Bo

It's Easy and Simple to Go to Freedom

Renewable Energy

Sanctifying the New Month & the Land of Israel

We read in this week's Torah portion of Bo that G-d gave Moshe and Aharon the following commandment: "This month [Nissan] shall be the first of the months of the year for you" (Sh'mot 12,1). It is from here we learn the laws of how the rabbinical court sanctifies the new months and determines the holidays accordingly. One of these laws, as taught in Tractate Sanhedrin, is that this mitzvah may be performed only in Eretz Yisrael.

Gluten-Free, Sake, and Vegan

This week’s parsha, Bo, teaches about matzoh, which can be made only from the five types of grain that can become chametz (wheat, barley, spelt, rye, and oats). This gives us the opportunity to discuss kashrus issues related to gluten and non-gluten grains.

Who carried out the 10th and final plague?

Wonder of wonders

Interactions between Yehuda and Yosef over the Generations - Part III

Freedom According to Rav Kook

Rav Kook's ideas on what true individual and national freedom is and how to attain it.