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Noah (Genesis 6:9-11:32)
It’s a good thing we finally got the sukkah down (mostly – just the frame and tied-on bamboos poles left). There was a big storm around here yesterday (October 31), though the most dramatic portions came well after the trick-or-treaters … Continue reading
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Tagged Abram, ark, Chaucer, covenant, David Hazony, flood, genealogies, Gilgamesh, Ham, languages, Lot, Mesopotamian flood myths, Noah, Radak, rainbow, Rashi, Sarai, Seth, Terah, Thomas Jefferson, Tower of Babel, vineyard, vintners, wine, ziggurat
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Noah (Genesis 6:9-11:32), Shabbat Rosh Chodesh (Num. 28:9-15)
Today and tomorrow we observe Rosh Chodesh, the beginning of a new month, for Cheshvan, aka Marcheshvan. The rabbis say the “mar” comes from the Hebrew for “bitter,” since poor Cheshvan has no holidays in it (for which I am … Continue reading
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Tagged ark, Cheshvan, covevant, flood, Gilgamesh, languages, Marcheshvan, Mesopotamian flood myths, Nahum M. Sarna, Noah, rainbow, Rosh Chodesh, test, Tower of Babel, Utnapishtim, vineyard, wine, ziggurat
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Noah (Genesis 6:9-11:32)
[Noah is pronounced with a guttural h in Hebrew] Last year, I wrote: “This is another of those Bible portions that get whitewashed to be made suitable for children. Think about it. All humans, including babies and children, and all … Continue reading
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Tagged ark, civil discourse, languages, Noah, Tower of Babel, vineyard, wine
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Noah (Genesis 6:9-11:32), Shabbat Rosh Hodesh (Num. 28:9-15)
A funny thing happened to me when I chanted the haftarah for Bereishit last week from the Etz Hayim book. It was long. First page. Second page. By the third, I wondered what had possessed me to volunteer to do … Continue reading
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Tagged Babel, Cheshvan, flood, Genesis, languages, Marcheshvan, Noah, Rosh Hodesh, wine
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