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One meaning of Mitzrayim, the Hebrew word for Egypt, is “narrow places” or “straits.”
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Mitzrayim, the Hebrew word for Egypt, means “straits,” “narrow place,” or “blockages.”
THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001
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Mitzrayim, the Hebrew word for Egypt, means “straits,” “narrow place,” or “blockages.”
THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001
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The Hebrew word for Egypt is Mitzrayim, which translates as "tight spot".
Brad Hirschfield: Passover 2010: Liberation Is Why Pesach Matters 2010
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The Hebrew word for Egypt is Mitzrayim, which translates as "tight spot".
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On Passover, we are asked to retell the story of liberation as if we had ourselves escaped from Mitzrayim, the Hebrew word for Egypt, which is very near to the word for “straits” or “narrow places.”
Oh Freedom 2010
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This holiday, halfway into the Hebrew calendar year, invites us to consider the story of the exodus from slavery—from Mitzrayim which means Egypt and also straits or narrow, constricting places—as if it had happened to us, as if it were happening right now.
Nachshon Obama 2008
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This holiday, halfway into the Hebrew calendar year, invites us to consider the story of the exodus from slavery—from Mitzrayim which means Egypt and also straits or narrow, constricting places—as if it had happened to us, as if it were happening right now.
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A story in which the people who were forced to dwell in the narrowness of Mitzrayim, Egypt, come to embody the expansiveness of human potential.
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I wish I were back in my little house in Mitzrayim, eating celery and cucumber sandwiches, the teapot just beginning to boil.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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