Rabbi Rachel Timoner

Rabbi Rachel Timoner

Rabbi Rachel Timoner serves as Associate Rabbi at Leo Baeck Temple, a 650-household congregation in Los Angeles, where her focus is on social justice, spiritual life, and lifelong learning. She was born in Miami, Florida, received a B.A. from Yale University, and was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, where she was a Wexner Graduate Fellow and received numerous honors. Breath of Life is her first book. Rachel can be reached at racheltimoner@gmail.com.

Bo

In Parashat Bo, we gain some fascinating insight into the psychology of Pharaoh as Moses requests the Israelites’ freedom and the king repeatedly refuses. The text opens: “Then Adonai said to Moses, “Come to Pharaoh. For I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants…”

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