Machat Shel Yad: Shemos (Exodus) and Haggadah

An indispensable resource for those teaching or studying Shemos!
Includes a special section on Haggadah shel Pesach

Was Moshe's staff like a wand, that it was invested with special powers?

How could Hashem command Moshe to say "Let us go three days' distance in the wilderness" if the real intention was to go permanently? Isn't this a lie?

What is the midah k'neged midah of golus?

Why was kiddush Hachodesh the first mitzvah?

Machat shel Yad is a compendium of compelling resolutions to these and other perplexing questions.

Machat Shel Yad by Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Frankel is the long-awaited Torah tapestry whose strands weave classical topics in Sefer Shemos with the questions and challenges facing faithful Jewry today. In this choice selection from his popular talks given over many years, Rabbi Frankel combines mastery of p'shat, drush, philosophy and hashkafa to bring the burning issues in Sefer Shemos to the fore in a highly readable and enjoyable manner. Through Rabbi Frankel's unique analytical style, the reader will surely find intriguing words of Torah, original ideas, and solidly based chiddushim. In the words of one reviewer, "It is everything you thought you knew about Chumash ... but didn't!"