Dear friends, For your interest, here is the link to a new Chodesh Adar I shiur, presented this morning at the YI Woodmere. https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/917007/mrs-michal-horowitz/adar-i-and-mitzvas-zachor-lessons-and-inspiration-from-the-life-of-a-kadosh/ Enjoy and feel free to share with others. Kol tuv, besuros tovos, and Iy'H chodesh tov! Michal ...

In this week’s parsha, Parshas Yisro, the purpose of Yetzias Mitzrayim (the Exodus from Egypt) comes to fruition.  When Hashem promised Moshe the people would be physically freed from the Egyptian bondage, He further promised that redemption would not end with physical freedom.  וְלָקַחְתִּ֨י אֶתְכֶ֥ם...

In this week’s parsha, Parshas Bo, after hundreds of years in Egypt, the Israelites leave their country of bondage, marching to a hopeful future.  With the final three plagues outlined in the parsha - arbeh/locusts, choshech/darkness, and makkas bechoros/the plague of the firstborn - Pharaoh orders...