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Today\\u2019s Passover-themed podcast is taken from Robert Alter\\u2019s new\\nedition, The Poems of Yehuda Amichai. Host Marcela Sulak\\nreads excerpts from Amichai\\u2019s long poem \\u201cGods Change, Prayers are\\nHere to Stay.\\u201d

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"I declare with perfect faith
\\nthat prayer preceded God.
\\nPrayer created God,
\\nGod created human beings,
\\nhuman beings create prayers
\\nthat create the God that creates human beings."

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Listen to last year\'s Passover podcast, with more Amichai and\\nmore information about the holiday of Passover.

Text:
\\nThe Poetry of Yehuda Amichai. Edited by Robert Alter. New\\nYork: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2015.

Music:
\\nErnst Toch - Cantata Of The Bitter Herbs
\\nMendy Portnoy - Pesach Piano Medley