What are we to make of the Torah's rules about slavery?

Some more difficult-to-understand rabbinic statements. Why did the rabbis understand Purim as the "fix" to Mt. Sinai?

What is special about the story of Purim? Why did the rabbis canonize it? What can we make of the seemingly strange comments they make about it?

What meaning lies beneath the textual and halachic connections between the Tabernacle and Shabbos?

Why do we care so much about the priestly clothes as to devote almost an entire parsha to it?

When did Moshe first get the command to build the Tabernacle, and how does it change our understanding of its function?

The Talmud and medieval commentators present arguments about when and why Yisro joined the Jewish people. Why do we care? And why would the Torah write things out of order?

Beshalach is a series of educational experiences and growth through which the people learn about God. What are we supposed to learn from Amalek's attack?

Why do we celebrate Pesach before the splitting of the sea?

What does it mean that God hardened Pharaoh's heart? We search for clues in two other stories of heart-hardening in Tanach.