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Leaving Egypt Every Day

According to the Torah, every day every person should feel as if he or she has left Egypt. The Jewish people escaped from slavery thousands of years ago to serve Hashem and to travel to the Promised Land. What does this event or series of events have to do with our lives in 2007? The Hebrew word from Egypt, Mitzraim, is also related to the word meaning boundaries or constrictions. Every day, we face challenges to our spiritual life. Just having to work 9 to 5 (or like me, at all hours, off and on) seems like an obstacle to … Continue reading →

King Tut’s Family Tree

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The recent discovery that involves the DNA of King Tut may have brought this ancient Pharaoh back into the public consciousness. Now that we know more about the descendants of King Tut, it would be good to go back and figure out his family tree that includes his closest relatives. Scientists recently discovered that King Tut belonged to a haplogroup called R1b1a2. This was learned after the scientists reconstructed the DNA of “the boy king”. It turns out that the R1b1a2 haplogroup is the same one that includes more than 50% of all men in Western Europe. It is believed … Continue reading →

Going Forward Through the Sea

This week’s Torah portion describes one of the greatest miracles ever recorded: The Splitting of the Red Sea. It is said that even the simplest handmaid who saw this event experienced the highest level of prophecy. The Lubavitcher Rebbe has said that the we are currently in the era of the messiah and the Ultimate Redemption. This redemption will resemble the redemption from Egypt, which we read about in the Book of Shemot, or Exodus. Since the coming Redemption will be even greater than the exodus from Egypt, we can expect to see miracles even more astounding than the splitting … Continue reading →