Frogs Here, Frogs There…

January 15, 2021

In this week’s parasha, the Torah says that a frog — written in the singular — started the surge that covered Egypt. Rabbis Elazar and Akiva argue: were the other frogs already there, waiting to be called, or did one create the rest? “Either way, millions of frogs came,” says Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch. And the rabbis agree that, for better or worse, “one person has the power to motivate millions.”