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September 29th 2003, 05:03 AM #1
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Bilingual, topical, Biblical pun
Hi all!
Today is a fast day on the Jewish calendar. It is the "Fast of Gedaliah" (see http://www.ou.org/chagim/tzomgedaliah/Default.htm and http://www.jewfaq.org/holidaye.htm), on which we commemorate the murder of Gedaliah ben Ahikam (see II Kings 25:22-25 and Jeremiah 40:5-41:3). It is the "fast of the seventh [month]" referred to in Zechariah 7:5 and 8:19.
On the Fast of Gedaliah 16 years ago, DW (who wasn't even my fiancee then) & I were at her cousins in Beer Sheva (http://ohr.edu/tw/weinbach/loveland/lland067.htm) for our just-concluded two-day Rosh Hashanah (New Year) holyday. We were talking about the Fast of Gedaliah & I was trying to show off my (minimal) knowledge of Hebrew. I said, about Gedaliah, "Rakhtzu otoh" literally, "They washed him;" what I meant to say was "Ratzkhu otoh," literally, "They murdered him." DW's cousin started to chuckle & said, "Well, you might say that they took him to the cleaners!"
Be well!
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September 29th 2003, 05:38 PM #2
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(guess you have to know עברית to really get it)"Reading the Bible in a translation is like kissing your bride through the veil."
Rabbinic Saying"To suppose that whatever God requireth of us that we have power of ourselves to do, is to make the cross and grace of Jesus Christ of none effect."
JOHN OWEN, III:433
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