[HANASHIR:5093] Re: Deborah

[Andy Curry <acurry...>]

Susan,

I'm not by any measure an expert on TaNaCh, but Dvora's song is the
Haftarah for the Shirat Hayam, (parashat B'shalach) which we read week
before last on Jan. 22.  Since the Haftarah always has a connection to the
Torah portion, Dvora's song is a natural for Shabbat Shira.  The Book of
Judges tells of the time when "there was no king in Israel", before the
time when the people demanded one; and Dvora was one of those judges.  The
term "judge" is a little misleading, because there was, it seems, a large
element of warrior in those people.

Good luck!

Andy


At 09:26 AM 1/28/00 -0700, you wrote:
>So, my temple's Rosh Chodesh group wants me to sing/teach a song about
>Deborah (Book of Judges) or about her "song" (?)at our next gathering.
>Yikes.  I'm not even clear on who Deborah is - so obviously my
>repertoire isn't full of Deborah songs.  Any ideas out there?  My
>struggling reputation is at stake here.
>Susan Schanerman
>Phoenix
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Andy Curry
6016 Holmes St
Kansas City MO 64110-3034

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