Tag Archives: Revelation

I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD WHO TOOK YOU OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT

The Children of Israel, Jacob’s family, came to Egypt and lived there to cope with a famine.  They dwelled in the Land of Goshen and expanded with great fecundity.  The Torah tells us these people were enslaved by Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.  hundreds of years later, supported by God’s interventions, they escaped from theirContinue reading “I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD WHO TOOK YOU OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT”

RECEIVING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

God revealed the entire Torah, not just the 10 Commandments, at Mt. Sinai.  This was bequeathed to not just one group of people.  Revelation was a gift intended for the entire world. Section (Parashah) Yitro (named for Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law) in the Book of Exodus is where this ultimate spiritual event is described in theContinue reading “RECEIVING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS”