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Joshua. Shalom Rabad.

Welcome everyone to Hutzpod,

ancient texts from modern times.

Yes, it's episode 51.

I enjoy a beautiful round number.

And it's a great Torah portion this week. It is a special Shabbat, Josh. I think because it is Shabbat Shira. It is your namesake Shabbas. That's right. I didn't want to say it myself because

I thought that would be like narcissistic. So right, it is Shabat Shira named after the Israelites who in this week's Torah portion

Bashalach cross the Red Sea, get to the other side and immediately like break out in song

and dance with all of the instruments that the women have somehow remembered to bring with them from Egypt.

Beginning a long tradition of Jews in the entertainment industry.

We were doing showbiz millennia ago.

Yeah, but were we the dancers and the singers?

Yes, absolutely, singers, dancers. Miriam did a 10-minute stand Yes, absolutely. Singers, dancers.

Miriam did a 10-minute stand-up set.

We did it all.

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