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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!" Congregation Shaarey Zedek. We also see here the intense bond 21738 W. 11 Mile Rd. in Harvard Row Plaza Southfield (248) 356-6463 Hours: Monday-Saturday 11-8 • Closed Sundays ow! Wow! Wow!" I kept Local bbi gives "The Prin ce of Egypt" a hearty thumbs up! .