of Israel, like all the goods of this world, is God’s gift, but the people must still fight to deserve it.