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  • Commentary on the commentary!

    Hello boys, Thanks for the entertaining, verbal ping-pong match on the book The Year of Living Biblically by Mr. A.J. Jacobs. Mr. Jacobs: You have written a hilariously funny book on a profoundly-important topic. As a born-again, spirit-filled, charismatic Catholic whose little brother is a Lubavitch Jew, I have a few opinions of my own ...
    Posted to Dialogues by EFThompson on May 11, 2008

  • An "abundance" of time I don't have...

    ...so regrettably, I have to limit myself to this: 1) This bit of free verse isn't quite as bad (IMO, at least) as the post ''How to Write a Hack Poem: Lesson #2'' suggests (however accurate that thread is about contemporary ''serious'' poetry and classical music in general). It is thoughtful, touches upon a part of the human condition without ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on April 29, 2008

  • Re: A poem for Passover

    What a beautiful devotional poem! ''It should come as no surprise that the relationship of poetry and prayer is as old as Hebrew scripture itself. The Torah, or Five Books of Moses, is often referred to as shira, literally 'song' or 'poem,' and the last of the Torah's 613 commandments requires that every Jew study the Torah as a shira: ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on April 21, 2008

  • Well-Traveled road of myth, not history

    I think Christianity has brought many worthy things to the world. But frankly, there is no historical proof that Jesus existed. No name in the roles of prisoners, no reports of the masses he gathered in local or Roman records, nothing. His life is a beautiful, meaningful, spiritual tale that should inspire us, especially in today's world. But ...
    Posted to Well-Traveled by seakaitoronto on April 2, 2008

  • 32 points and Georgia Drought Explained.

    sorry the problem with not being on meds is, one still needs their sleep. You do know that you had a very long post so I am addressing it one paragraph at a time right? Will answer this one but it will back me up a little! I'm not entirely kidding, I haven't fully explored it, but would like to. In Michigan it is not centralized. School ...
    Posted to Kausfiles by jeqal on March 28, 2008

  • (חג פירים) Today is the first day of Purim

    The first day of Purim started on Thursday evening at sunset. The second day (aka Shushan Purim) will start on Friday evening at sunset, and coincide with the weekly Sabbath. (I don't know how that latter fact affects Judaic observance of the holiday. It would be interesting to find out.) Too bad this week isn't my turn for Thursday OPP. I ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on March 21, 2008

  • Check out the closing credits...

    Hi Angel, Thanks for stopping by! The speaking voice is not mine - it's Dennis Weber's; and the singing voice is not mine either - it's Cantor Michel Scherb's (see the credits at the end). My speaking and singing voices are featured (all too pointedly) here. I wanted to post something that would have perhaps a more universal appeal - sung ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on March 12, 2008

  • (המקרא) "The Bow": David's Elegy (YouTube)

    From the Poems Fray: (המקרא) ''The Bow'': David's Elegy (YouTube)by White_Rabbit 03/03/2008, 11:18 AM Here is my latest slideshow of biblical Hebrew poetry (or more exactly, melopoesis). It features David's Elegy for Saul and Jonathan, aka ''The Bow'' (2 Samuel 1:19-27), with Hebrew text, Latinized transliteration and English translation. The ...
    Posted to Faith-Based by White_Rabbit on March 11, 2008

  • "The Bow (David's Elegy)" - Repost: Any comments?

    (המקרא) ''The Bow'': David's Elegy (YouTube)by White_Rabbit 03/03/2008, 11:18 AM Here is my latest slideshow of biblical Hebrew poetry (or more exactly, melopoesis). It features David's Elegy for Saul and Jonathan, aka ''The Bow'' (2 Samuel 1:19-27), with Hebrew text, Latinized transliteration and English translation. The Hebrew word in the ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on March 11, 2008

  • Re: To Testify

    speaking of the bible, i have a vague recollection of somebody in the Old Testament (Testament!) having to swear an oath by grabbing Abraham's crotch, of some such.
    Posted to Explainer by gzuckier on March 5, 2008
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