tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post933516003931898156..comments2023-12-27T03:40:39.548-05:00Comments on Mah Rabu מה רבו: Israel-related non-Gaza postsBZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18242965196421853025noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-69203199251630321512009-01-19T02:26:00.000-05:002009-01-19T02:26:00.000-05:00Yes. I figure, there's one extra word, which has ...Yes. I figure, there's one extra word, which has two letters. Perfect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-84574864064763770352009-01-18T11:02:00.000-05:002009-01-18T11:02:00.000-05:00Perfect! I submitted "Livyatan" for Neptune (thoug...Perfect! I submitted "Livyatan" for Neptune (though I wonder if the lamed is also just a repeat of "levanah"). Where do you get vav for the other -- just the other letter in "lo"?BZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242965196421853025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-40167074501058996812009-01-18T07:32:00.000-05:002009-01-18T07:32:00.000-05:00Well, "Kel Adon" is very mystical. Note that the ...Well, "Kel Adon" is <I>very</I> mystical. Note that the first two stitches have five words each, the last two stitches have six words each, and every other one has four words. This is not an accident.<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, the piyyut echoes the themes of the greater bracha of Yotzer Or, in that G-d rules over the angels and the heavenly host.<BR/><BR/>Towards the end, the sun and the moon are finally mentioned by name. Then there's a closing line: "Shevach notnim lo col tzva marom," "All the heavenly host give him praise," approximately.<BR/><BR/>That is not a fluffy throwaway line to end on a happy note. It directly continues the physical heavenly bodies whose naming begins with the sun and moon.<BR/><BR/><B>Sh</B>evach = Shabtai<BR/><B>N</B>otnim = Nogah<BR/><B>K</B>ol = Kochav<BR/><B>Tz</B>va = Tzedek<BR/><B>M</B>arom = Ma'adim<BR/><BR/>So we need something for "lo." To the best of my limited understanding, that word was included originally to bring the word total up to 6.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-66252504084566351542009-01-14T21:11:00.000-05:002009-01-14T21:11:00.000-05:00Who won March Madness?Here are the results from la...<I>Who won March Madness?</I><BR/><BR/>Here are the <A HREF="http://mahrabu.blogspot.com/2006/04/march-madness-results.html" REL="nofollow">results</A> from last time.<BR/><BR/><I>Would you be interested in collecting a few bucks from participants and make it a real pool?</I><BR/><BR/>I'd rather do the same as last time and have a suggested donation to an organization (of your choice) that benefits Israel.BZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242965196421853025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-43903925869915880312009-01-14T21:03:00.000-05:002009-01-14T21:03:00.000-05:00I think it's funny the website is called כוכב עברי...I think it's funny the website is called כוכב עברי נולד, a reference to a reality television show.<BR/><BR/>Who won March Madness? Would you be interested in collecting a few bucks from participants and make it a real pool?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-22220584970269376492009-01-08T18:27:00.000-05:002009-01-08T18:27:00.000-05:00my suggestions for planet names were Mishnaic in o...my suggestions for planet names were Mishnaic in originSteg (dos iz nit der šteg)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07694556690190505030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-5482518488346915152009-01-08T08:12:00.000-05:002009-01-08T08:12:00.000-05:00Explain?Explain?BZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242965196421853025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12610610.post-84723047240612121462009-01-08T08:09:00.000-05:002009-01-08T08:09:00.000-05:00For the planets, one should start with a Vav, the ...For the planets, one should start with a Vav, the other with a Lamed, so we can account for that pesky extra word in Kel Adon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com