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ish history," Meier says. "Although he
is human, he also is divine. Besides
Rabbi and clinical psychologist Levi
the Ten Commandments, Moses car-
Meier believes we can know more
ried with him the bones of Joseph as a
about ourselves by knowing more
reminder of mortality and the impor-
about others. That includes knowing
tance of acting decently."
about people in the Bible, and right
For the rabbi, Egypt becomes a syn-
now, that means knowing a lot about
onym for difficult times, and taking
Moses.
people out of Egypt is like taking peo-
Rabbi Meier, among the clergy who
ple out of their harmful addictions.
prescreened The Prince of Egypt for
"I encourage patients to go a little
DreamWorks Pictures, puts forth his
beyond themselves to find a higher self
convictions in Moses — The Prince,
within themselves," says Rabbi Meier,
The Prophet: His Life, Legend 6– Mes-
who uses Moses as an example to
sage for Our Lives
show how personal
(Jewish Lights Pub-
struggle and persever-
lishing; $23.95). The
ance can lead to lib-
narrative draws upon
eration.
Meier's experiences as
While Moses
chaplain at Cedars-
brought the Ten
Sinai Medical Center
Commandments to
in Los Angeles, where
others, Meier wants
he counsels patients
to bring 10 lessons
experiencing self-
from Moses to others.
doubt and suffering
Among them are: not
similar to what Moses
perceiving oneself as a
faced.
victim, directly facing
"The messages of
challenges, knowing
the book are the mes-
that everyone has a
sages of the movie,"
spark of the divine
says Meier, who also
and understanding
wrote Ancient Secrets:
Rabbi Levi Meier: "Moses is sin- that a relationship
Using the Stories of the
gularly special in Jewish history
with God is reciprocal.
Bible to Improve Our
"Patients tell me
Everyday Lives. "The
they feel they have
filmmakers have taken
been abandoned by God,
some artistic license,
and that's what Moses felt,"
their midrash. My book
Meier says. "Still, people
also is midrash.
who remember pain they've
"The whole point of
experienced will treat other
literature, and it doesn't
people differently
matter whether it's alle-
As Meier relates the
gory, is the meaning it
story of Moses To prob-
has for our own lives.
lems faced today, he
Almost everything I see
points out: "We can
going on with patients
derive strength from the
was b
going
b on with
realization that we are all
,etta Mess
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Moses."
f or Ottr Lives
a part of a cycle of histo-
Meier, whose book
ry that spans adversive
stresses the importance
and joy. We need to
of always striving for
explore where we have come from if we
something better, probes the psyche
are to understand where we are going.
of the biblical leader and those close
Then we will know that true freedom
to him as he relates the religious sig-
is not attained by fleeing our captors
nificance of what they do. After all,
and oppressors. It comes only when we
the word psychology comes from
have cast off our own yokes of psychic
psyche, which means soul, says the
enslavement.
rabbi.
— Suzanne Chessler
"N/loses is singularly special in Jew-
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