Pharaoh is a double symbol of evil. First, he is a problem, an obstruction of freedom, an impediment in the way of better reality. He is a system to be destroyed if the world is to be improved. God begins by telling Moses, “Go to Pharaoh;” fight the oppression, remove the obstruction. (We must do […]Read Post ›
The exodus from Egypt is chaotic. The rational order of things, slavery to Pharaoh, is finally being challenged. Pharaoh tempts Moses to limit his requests, tries to impose new rationality on the demand to serve God. Moses refuses. “Nothing will remain, for we do not know how to serve God until we arrive.” Nothing spiritual […]Read Post ›
120 words of Torah 