On most occasions when the Torah states that God issues a command, the details of the directive are spelled out. The portion of Va’era offers an exception to the rule. The text reads, “and the Lord ...

The Torah emphasizes that God will harden Pharaoh’s heart (Exodus 7:3). If so, why should Pharaoh be punished for refusing to allow the Jews to leave Egypt? After all, he had no choice in the matter.

While we know that the ship was not as unsinkable as Ismay believed, tragedy could still have been avoided had Ismay stuck to his original vision and goal. But mid-voyage Ismay lost focus. The Olympic ...

We see from here how dangerous it is for a leader to focus even on the right goal at the wrong or premature time. It is that much more dangerous to lose focus of the right goal and focus on the wrong ...