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The Challenge of Jewish Leadership I used to say, only half in jest, that the proof that Moses was greatest of the prophets was that when God asked him to lead the Jewish people, he refused four times: Who am I to lead? They will not believe in me. I am not a man of words. Please send someone else
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What Israel Does to Your Mind
In this week's Torah reading Hashem promises Moshe he will redeem the nation of Israel out of Egypt and he will take them to a good and broad land. How can such a small land be called broad? The Natziv explains this issue. -
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A Sad Secret – Lashon Hara Brings National Agony
Moshe’s first action as an emerging leader was that he saw an Egyptian beating an Israelite and killed the Egyptian (Shemot 2:11-12). This was followed by confronting two Israelites fighting and trying to stop them, only to be scorned, “Who has placed you as an officer and judge over us? Will you kill me the way that you killed the Egyptian?” (ibid. 14). Moshe was then sought by Paroh and slated for execution, but he managed to escape to Midian.
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