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March 24, 2023

A Lesson from the Voice of Cecil B. DeMille’s God

Moses’ story is one of family loyalty, identity, and the connection to history.

In preparing his production of The Ten Commandments, Cecil B. DeMille asked his head of research for advice about how the voice of God speaking from the burning bush should sound. The researcher came back to him with an ancient rabbinic commentary stating that God spoke to Moses on that occasion with the voice of Moses’ own father, Amram. Meir Soloveichik comments:

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