<div dir="ltr">Here's the info from Beth Damon about what you were singing this morning. Thanks Beth!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Beth Damon</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nomadtheb@msn.com">nomadtheb@msn.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 1:52 PM<br>Subject: Translation and more details about "When you Believe"<br>To: Richard Riley <<a href="mailto:rcrileymusic@gmail.com">rcrileymusic@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<span style="font-size:14pt">Hi Dick,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14pt">(Can you forward to the choir as a whole?) </span>
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<span style="font-size:14pt">Hi Everyone - </span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14pt">I have done some research on </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Believe" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Believe" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14pt">When you Believe</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt">
and feel embarrassed I didn't share this before now, but hopefully the song is still in your head! What an honor to sing it...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><u>Here is the Hebrew in a short YouTube. </u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14pt">They pronounced "ga-ah" and not the "gu(y)-ah" and sorry for this mistake. (But still not sure it's correct and I will check with the Hebrew teacher at Temple Sinai later today.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14pt">"Ashira" from "The Prince of Egypt" Copyright 1998 by Dreamworks. I do not own the rights to this music or imagery, but I added the lyrics and translation to...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><u>The </u></span><span style="font-size:14pt"><u><b>Song of the Sea</b></u></span><span style="font-size:14pt"><u> was reputedly sung by the Israelites after crossing the Rea Sea. </u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14pt">The song lyrics of "When you Believe" are derived from from the
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<span style="font-size:14pt">There was a bit of mixed review when the song came out about the juxtaposition of its religious content. It appears that when Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston sang it, they felt deeply its meaning due to their religious upbringing
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<span style="font-size:14pt">The way it has been covered by a number of choral groups is to have the Hebrew verses sung by Children, therefore helping what might have seemed to be a bit irreverent to Jews to feel more appreciative of this huge milestone in
Jewish history, escaping across the Red Sea to freedom from slavery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14pt">The <a href="https://nfty.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2016/05/morning-service.pdf" title="https://nfty.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2016/05/morning-service.pdf" target="_blank">Mi Chamocha</a></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> is sung
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<span style="font-size:14pt">Many and sometimes all of the songs sung at a Jewish Temple are prayers set to music. Therefore, it is important for them to be sung with the appropriate reverence, especially when singing about "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWDrIeNxODU" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWDrIeNxODU" target="_blank">Adonai</a>"
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<h1 align="CENTER" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:David"><u><span style="font-size:14pt">Hebrew and English: Exodus Chapter 15</span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">שְׁמוֹת</span></u></h1>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>א</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> אָז יָשִׁיר-מֹשֶׁה וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת-הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת, לַיהוָה, וַיֹּאמְרוּ, {ר} לֵאמֹר: {ס} אָשִׁירָה לַיהוָה כִּי-גָאֹה גָּאָה, {ס} סוּס {ר} וְרֹכְבוֹ רָמָה
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>1</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spoke, saying: I will sing unto the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>ב</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> עָזִּי וְזִמְרָת יָהּ, וַיְהִי-לִי {ר} לִישׁוּעָה; {ס} זֶה אֵלִי וְאַנְוֵהוּ, {ס} אֱלֹהֵי {ר} אָבִי וַאֲרֹמְמֶנְהוּ. {ס}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>2</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">The LORD is my strength and song, and He is become my salvation; this is my God, and I will glorify Him; my father's God, and I will exalt Him.</span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>ג</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> יְהוָה, אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה; יְהוָה, {ר} שְׁמוֹ. {ס}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>3</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">The LORD is a man of war, The LORD is His name.</span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>ד</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> מַרְכְּבֹת פַּרְעֹה וְחֵילוֹ, יָרָה בַיָּם; {ס} וּמִבְחַר {ר} שָׁלִשָׁיו, טֻבְּעוּ בְיַם-סוּף. {ס}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>4</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath He cast into the sea, and his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.