Venue: Young Israel of Oceanside Young Israel of Oceanside

Parsha:

Va'era 

Collections: R' Jonathan Muskat Drashot

Description

Drawing on Parashat Va’era and contemporary global events, this drasha explores Pharaoh not merely as a biblical villain but as a model of how power understands itself - and how it collapses. Through three lenses - power, empathy, and faith - it examines the moral challenge of Jewish sovereignty, the danger of selective silence in the face of oppression, and the unsettling truth that tyranny often hardens just as its foundations begin to crack. Va’era emerges as the Torah of the “middle moment,” teaching how to live responsibly when redemption is not yet visible but oppression is no longer sustainable.