At dawn on Tuesday morning, a large group gathered on a mountain in the Negev desert to reenact the moments leading up to the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt. Dressed in robes and flowing dresses, these ...

In Exodus: The Genesis of God’s People, Grumet examines the narratives. Rather than presenting a verse-by-verse commentary, he focuses on major themes and evolving events in the narrative. He shows ...

WASHINGTON — Through its cuisine, storytelling and customs, Passover commemorates the Israelites' enslavement and exodus from ancient Egypt as chronicled in Exodus, the second book of the Bible. The ...

Tonight is the first night of Passover, where the story of Exodus, central to Jewish tradition and the Passover celebration, will be told. But the Exodus story resonates profoundly beyond Judaism, ...

The Hebrew word seder (סֵדֶר) literally means “order” or “arrangement.“ During Passover, it refers to the ritual dinner and ...