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Freedom Means Responsibility
Wednesday, January 17th, 2024The reason that the first commandment that the Jews receive is to teach them the responsibility of being free. A free person is also responsible for their actions. A slave is not. Share on Facebook
Leave No One Behind
Tuesday, January 16th, 2024When Pharaoh says that only the men can go to worship God Moses immediately refuses the offer. All the Jews, men, women and children, will go. This is a basic principle in the Torah. We leave no Jew behind. Share on Facebook
Admit Your Mistakes
Monday, January 15th, 2024The biggest problem that Pharaoh had was that he was not able to admit he was wrong. He chose to blame the Jews even though he was at fault for not heeding God. Share on Facebook
Pharaoh’s March of Folly
Friday, January 12th, 2024When every shred of evidence should have convinced Pharaoh that his policies would lead to disaster, he stubbornly refused to change. This was his march of folly. Share on Facebook
God Is Above Nature
Thursday, January 11th, 2024All the plagues in Egypt, except the 10th, were opposed to the gods of Egypt which were nature gods. God was making the point that He controlled nature, not the other way around. Share on Facebook
Our Leaders Are Not Gods
Sunday, January 7th, 2024When Moses goes to announce the plague of blood he encounters Pharaoh in the early hours of the morning. This was to teach that even though Pharaoh was thought to be a god in Egypt he was not. Share on Facebook
The Reason They Enslaved Us
Monday, January 1st, 2024The Torah states that a new Pharaoh came into power that did not know Joseph. This teaches that it did not matter what the Jews did for Egypt they simply were against the Jews. Share on Facebook
Economics and the Military
Friday, December 29th, 2023Gad and Asher were given their blessings one after the other. Gad helped with the liberation of the land. Asher would be the economic powerhouse of the nation. You need a good economy to have a good military. Share on Facebook
We Need a Strong Economy
Thursday, December 28th, 2023The blessing that Jacob gave Zevulun was that he should be successful in business so that he could support Issachar who would learn. If the economy is weak so too the Torah learning will be weak. Share on Facebook
There is Only One Home
Wednesday, December 27th, 2023Jacob insists on being buries in the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron. The reason for this is that he wanted that the Jews not get too comfortable in Egypt. That they should remember that Egypt is not their country. Share on Facebook
About the Author: Shlomo Bar-Ayal is an Israeli-American, or an American-Israeli (I could never get that right) who is unabashedly pro-Israel, pro-US and a great guy.
He has an open mind to opinions that he agrees with.
Besides blogging on whatever he feels like blogging about on any given day he enjoys learning Talmud, davening, being the candyman in his synagogue, smoking his tobacco pipe, giving tours at the Grand Lodge of New York, being involved in Freemasonry, and partaking in an adult beverage every now and then