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If we look at the Torah, we see that
the Book of Genesis ends with the
repeating this refrain to
Israelites sojourning in Egypt because
myself as I walked out
of the famine that had taken place in
of DreamWorks' new
Joseph's time. Joseph's brothers and
film, The Prince of Egypt.
the other Israelites went to Egypt
I have always been somewhat skep-
because — thanks to Joseph's correct
tical of plays and movies that claim to
interpretation of
be based on Bible
the Pharaoh's
stories. As a rabbi, I
7'
ra
dreams — it was
think I have become
the only place that
even more difficult
had enough food
to impress. I believe
When the Book
in poetic license to a
of Exodus opens,
point.
we begin to learn
Thus, it was with
about a new" Pharaoh
some trepidation that I
coming to power and
entered the theater and sat
enslaving the Israelites.
down to view a movie that
This is the point at
told me in the opening cred-
which The Prince of Egypt
its that it was indeed based
story begins, closely follow-
on the Moses stories in the
ing the narrative in Chap-
Book of Exodus.
ters 1 and 2 of Exodus.
To my delightful sur-
It is here that the movie
prise and jubilation, The
RABBI JOSEPH H. begins to incorporate
Prince of Egypt fulfilled and
KRAKOFF
midrash — a place where I
surpassed every precon-
Special to
believe it is most needed
ceived expectation that I
The Jewish News
and open for elaborate
might have had. This
interpretation.
movie brought the Torah to
Other than learning in the Torah
life on screen in an absolutely bril-
that Yocheved, Moses' mother, put
liant way.
him in a basket and sent him down
It was completely true to form as
the Nile River to save his life from
promised and took liberty only with
the Egyptians who were killing first-
the sections of the story that were
born Israelite children, we know
missing from the original Torah text.
almost nothing of Moses' early life.
In Judaism we call this midrash —
We can only guess how painful it
which is a process of filling in the
must have been for Yocheved to split
holes or gaps. In essence, midrash is
up her family. In the movie, we see all
reading between the lines and imagin-
the emotion on Yocheved's face as she
ing conversations that might have
physically puts her "precious cargo" in
taken place but were not recorded in
the dangerous water, singing in
the Torah text itself.
Hebrew, "al tirah, at tifthad — don't
Joseph H. Krakoff is a rabbi at
worry, don't be afraid!"
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ow! Wow! Wow!" I kept
Local bbi gives
"The Prin ce of Egypt"
a hearty thumbs up!
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