On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, Marvin Margoshes wrote: > > The verse (Exodus 15:20) clearly states: "All the women > > went out after her (ie Miriam) in dance with timbrels. > > And Miriam chanted for them: Sing to the Lord..." > > > > I do not see how "for them" could include men within > > this context.
> I'll suggest how. It is sensible to go outside the > tents to dance, where there is room. Well, this whole episode took place just when they had crossed the Red Sea, and witnessed that the complete Egyptian army was swallowed by the sea. I don't think that there were to much tents around at that time... > That doesn't necessarily mean that they went out of > earshot. It doesn't necessarily mean that there were no men listening somewhere in the neighbourhood. The only point I tried to make is that it is clear from the context that Miriam led the singing and dancing of the woman who were with her, and that there were no men within this group. > (And now I may get a repeat of the rant I got a > couple of years ago, telling me that only a Rabbi is > allowed to suggest an interpretation.) If that may reassure you: I am not a Rav, nor were some of the great classical Torah commentators. But that does not imply that I'm a great Torah commentator (-: Groeten, Irwin Oppenheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~* Chazzanut Online: http://www.joods.nl/~chazzanut/ ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------=
