Did God rob Pharaoh of his free will in the Exodus story? Or, counterintuitively, did God simply strengthen it?

A children's song about a Pharaoh in pajamas tells more about Jewish history than one might think at first glance.

What he teaches us is that it is a progression of growth, or better, a regression into withering. Children have the tendency ...

One of the most theologically challenging chapters of the Exodus narrative is the one in which Pharaoh’s heart is “hardened.” ...

Pharaoh ignored every warning until his nation collapsed. His mistake isn’t ancient, it’s painfully familiar today.

Parsha Bo is often remembered for its drama including the final plagues, the rising tension, the night that reshaped Jewish history. Yet beneath the spectacle, the Torah is asking a quieter, deeply ...

The Iranian regime, like Pharaoh, has long encouraged the belief that it is untouchable. Yet the protests reveal a profound ...

Jews cannot be indifferent to those who are fighting for their freedom; we learned very early on that resisting tyrants is a ...

Archaeologists found a new pharaoh's tomb at Anubis Mountain in Egypt. The tomb is from the mysterious Abydos Dynasty of warrior kings in a chaotic historical era. The pharaoh's identity is a mystery ...

Moses’ and Aaron’s first encounter with Pharaoh turned out, on a human scale, to be a disaster: The conditions of Hebrew slavery worsened. They now faced the same brick quota without the necessary ...

Pharaoh’s Refusal ...