Parashat Vayetze: Rachel and Leah, disclosure and concealment

The story of Rachel and Leah will be revealed by Prof. Avigdor Shinan and the curator Michal Broshi-Nachmani through dealing with secrets. In addition to the plots of Rachel and Leah, secrets that accompany other characters in the Bible will also be discussed, as well as the significance of disclosure and concealment in art and in general.

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The Israel Museum is hosting Beit Avi Chai for a series of meetings that include a slightly different conversation about the weekly Torah portion.

Every week, Prof. Avigdor Shinan or Rabbi Prof. Dalia Marx will talk with the museum's curators about the notable figures and topics that arise from the week's parashah or haftara. The meetings are filmed in the natural environment of the works and exhibits in the museum halls. In this way the Jewish texts and their interpretations are examined against the world of images and museum exhibits, and the combinations create a new and completely unconventional point of view.