</span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>ה</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> תְּהֹמֹת, יְכַסְיֻמוּ; יָרְדוּ בִמְצוֹלֹת, כְּמוֹ- {ר} אָבֶן. {ס}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>5</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">The deeps cover them--they went down into the depths like a stone.</span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>ו</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> יְמִינְךָ יְהוָה, נֶאְדָּרִי בַּכֹּחַ; {ס} יְמִינְךָ {ר} יְהוָה, תִּרְעַץ אוֹיֵב. {ס}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>6</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">Thy right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, Thy right hand, O LORD, dasheth in pieces the enemy.</span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>ז</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> וּבְרֹב גְּאוֹנְךָ, תַּהֲרֹס {ר} קָמֶיךָ; {ס} תְּשַׁלַּח, חֲרֹנְךָ--יֹאכְלֵמוֹ, כַּקַּשׁ. {ס}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>7</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou overthrowest them that rise up against Thee; Thou sendest forth Thy wrath, it consumeth them as
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>ח</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> וּבְרוּחַ {ר} אַפֶּיךָ נֶעֶרְמוּ מַיִם, {ס} נִצְּבוּ כְמוֹ-נֵד {ר} נֹזְלִים; {ס} קָפְאוּ תְהֹמֹת, בְּלֶב-יָם. {ס}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>8</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">And with the blast of Thy nostrils the waters were piled up--the floods stood upright as a heap; the deeps were congealed in the heart of the
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>ט</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> אָמַר {ר} אוֹיֵב אֶרְדֹּף אַשִּׂיג, {ס} אֲחַלֵּק שָׁלָל; תִּמְלָאֵמוֹ {ר} נַפְשִׁי-- {ס} אָרִיק חַרְבִּי, תּוֹרִישֵׁמוֹ יָדִי. {ס}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>9</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">The enemy said: 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>י</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> נָשַׁפְתָּ {ר} בְרוּחֲךָ, כִּסָּמוֹ יָם; {ס} צָלְלוּ, כַּעוֹפֶרֶת, בְּמַיִם, {ר} אַדִּירִים. {ס}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>10</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank as lead in the mighty waters.</span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>יא</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> מִי-כָמֹכָה בָּאֵלִם יְהוָה, {ס} מִי {ר} כָּמֹכָה נֶאְדָּר בַּקֹּדֶשׁ; {ס} נוֹרָא תְהִלֹּת, עֹשֵׂה {ר} פֶלֶא. {ס}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>11</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">Who is like unto Thee, O LORD, among the mighty? who is like unto Thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?</span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>יב</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> נָטִיתָ, יְמִינְךָ--תִּבְלָעֵמוֹ, אָרֶץ. {ס}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>12</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand--the earth swallowed them.</span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>יג</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> נָחִיתָ {ר} בְחַסְדְּךָ, עַם-זוּ גָּאָלְתָּ; {ס} נֵהַלְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ, אֶל-נְוֵה {ר} קָדְשֶׁךָ. {ס}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>13</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">Thou in Thy love hast led the people that Thou hast redeemed; Thou hast guided them in Thy strength to Thy holy habitation.</span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>יד</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> שָׁמְעוּ עַמִּים, יִרְגָּזוּן; {ס} חִיל {ר} אָחַז, יֹשְׁבֵי פְּלָשֶׁת. {ס}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>14</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">The peoples have heard, they tremble; pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.</span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>טו</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> אָז נִבְהֲלוּ, אַלּוּפֵי {ר} אֱדוֹם-- {ס} אֵילֵי מוֹאָב, יֹאחֲזֵמוֹ רָעַד; {ס} נָמֹגוּ, {ר} כֹּל יֹשְׁבֵי כְנָעַן. {ס}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>15</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">Then were the chiefs of Edom affrighted; the mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.</span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>טז</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> תִּפֹּל עֲלֵיהֶם אֵימָתָה {ר} וָפַחַד, {ס} בִּגְדֹל זְרוֹעֲךָ יִדְּמוּ כָּאָבֶן: {ס} עַד- {ר} יַעֲבֹר עַמְּךָ יְהוָה, {ס} עַד-יַעֲבֹר עַם-זוּ {ר} קָנִיתָ. {ס}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>16</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">Terror and dread falleth upon them; by the greatness of Thine arm they are as still as a stone; till Thy people pass over, O LORD, till the
people pass over that Thou hast gotten.</span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>יז</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> תְּבִאֵמוֹ, וְתִטָּעֵמוֹ בְּהַר נַחֲלָתְךָ-- {ס} מָכוֹן {ר} לְשִׁבְתְּךָ פָּעַלְתָּ, יְהוָה; {ס} מִקְּדָשׁ, אֲדֹנָי כּוֹנְנוּ {ר} יָדֶיךָ. {ס}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>17</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">Thou bringest them in, and plantest them in the mountain of Thine inheritance, the place, O LORD, which Thou hast made for Thee to dwell in,
