Parshat Bo’s name is confusing. As the stage is set for the eighth plague, locusts, God calls on Moses to go (again) to Pharaoh and demand the people’s freedom. But the word used here by God, “Bo,” means not “go,” but rather, “come.” Why is this? The answer of the rabbinical commentators is that Moses Continue Reading »
This week’s Torah portion is the second in the Book of Exodus. In Parashat Va’era God tells Moses that the time has come to free the Israelites from Egyptian bondage. Moses is told that he should go before Pharaoh to ask that the Egyptian ruler to allow the Israelites to depart. Twice Moses responds by Continue Reading »
