The burning bush is a more direct and personal intervention into Moses’s life, and one that will change him and the Israelites forever. Moses’ open and curious response allows God’s divine ...

The burning bush episode personifies Moses as the example of a good scientist. “And Moses grazed the flock of Yithro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock by way of the ...

We continue our study of the life of the man Moses with a unique meeting between God and Moses in the barren desert of Midian. Moses had spent 40 years taking care of his father-in-law Jethro’s ...

In Parsha Shemot, we read about Moses’ encounter with God at the burning bush. According to the text, Moses was wandering through the wilderness with his sheep, minding his own business ...

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Although not quite as impressive as the plagues or the parting of the Red Sea, Moses’ encounter with the burning bush is a pivotal moment in the Passover story and has, for a long time ...

The story of Moses, who reportedly witnessed a “burning bush” on Mount Sinai, for example, or the ancient Greek Callisthenes who wrote of “immense columns of flame” that foretold the ...

The Burning Bush is one of the most iconic images in all of Scripture. In parshas Shemos, as Moses shepherds a flock of sheep in the wilderness, God speaks to him for the first time, appearing in ...

Moses had a quiet life as a shepherd before ... and 40 years passed until the Bible says God spoke to him through the Burning Bush and told him to lead his people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.