Why Are You Crying Out to Me?

The Book of Exodus in Hebrew is Shmot, Names, and that’s really all we need to know. In Shmot 14:15 G-d replies, “Why are you crying out to me? Mah Titzak Elai (MH TZAK ELY)?” That’s what G-d replied to Moses and the Israelites when they stood...

The Secret Formula

In May 1954 the United States Supreme court in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka declared that state laws that established separate public schools for black and white students denied black children equal educational opportunities, paving the way for integration...

Elohim and the End of Days

What was in the Beginning? “In the Beginning, G-d” “Bereshit Bara Elohim” Given that the name of G-d Elohim is the 3rd word in the Torah (Bible), we know that Elohim was in the beginning, but what about in the end? I mean, after a while,...

And God Spoke to Moses: The Location of Da'at

The verse V’Ydber Adonai El Moshe L’emor וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה, אֶל-מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר Why is the verse V’Ydber Adonai El Moshe L’emor repeated so often in the Torah and what does it have to do with Creation? In an earlier article we discussed how the...