These Are The Names
January 5, 2018
The Book of Exodus, Shemot in Hebrew, begins with the listing of names. A recounting of “who is who” as a new era opens. While
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Rabbi Micah Becker-Klein serves as rabbi of Congregation Beth El in Bennington, Vt. He is an original member of Shabbat Unplugged, has solo recordings Walking Humbly (2003), Kosherdawg (2016), and was part of the JRF Passover recording A Night of Questions (2001). Micah acted as assistant editor for the High Holy Day Prayerbook published by the Reconstructionist Press and serves on the Camp Havaya (formerly Camp JRF) board. He is on the faculty at the University of Delaware, formerly taught at Keene State College and the Keene State Holocaust Education Center, and served as Director of Jewish Life and Education at the Springfield Jewish Community Center in Springfield, MA. Micah is also an expert in the field of kosher food as a mashgi’akh, and a specialist in micro-shekhitah. He is married to Rachel and is father to Sophie and Reuben.
The Book of Exodus, Shemot in Hebrew, begins with the listing of names. A recounting of “who is who” as a new era opens. While
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