Articles with the “Rav Saddiah Gaon” tag

The Jew: The Historical & Spiritual Devolvement

The Jew: The Historical & Spiritual Devolvement

The going out of Egypt is viewed as the birth of the nation of Israel. The preceding enslavement was the labor pains, and the exodus, the birth. So let's observe the language the Torah employs when discussing the nation's birth and see if we can unearth a pattern that bespeaks national identity development and spiritual evolution.

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