Popular wisdom suggests that the first generation makes it, the second maintains it and the third destroys it. Can this be applied spiritually as well?
Bo: “The Third Generation Destroys…”
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Bo: Does G-d Change His Mind?
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An eye-opening exploration of free choice, reward and punishment, and the power of humans to change G-d’s mind.
Bo: The Public Declaration
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The Egyptians who revered cattle as deities, but they were remarkably tolerant of the Jewish tradition of eating meat. But when the Jews slaughtered the sheep for the Paschal offering, they went berserk. What happened?
Bo: Why Do Rabbis Make Rules?
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Throughout Jewish history, the rabbis have enacted takanot, or Rabbinic ordinances, to safeguard Jewish observance. Shabbat begins at sundown? The sages extend it by eighteen minutes. The evening Shema must be recited by sunrise? The rabbis said midnight.
Where did they learn this behavior? Why are the Torah’s commands not enough?