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In this episode of Verse Per Verse, Amichai explore the torah portion Yitro.
In this portion, Yitro, for whom the parsha is named comes with his daughter and Moshe’s sons to see Moshe. In relationship, he becomes the first “Jew by Choice.”
Amichai explores Exodus, chapter 19, verse 5 and specifically the word Segulah. The word is translated as everything from treasure, to valued, to chosen…
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In this episode of Verse Per Verse, Amichai explore the torah portion Beshalach.
In this portion, the Israelites have left Egypt, and the American Standard translation if Chapter 13, Verse 18 says “But God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.”
The word “armed” in hebrew is the word Chamushim and while some translations will use the word “armed” or “equipped for battle”, or “with weapons” others have translated it, by connecting it to the word Chamesh or “Five”.
How is the word five used in this important verse? Listen to find out!
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In this episode of Verse Per Verse, Amichai explore the many faces of the word “Avodah”.
This weeks torah portion Bo uses this word in Exodus, Chapter Twelve, Verse Sixteen, when it talks about how future generations will commemorate the Exodus from Egypt.
But, why does this word have so many meanings? Work or Love, Worship or Bondage? Labor or Ceremony?
And Amichai ends up looking at the eerie role that this word has played in more modern history of the Jewish people.
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In this episode of Verse Per Verse, Amichai explore Exodus, Chapter Six, Verse Twelve, and the portion of Va’era.
This parsha, deals with the choosing of Moses by God to be the spokesperson, and Moses’s ambivalence is this role. Moses says that he has “Aral Sifatayim”. But what do those words mean?
A literal traslation is that he has “uncircumcised” lips. These are words that surely need some unpacking. Do the words mean tongue-tied? or with a lisp, or was there something deeper, were his lips “sealed” or truly “uncircumcised”?
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In this episode of Verse Per Verse, Amichai explore Exodus, Chapter One, Verse 19, and the portion of Shemot.
This parsha, is the first in the book of Shemot (Exodus) and deals with the birth of Moses. Verse Nineteen focuses on a comment by the Jewish midwives, in which they indicate that the Jewish women, unlike their Egyptian counterparts seem to give birth before they arrive.
The translations in question is that of Chayot which is translated in a wide range of ways, from simply “Vigorous” to a much more inflammatory “Animals.”
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In this episode of Verse Per Verse, Amichai explore Genesis, Chapter 48, Verse 22, and the portion of Vayechi.
The verse that Amichai has delved into focuses on the bracha, blessing that Jacob gives to his son Joseph on his deathbed.
The translations in question are thw word for Schechem, which can be translated as mountain, or shoulder or portion or more specifically could reference the city of Shchem.
Also, what are thw translations of the weapons bow and swords? Listen to find out.
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In this eleventh episode of Verse Per Verse, Amichai explore Genesis, chapter 45, Verse 23, and the portion of Vayigash.
This week Amichai explores the relationship between Jacob and Serach, and what it meant when his heart “Pag”. What does Pag mean? Listen to the episode and find out.
In this tenth episode of Verse Per Verse, Amichai explore Genesis, chapter 45, Verse 23, and the portion of Vayigash.
This week Amichai explores the relationship between Jacob and Serach, and what it meant when his heart “Pag”. What does Pag mean? Listen to the episode and find out.
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In this ninth episode of Verse Per Verse, Amichai explore Genesis, chapter 39, Verse 16, and the portion of Vayeshev.
What does the word Beged mean? Is it a piece of clothing or betrayal?
This weeks episode looks at words, and the creation of words in a magical new way. We hope you will enjoy.
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In this Seventh episode of Verse Per Verse, Amichai reads deeply into the torah portion of Vayetze. Worry not dear listener, as although he reads each word with intention, he finds the whole process Rakot, “Easy on the Eyes”
Well, that is unless you think some of the other translations for Rakot are correct… in which case, we hope that our fearless host will stop crying in time for next weeks episode.
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