The 10 Plagues are among the most iconic miracles in the Torah – right alongside the splitting of the Red Sea. But two questions naturally arise: Why 10? And why these specific 10? The honest answer ...

The Torah emphasizes that God will harden Pharaoh’s heart (Exodus 7:3). If so, why should Pharaoh be punished for refusing to allow the Jews to leave Egypt? After all, he had no choice in the matter.

Moses’ and Aaron’s first encounter with Pharaoh turned out, on a human scale, to be a disaster: The conditions of Hebrew slavery worsened. They now faced the same brick quota without the necessary ...

In Exodus chapters 10–11, three more horrible plagues from God affect Egypt. Pharaoh hardens his heart twice, and finally relents only after the death of the firstborn. These are the last three ...

“But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart and I will multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.” “I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and I will multiply My signs and My wonders,” reveals a profound ...

I was just about to pass over Passover. My husband Paul and I had been invited to two seders in Los Angeles, but one was a rock and the other was a hard place. At the former, there would be three ...

When Moses faced Pharaoh asking for the Hebrews' freedom, he threw at the obstinate ruler 10 plagues. If Moses had roaches, ...

As Bar Ilan University professor Joshua Berman engagingly and convincingly demonstrates in his “Echoes of Egypt” Haggadah, ...

They were promised a holy paradise, but they found a death trap. For centuries, the "Sun City" of Amarna was hailed as a visionary masterpiece—until the skeletons began to talk. Join us as we go ...