VaEra 5785: The Power of Mahloket
This week’s podcast is sponsored in memory of Dr. Jack Jaffe, Yaakov Zev ben Elchanon. Doctor, community leader, and fervent Zionist. Sponsored by his children,…
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Va’era 5784: Cultivating Hope, Awaiting Salvation
How may we be redeemed when we feel as if our spirits have been crushed? Rabbi Leon Morris joins us this week to discuss the…
Vaera 5783: What’s in a Name?
The parsha opens with the names of God, and that sets the stage for the revelation which comes through the plagues. This podcast touches how…
Parashat Vaera 5782: The Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart
This podcast is sponsored by Drs Amy Fox Griffel and Martin I Griffel in memory of her mother, Sally Fox, Sima Bat Moshe v Michla…
VaEra 5781 – Midrashic Women in Va’Era
In this podcast, Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash looks at the mention of four women in chapter six and the midrashic narratives that intertwine these verses…
The Parsha Discussion with Alex Israel — Vaera. Are We Free?
“And God Hardened Pharaoh’s Heart” – The question is well known: If God hardened Pharaoh’s heart, how is he culpable for withholding freedom from the…
5780 — VaEra: The Name El Shaddai
After the failure of Moshe’s mission to Pharaoh to free the Israelite slaves, God indicates that He will intervene forcefully. While He had appeared to…
Va’era 5779 – Let My People Go: From Victim and Object to Subject
While chapters 7-9 of parsha Va’era tell a miraculous tale of Divine redemption, chapter 6 highlights the Children of Israel’s role in their own enslavement…
An Interactive Parsha Experience: Va’Era, Do Humans Have Free Will?
This week’s Interactive Parsha Experience is Sponsored by Michelle and JJ Berney in memory of Tomi Deutsch Berney z”l. In parshat VaEra God continues to speak…