the sanctuary, O Lord, which Thy hands have established.</span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>יח</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> יְהוָה יִמְלֹךְ, לְעֹלָם וָעֶד. {ס}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>18</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.</span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>יט</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> כִּי {ר} בָא סוּס פַּרְעֹה בְּרִכְבּוֹ וּבְפָרָשָׁיו, בַּיָּם, {ס} וַיָּשֶׁב יְהוָה עֲלֵהֶם, {ר} אֶת-מֵי הַיָּם; {ס} וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הָלְכוּ בַיַּבָּשָׁה, בְּתוֹךְ
הַיָּם. {ר} {ש}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>19</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea upon
them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea.</span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>{P}</b></span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>כ</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> וַתִּקַּח מִרְיָם הַנְּבִיאָה אֲחוֹת אַהֲרֹן, אֶת-הַתֹּף--בְּיָדָהּ; וַתֵּצֶאןָ כָל-הַנָּשִׁים אַחֲרֶיהָ, בְּתֻפִּים וּבִמְחֹלֹת.</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>20</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.</span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>כא</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> וַתַּעַן לָהֶם, מִרְיָם: שִׁירוּ לַיהוָה כִּי-גָאֹה גָּאָה, סוּס וְרֹכְבוֹ רָמָה בַיָּם. {ס}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>21</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">And Miriam sang unto them: Sing ye to the LORD, for He is highly exalted: the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea.</span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>{S}</b></span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>כב</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> וַיַּסַּע מֹשֶׁה אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵל מִיַּם-סוּף, וַיֵּצְאוּ אֶל-מִדְבַּר-שׁוּר; וַיֵּלְכוּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת-יָמִים בַּמִּדְבָּר, וְלֹא-מָצְאוּ מָיִם.</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>22</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">And Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and
found no water.</span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>כג</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> וַיָּבֹאוּ מָרָתָה--וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לִשְׁתֹּת מַיִם מִמָּרָה, כִּי מָרִים הֵם; עַל-כֵּן קָרָא-שְׁמָהּ, מָרָה.</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>23</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah.</span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>כד</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> וַיִּלֹּנוּ הָעָם עַל-מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר, מַה-נִּשְׁתֶּה.</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>24</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">And the people murmured against Moses, saying: 'What shall we drink?'</span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>כה</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> וַיִּצְעַק אֶל-יְהוָה, וַיּוֹרֵהוּ יְהוָה עֵץ, וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ אֶל-הַמַּיִם, וַיִּמְתְּקוּ הַמָּיִם; שָׁם שָׂם לוֹ חֹק וּמִשְׁפָּט, וְשָׁם נִסָּהוּ.</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>25</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There He made for
them a statute and an ordinance, and there He proved them;</span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>כו</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> וַיֹּאמֶר אִם-שָׁמוֹעַ תִּשְׁמַע לְקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, וְהַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו תַּעֲשֶׂה, וְהַאֲזַנְתָּ לְמִצְוֺתָיו, וְשָׁמַרְתָּ כָּל-חֻקָּיו--כָּל-הַמַּחֲלָה אֲשֶׁר-שַׂמְתִּי
בְמִצְרַיִם, לֹא-אָשִׂים עָלֶיךָ, כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה, רֹפְאֶךָ. {ס}</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>26</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">and He said: 'If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in His eyes, and wilt give ear
to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians; for I am the LORD that healeth thee.'</span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>{S}</b></span></td>
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<a></a><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>כז</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> וַיָּבֹאוּ אֵילִמָה--וְשָׁם שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה עֵינֹת מַיִם, וְשִׁבְעִים תְּמָרִים; וַיַּחֲנוּ-שָׁם, עַל-הַמָּיִם.</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>27</b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and three score and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there by the waters.</span></td>
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<span style="font-size:14pt">Here is an actual picture of the Exodus chapter taken from the Torah, which is read from left to right, and the Hebrew verses in the Torah do not contain vowels, so it takes a very learned Jew to be able to read directly from
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<span style="font-size:14pt">As you can see, there is a very ARTFUL rendition of the verses of the
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Torah</a>, with the spaces providing demarkation of the passages, the different sizes of which define their context.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14pt">The scholar who does this sacred "calligraphy" are called a
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<span style="font-size:14pt">An of course, we needed a famous artwork of Moses parting the Red Sea!</span></div>
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