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Moses' Tasks as Liberator and Prophet
Dramatically Outlined in Impressive Book

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An impressive study of the Great
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benu—Moses Our Teacher—have
been scanned and utilized for in- Aid Israel, Tunis
clusion in this book. The Bible
An allocation of 35,000 pounds of
references, rabbinic literature, the powdered milk from the Swiss
Hassidic evaluations and the num- Federal government to be used in
erous poetic expressions by Chris- feeding programs operated by the
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tians and Jews were made use of American Joint Distribution Com-
in producing this work. mittee in Iran and Tunisia. was
All recorded legends have been announced by Charles H. Jordan.
utilized and Moses emerges anew JDC executive vice chairman.
and His Orchestra
as the great leader and prophet
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whose teachings influence not only
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Especially impressive are the
afterwards. —Jean Paul Richter.
sections evaluating the Hassidic
lore related to Moses. The poetic
section is a rich addendum to a
See Morris Watnick
valuable work, and the group-
ing of modern expressions is of
special value. Included in the
latter is an excerpt from the
famous essay on Moses by Henry
George and a selection from the
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In the poetry is included Victor
Ilugo's "Moses on the Nile," John •
Ruskin's The Destruction of Pha-
raoh," Thomas Moore's "Weep,
Children of Israel," George Eliot's
"The Death of Moses," among the
numerous significant selections
from the works of eminent poets.
The bulk of the book, of course.
is Rabbi Weisfeld's own review of
"the foremost Jew of all time,"
of the Lawgiver who was the lead-
ing prophet, of the man who was
"very meek, above all men upon
the face of the earth" (Num. 12:3).
Moses is described here as
"prince and shepherd, leader
and servant, impulsive and cir-
cumspect, zealous and forgiving,
A Great Selection of Gifts for Him at
impatient yet long-suffering, im-
perious but humble—indeed, so
consistently humble that at the
beginning of his historic mission
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God, Who am I that I shall go
unto Pharaoh, and that I should
bring forth the children of Is-
rael from Egypt?' and at the
very height of his career he still
maintains a meek silence when
his sister Miriam and brother
Aaron malign him ."
Moses' life story, as related in
the Bible and in Midrashic legends,
is ably traced. Moses' family is
analyzed, his marriages, his activi-
ties as a leader - in the liberation
movement—these are reviewed in
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