When the Passover holiday begins — on the evening of April 15 in 2022 — Jewish people around the world will celebrate by retelling the biblical story of the Exodus from Egypt — including the ...

The one true God proves his power by smiting Egypt with 10 plagues. But did God have help? Biblical scholar Ziony Zevit of American Jewish University posits, “The most sophisticated attempt to ...

Locusts plagued ancient Egyptians and are mentioned in the Bible, and the insects are still wreaking havoc in modern times ...

The ten plagues that were visited upon Pharaoh and all of Egypt, as they unfold in this week’s Torah portion of Va’era, testify to the true meaning of G-d’s name: The One who brings all of ...

Tel Aviv University researchers may have solved an age-old mystery recorded in the Bible - the reason behind locusts forming ...

while the ten plagues (including very large amounts of frogs, hail and locusts) are considered miraculous. Why? We usually think of miracles as redemptive events: a miraculous healing, escape from ...

raining hail and fire, locusts, three days of darkness, and, finally, the death of the firstborn son. Traditionally, when retelling the 10 plagues, a person attending a Seder would remove a drop ...

When the Passover holiday begins — on the evening of April 8 in 2020 — Jewish people around the world will celebrate by retelling the biblical story of the Exodus from Egypt — including the ...