Archive for January, 2025
Moses’s Art Of The Deal
Monday, January 20th, 2025When the negotiation between Moses and Pharaoh begin, Pharaoh tries to limit who can leave. Moses lets him know that this is a nonstarter. It’s all the Israelites otherwise Egypt will be destroyed. We know how the story ends. Share on Facebook
God Is In The World
Sunday, January 19th, 2025God informs Moses that He will be the redeemer of Israel. That He will be involved with the world. This teaches that God is involved in our world and lives. Share on Facebook
Uniting For The Mission
Friday, January 17th, 2025When Moses returns to Egypt he is met by Aaron. One would have thought that Aaron would have been jealous of Moses, but he was not. He knew that Moses’s mission was more important. That they had to be united in the goal. Share on Facebook
Humility & Leasership
Thursday, January 16th, 2025A great leader does not lead because he wants to but because he has to. And after he has accomplished what he set out to do he willingly gives up his office. Share on Facebook
A Lesson In Humility
Wednesday, January 15th, 2025When Moses was at the burning bush he was commanded to take his shoes off. One of the reasons was he should feel the rough stones so that when he spoke to the Jews who were enslaved, he should understand their pain. Share on Facebook
Stand Up & Be A Man
Tuesday, January 14th, 2025The Torah relates that when Moses saw the Egyptian task master beating a slave, he looked around and did not see a man. Meaning he saw lots of people but no one who was willing to take a stand. So he did. Share on Facebook
Listen To Your Elders
Monday, January 13th, 2025The reason that the Tribe of Levi was not enslaved was because Levi was still alive when Pharaoh tricked the Jews into becoming slaves. He told his descendants that he smelled a rat. And he was right. Share on Facebook
Don’t Expect Gratitude
Sunday, January 12th, 2025The lesson of the statement that there arose a Pharaoh who did not know Joseph, or that after all the good that Joseph did for Egypt, when it suited them, the Egyptians forgot about him. We should do the right thing because it is right. Just don’t expect gratitude. Share on Facebook
Mistreating Your Fellow
Friday, January 10th, 2025The 10th of Tevet is the anniversary of the Babylonians laying siege to Jerusalem, the beginning of the end of the 1st Temple. The reason for the destruction was the mistreatment of Jews to the fellow Jews. Share on Facebook
Stand Up For Your People
Thursday, January 9th, 2025Simon & Levi come under criticism for their actions in defending their sister Dina. But Jacob understands that they did not commit their deeds our of malice but due to their love of their family. 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