BS”D In parshas Shemos, HaShem for the first time informs Moshe Rabbeinu that He will strengthen Pharaoh’s heart, and Pharaoh will repeatedly refuse to release the Jewish people from Egypt: The Lord said to Moses, “When you go to return to Egypt, see all the signs that I have placed in your hand and perform…
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BS”D According to the midrash on Megillas Esther, before Esther HaMalka went in uninvited to Achasveirosh, she spent three days fasting, wearing sack-cloth, and praying by way of the window (toward Yerushalyim). She pleaded and cried for HaShem’s mercy, moving from window to window in the house of Achasveirosh (Esther Rabba 8:7). This midrash seems…
BS”D For over three thousand years, Dovid HaMelech’s Sefer Tehillim has been a traditional source of inspiration, clarity, chizuk, and comfort in times of distress for Jews of all walks of life. Throughout the 150 chapters, there are supplications, praises, and declarations spanning the full range of human emotion: joy, fear, confidence, yearning, awe, hope,…
