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Re: Truth in Advertising (Was Re: Kol Ishah)

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From: "George Robinson" <GRComm (at) concentric(dot)net>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 7:55 PM
Subject: Truth in Advertising (Was Re: Kol Ishah)


> (Although I will respond to Winston's remark here -- having just done a
> Torah Study group on Parshat Yitro, I have to correct you, friend.
> Miriam and the women "dance" at the Reed Sea. In fact, according to some
> of the commentaries we read, this distinction is the reason that the
> rabbis argued in favor of the idea of Kol Ishah in the first place.)

Correct, and Exodus 15:1 says that the Israelites sang.  It does not say
that only the men sang.

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