Moshe Rabbenu

Moshe ben Amram, known as Moshe Rabbenu (Moses our Teacher), stands at the foundation of Jewish tradition as the greatest of all prophets and the mediator of the Torah at Mount Sinai. According to Jewish mesorah, he was born in Egypt during the enslavement, raised in Pharaoh's household, and at age forty fled after killing an Egyptian taskmaster. At age eighty, commissioned by God at the burning bush, he led the people of Israel from Egypt, performed the ten plagues, received the Torah at Sinai at age eighty-three, and spent forty years guiding the people through the wilderness. He is remembered as the author of the Five Books of Moses, the institutor of Jewish law and practice, and the man who saw God face to face—yet remained utterly humble. He died at one hundred twenty years old in the land of Moab, his strength and vitality undiminished.