Shmot
When your soul is free, your body does not remain enslaved for long.
The children of Israel begin to flourish. The Egyptians are not too pleased. Pharaoh conspires to annihilate the Jewish people. He goes after the children. A boy is born, concealed in a basket. Princess Batya, Pharaoh’s daughter, finds him and raises the boy in the king’s palace. She names him Moses. Moses defends his persecuted brethren. When he is found out, Moses flees to Midian. He marries Tzipporah, the daughter of Jethro, a Midianite high priest. G-d appears to Moses in a burning bush, instructing him to take the people out of slavery. Moses and his brother Aaron as spokesman come to the people with a message of redemption.
The Third Wagon
A story of Rabbi Shneur Zalman as he flees from Liadi in the third wagon of an escort procession from the Czar.
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Name and Number
In the Book of Shmot, G-d counts and names the Children of Israel as they head into Egypt and again at their deaths to show His infinite love for them.
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A Tailor’s Legacy
A story of two Rabbis discussing a marriage proposal, revealing the secrets of tailoring and life.
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A Border Birth
A story of Yocheved, Moses’ mother, being born on the threshold between freedom and slavery.
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The Infant Shepherd
Even as a baby, Moses was instrumental in bringing the Children on Israel out of a mindset of materialism and into one of spirituality.
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The Extended Arm
Just as the difference between good writing and bad writing rests among the pattern of the letters, good and evil differ only in configuration.
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A Jew in Madagascar
A freely-translated excerpt from a letter the Rebbe wrote in the fall of 1961 to a Jewish woman living in Madagascar.
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Do You Care?
How many crimes and injustices in the world – and in history – would have been prevented had some people – someone, anyone – protested and intervened?
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The Stutterer
In Parshat Shmot, Moses is revealed to be the first stutterer. Yet, he overcomes this challenge to become G/d’s communication channel to the world.
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