The Exodus story ends in carnage for the Egyptians, and in glorious salvation for the Israelites – but could this story have ended differently? Could the Egyptians also have lived happily ever after? Rabbi Fohrman thinks we can find the answer by noticing some uncanny resemblances to another biblical story. Join us as we explore a new way of reading the Exodus story.

Rabbi Fohrman reveals how the often-overlooked 'shotrim' of Egypt provide a framework for understanding divine justice after the Holocaust. A powerful Passover exploration of how God responds when no punishment seems adequate.

The seder is full of songs praising God for taking us out of Egypt – but He decreed to Abraham that we’d be slaves in Egypt centuries beforehand in the Brit Ben Habetarim. So did He save us or put us into slavery in the first place?

. Why did God send each particular plague and not something else? Why blood, frogs and lice? Why not a Nile full of spoiled milk, raining knives, and indigestion?  What is the significance of each of these plagues?

. We tend to think eating matzah has to do with leaving Egypt in a hurry. But if we read the Torah text carefully, we can discover a much deeper significance to this mitzvah.

. As Passover nears, Jewish children all over the world carefully practice reciting the Four Questions. They are preparing to stand before family and friends at the Seder and ask: Ma Nishtana? Why is this night different? . Why do we have kids recite the Four Questions? How did our Sages choose these four questions specifically? Why ask four questions, and not five or three? And do the Four Questions have four answers – or only one? Scroll down to find out.

. The holiday of Passover is one of the most distinct and well-known on the Jewish calendar. Between the banishment of all leavened bread, the famously lengthy seder service, and the perpetually relevant themes of slavery and freedom, it’s easy to see why this holiday holds such an important place in both Jewish observance and our cultural imagination. But what is the meaning of the many Passover rituals we perform? Why do Jews around the world spend a week crunching on matzah? Behind all these customs, what does this unique holiday really represent?

. Seder night is all about retelling the story of the Exodus, with the Haggadah as our guide. But the Haggadah can be hard to understand, until you learn how all its different parts come together in one sweeping historical message of eternal comfort and Divine promise.

. Our sages instituted a fast day right before Passover. But few end up actually fasting. So what’s the point of this fast day? And why do we make such a fuss about firstborn children?