In class we were discussing Maus and on one of the pages, Vladek Spiegelman has a dream while he is sleeping at a labor camp where his grandfather came to him and said, "Don't worry, you will be free on the day of Parshas Truma." Professor Levine said this was when a chapter was read, usually from Exodus, once a week for a year. My immediate reaction was, "Huh, that's interesting because Moses' story with the Israelites is featured in Exodus." Then I started thinking...
That's an interesting comparison. Vladek Spiegelman is supposed to be freed on Parshas Truma which is when the Israeli people were also freed by Moses. Maybe it doesn't make sense. I asked a friend in the class and he failed to miss the connection....at least he wasn't as excited about it as I was...
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