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.”
*A reminder that this podcast was originally produced in 2007. In this episode, Amichai references the new film “Children of Men” which is no longer a new film.
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Amichai Lau-Lavie is the founding director of Storahtelling Inc and the spiritual leader of Lab/Shul. An Israeli-born Jewish educator, writer, and performer, he was hailed by Time Out New York as “Super Star of David,” an “iconoclastic mystic,” and as “one of the most interesting thinkers in the Jewish world” by the New York Jewish Week.
He is currently a rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
Amichai was a Jerusalem Fellow at the Mandel Leadership Institute in Israel (2008-2009) and is a consultant to the Reboot Network, a member of the URJ Faculty Team, and a fellow of the new Clergy Leadership Institute. He is the proud Abba of Alice, Ezra, and Charlotte-Hallel.
He is currently a rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
Amichai was a Jerusalem Fellow at the Mandel Leadership Institute in Israel (2008-2009) and is a consultant to the Reboot Network, a member of the URJ Faculty Team, and a fellow of the new Clergy Leadership Institute. He is the proud Abba of Alice, Ezra, and Charlotte-Hallel.
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