[Translation:  EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses. —Admin1] This is from Torah for Dummies by Arthur Kurzweil: As the Pharaoh’s horse came into the Red Sea and the Egyptians drowned, Moses and the Israelites sang a song together known as Shirat Ha Yam (sheer-aht ha yahm; the Song at the Sea).  The song commemorates the miracle of the Israelites’ escape from Egypt’s […]

[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.  We are not yet featuring the usual commentaries, we’re simply updating to the new translation from the former.  The commentary here is by NSB@S6K. —Admin1]   —————————————-   Cecille B. DeMille of Hollywood epic cinema fame probably deserves credit for bringing to the movie-viewing public the most memorable […]

[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.  We will feature the commentaries later, for now we are just updating the translation from the previous one.—Admin1.]   A night to remember . . . the night of Passover . . . for two people groupings: the Hebrew slaves  and their Egyptian masters;  one about to experience redemption […]

[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.  We are featuring only the new translation to replace the former, the usual commentaries will be added later.—Admin1.] When we read this narrative, there is so much to remember. If you were one of the Hebrew slaves being given all the detailed instructions on what to do and […]

[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.  We are in process of changing translations; the usual commentaries we feature will be added later.  For now, only the text/translation is being updated.–Admin1] In these three chapters, note the following: the demonstration of YHWH’s power in bringing upon Egypt calamities one after another; the plagues were inflicted only […]

[Commentary by S6K.  Translation:  EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses. .—Admin1.]   At the end of this chapter, Mosheh, still the reluctant messenger and still showing no self-confidence, makes yet another excuse to the God Who has been propping him up since their first encounter.     Exodus/Shemoth 6:    30 Moshe said before YHVH:   If […]

[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses. The introductory commentary is our own Sinaite discussion of this chapter—we usually allow for straight reading of each chapter without too much interruption from commentaries except our own.  The next post usually follows this ‘straight-read’and that one has verse by verse commentary from 3-4 of our specially selected […]

[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.   Commentary is mostly Sinaite indicated by S6K ;  additional commentary from P&H/Pentateuch & Haftorah and AST/ArtScroll Tanach. Reformatted for posting.—Admin1.]   ————————-   S6K:  Ugly duckling to swan; absent-minded professor to suave debonair lady’s man; skinny awkward teen with two-left feet to premiere ballerina.  Transformation from inferior to superior is the predictable plot […]

[Translation:  Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.  Commentary from P&H/Pentateuch& Haftorahs and AST/ArtScroll Tanach.—Admin1.] From Pharaoh’s court to the wanderer in the wilderness; from bachelor to husband to Zipporah; and father to firstborn Gershom (“a stranger there”) from prince of Egypt to shepherd for the flocks of father-in-law Jethro who’s a priest of Midian; —–thus far, this is […]

In the previous article “What if you were a Hebrew slave in Egypt” we speculated if, after 400+ years, the generation of Yaakovites/Israelites who have become slaves to a ‘Pharaoh who did not know Yosef” would know anything at all about their roots and ancestry.  Would if they even care about who they supposedly are, […]