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  • 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

  • Setting up a link for you is easy...

    ...producing the MP3 (or the WMA) is what would take time. Be careful what you wish for...my singing voice (especially a capella) ought to be presented to the current Administration as an aid in interrogating suspected terrorists. (For proof, check out some of the YouTube videos here.) wr ()()
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on April 2, 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

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

    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 title of this post, ha-Miqra (המקרא), is different from the shalom (שלום) I've been ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on March 3, 2008

  • (שלום) Thursday OPP: Pu ha-Dov

    When I visited Jerusalem, I also visited a famous Jewish bookstore (see here and here). Frankly, when I got there I wasn't quite sure why the fame was merited. Perhaps it is due more to quality than to quantity; after all, Israel is a small country. But I have seen Border's Books and similar American chains that could fit the entirety of this ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on February 29, 2008

  • And about being "shriven"...

    Shrove Tuesday is about beginnings and endings. In England, the word shrove (Old English scraf - confession) comes from the Christian custom of making confession of sin and receiving forgiveness, being shriven, on that day. As the day before Ash Wednesday, it marks the day of preparation for the beginning of Lent, a season of fasting and prayer. ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on February 5, 2008

  • Re: Today is Shrove Tuesday

    Similarly, the Jewish observance of Pesah (Passover) which often coincides with Lent, begins with the meticulous search for, clearing out and destruction of old leaven, called hametz, to commemorate the flight from Egypt - which was undertaken by the Jewish people in such haste they could not wait for the bread dough to rise. The bread later ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on February 5, 2008
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