We had a friend from Atlanta (who was also sporadically on the Kibbutz at the same time we were) stay for Shabbos. Not only was it nice to hang out with and old friend, it was even nicer to hang out with an old friend who plays with his little nieces all the time, so can actually entertain my kid.
In my not-quite-weekly Parsha observation, I realized something new and shocking this week (though Husbinator apparently has known this for a while). I still remember my high-school chumash teacher's brief but impassioned lecture that, "Let My people go," is a quote taken completely out of context. The correct quote, she stressed, is, "Let My people go so that they may serve Me." Well, this week I realized that isn't quite correct, either. The accurate translation of "שלח את עמי ויעבדני" is, in fact, "Send forth My people and they will serve Me." Where King James' minions got "let 'em go" from "send 'em forth," I have no idea.
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