In this episode of Verse Per Verse, Amichai explore the many faces of the word “Avodah”.

This weeks torah portion Bo uses this word in Exodus, Chapter Twelve, Verse Sixteen, when it talks about how future generations will commemorate the Exodus from Egypt.

But, why does this word have so many meanings? Work or Love, Worship or Bondage? Labor or Ceremony?

And Amichai ends up looking at the eerie role that this word has played in more modern history of the Jewish people.