parsha bit: Sh'mot

According to the midrash, When Paro made his decree to kill all male Jewish children Moshe's father-to-be stopped having relations with his wife and then divorced her. Because he was a leader among the people, others followed. His daughter Miriam challenged him, saying "you are worse than Paro; Paro condemned only the males, but you condemn males and females". At this Amram remarried his wife and others followed. (Exodus Rabbah 1:13)

(I've heard this one before, but usually not with the part about the community following his lead.)

Ivrit

This morning at the end of services the rabbi said he had a message for the congregation, and proceeded to translate from a certain postcard. Err, when I said "say hi to the morning minyan", I sort of assumed the postcard would beat me there. :-) (Two weeks.) He praised my Hebrew, I suspect more than it deserved. (I hadn't taken a dictionary with me.) But I figured it was fair to make him and Dani work a little for their postcards. :-)

Before sending it I took a picture: