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marți, 16 martie 2010
duminică, 31 ianuarie 2010
Modern Hebrew Language and Literature courses at Stanford
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The Modern Hebrew Language and Literature courses at Stanford are part of the Taube Center for Jewish Studies and the African and Middle Eastern Studies section of the Stanford Language Center.
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vineri, 15 ianuarie 2010
Am fost la Auschwitz prizonier cu numarul A-13221
Aceasta este biografia domnului Leopold (Lazar) Schobel (1918 - 2003), supravietuitor al Holocaustului. Leopold Schobel a fost deportat din Transilvania in 1944 si a petrecut aproximativ 8 luni la Auschwitz pana la eliberarea lagarului de catre rusi. Intors in Romania, el s-a stabilit in Pitesti, unde a fost presedintele Comunitatii Evreiesti Pitesti din 1993 pana in 2002.
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marți, 5 ianuarie 2010
ISRAEL IS a nation-state; it is not a religious state or the state of a religious group.
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Encountering Peace: Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people and all its citizens
By GERSHON BASKIN
JPost.com
ISRAEL IS a nation-state; it is not a religious state or the state of a religious group. The intention of the Zionist movement in calling for the creation of a state for the Jewish people was not to create a state for the Jewish religion. Israel is a civil state, and its laws are civil laws, not religious laws (with the exception of laws of personal status which have been inherited from the Ottoman Empire, and the time has come to remove that exception).
Peace between the State of Israel and the future state of Palestine will be based on two nation-states for two peoples, and just as there is a sizable Palestinian minority in the state of the Jewish people, we can all hope that there will be a sizable Jewish minority in the state of the Palestinian people, all living in peace, democracy and equality.
The writer is co-CEO the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information, and an elected member of the leadership of the Green Movement party (www.ipcri.org).
miercuri, 25 noiembrie 2009
Online Music
**NEW**Gan HaLev
Mostly 4 voice, polyphonic midi files of Jewish z'mirot and holiday songs. MIDI files are provided for the piece as a whole, individual parts, and sections. Thanks to David ben Or, Choir Director of Gan HaLev, and also Andreas Wittenstein for allowing JMWC be able to share this website.
http://www.ganhalev.org/zmirot/zmirot.html
Aryeh Steiner's Jewish Music WebSite
Custom midis of Jewish songs by Aryeh Steiner for his page. The arrangements are "watered down versions of the originals." He also includes reviews of recordings, mostly of Orthodox artists. http://www.geocities.com/keyboardguy/midis.html
Shabbat--Friday Night Zmirot in Audio
Dovid Teitelbaum has made Shabbat Zmirot available in real audio files. The website is a project of Camp S'dei Chemed International. They are also adding stories from the weekly Parsha. Look for more additions to this site.
http://www.campsci.com/rvideo/friday_night.htm
The An'im Zmirot Choir Rehovot
A listing of 31 Midi files for Adon Olam are a great feature of this website!
http://members.tripod.com/~Animzmirot/anim.html
Ahavat Israel Jewish Music
This website has an alphabetical listing of Real Audio excerpts of Jewish Music. These are offered as part of a larger site created as part of an endeavor "to correct an ancient sin." This group feels the way to correct it is with "Ahavat Chinam", endless love. To that end that have mounted very mild, synthesizer arrangements of music. Excellent for children.
http://www.ahavat-israel.com/music.html
BSZNet
The Brooklyn (NY) Sephardic Community network (Shaare Zion Congregation) includes several sections on music including Sephardic Pizmonim with instrumentation and links to other Sephardic Resources.
http://www.bsz.org/bszmain.htm
A Collection of Chassic Niggunim
Y.S. Gutfreud, the sound engineer, should be credited for paying close attention to the quality of the music coming over the web from this site, as well as being sensitive to your download times. The chassidic site gives alternative forms for hearing some selected niggunim (songs)with full computer information for you to make judgements about what you'd like to receive.
http://www.kesser.org/audio/niggun.html
Ellie's Torah Trope Tutor
Ellie Wackerman of Agudas Achim Congregation in Alexandria, Virginia, has taken the time to mount a Torah Trope tutor on the web. She provides standard Torah trope for Shabbat and holidays, including High Holy Days, the three pilgrimage Festivals (Shalosh Regalim) of Passover, Sukkot and Shavuot, and the trope for Purim. Ellie has a provided simple clear notation along with the trope.
http://www.mat.net/~ewackerm/index2.html
HaGalil OnLine
A really exciting site from Hanover, Germany promoting Israeli, Jewish, Yiddish and Klezmer music as well as other cultural activities of Judaism from central Europe. Sophisticated Real Audio Direct Streaming Sound 24 Hours "radio" as well as sound selections from recordings. Features many selections of popular Israeli artists, old recordings, chazzanuth and much more. Features cultural sites and information about Jewish communities from Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic and Austria as well as other European nations.
http://www.hagalil.com/shirim/index.htm
**Hebreos Net: MIDIS Judaicos
A Latin American website devoted to the Jewish kehillah, including this extensive MIDI library of Jewish music. Started in La Plata, Argentina, the network has "...over 1000 members, including Jews living in Argentina, Israel, Canada, the United States, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, Mexico, Spain, Bolivia, Brazil, and other countries. [They] have also held Mesibas [meetings] in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Israel, the United States, Mexico, and Venezuela."
http://www.hebreos.net/MIDIS/index.html
The Israeli-Jewish-Yiddish-Hebrew-Folk-Cultural Music Midi Free Library
Midi files of music. Catagories listed as: Religious, Folk, Dance, Klezmer, and Modern. Lots of good electronic music.
http://members.aol.com/israelmidi/
Jacob Richman's Jewish Music Midis
http://www.jr.co.il/music/midi/jewish.htm
Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles: Jewish Stories and Music
Features children's CDs of Pearl B., Craig Taubman and Karen Goldman. Includes audio files. The JCLLA site also features lists of age appropriate books.
http://www.jclla.org/audio.htm
Jewish Music
One of the largest, and diverse collection of Jewish music clips on the Internet.
Jewish Torah Audio/Jewish Songs
The Jewish Song online archive contains more than 100 audio clips of Jewish music online on the Internet. Real Audio is required. Ashkenaz and Sephardic songs are mounted including songs from rabat Morocco, Shlomo Carlbach and Chasidic niggunim.
http://www.613.org/music/niggun.html
Jewish Music Network
The Jewish Music Network includes online wave files for over 70 songs online with a searchable index by title or artist. Stereo sound is available.
http://www.jewish-music.com/
Kalish on the Web
This website by John Kalish serves as a small radio archive of broadcasts from various NPR programs that deal with Jewish music topics. It also contains various columns by the author written for newspapers and wire services.
http://www.jcn18.com/newstand/kalish/
KdamEurovision
Israel at Eurovision. A website about the KdamEurovision Song Contest, a yearly music contest held in Israel for popular music. The top winners go on to the Eurovision contest, which is a coveted prize in popular music in Europe and leads to large recording contracts. This kdam website includes a listing for every contest held since 1973 with information and weblinks about the artists and songs. This site is a good place to learn about a history of pop music in Israel although there is no confirmation about the qualifications of the source of this information
http://www.brynjar.com/adar/kdam
Live Radio on the Web
A guide to radio stations broadcasting in Real Audio called "Mike's World". Scroll down to Israel and there are six different stations that can be listened to from Israel live. Must have Real Audio capabilities. Can listen to everything from Israeli "top-40-style" to Chassidic music.
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/place/abn39/lint.htm
Midi Citi: Jewish
Midi Citi provides some online Jewish songs, mounted by a British fan.
http://www.skaye.dircon.co.uk/midi/Jewish/index.htm
Music Room
http://www.bus.ualberta.ca/yreshef/pesach/musicroom.html
Music of the Abayudaya Jews of Uganda
The Abayudaya music was recorded by Kohavim Tikvah, the youth singing group of the Abayudaya Congregation.
http://www.ubalt.edu/kulanu/shalom.html
Shema Yisrael Music Section
A media intensive site, this page is a project of the Shema Yisrael Torah Network. It consists of a selection of webpages by various artists which provide a listing of their books and records with their contents. All sorts of music including children's, religious, Yiddish and Israeli and American Jewish secular songs are included. The jukebox experienced difficulties frequently.
http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/music/
Mendel Singer's All Kinds of Jewish Stuff Music Page
Sound clips of Chasidic music.
http://members.aol.com/mendelsing/music.htm
Tara Publications Virtual Listening Station
The Virtual Listening Station is an extensive list of excerpts from recordings using Real Audio. Tara Publications is both a publisher and distributor of Jewish music of all genres. Their website includes access descriptions of scores, books and sound recordings. Their page links to websites of active recording and performance artists and groups, and includes brief biographical sketches of artists and composers.
http://www.jewishmusic.com/
Torah Tots
Torah Tots is devoted to Jewish materials for very young children. The music section features the lyrics and MP3 or ra files of their songs. The style is rather a simple easy rock style.
http://www.torahtots.com/music.htm
Tunes: The Intelligent Music Network
For purchasing and hearing samples of music. Look under "world" music for cantorial and klezmer musical samples, such as recordings by the Klezmer Conservatory Orchestra. There are also Israeli and Middle Eastern recordings to play. Requires Real Audio. Offers an index of recordings by artists.
http://www.tunes.com
The Yiddish Voice Store
Mark David runs an online catalog for books, music, videos and computer software all concerned with Yiddish. Several of the recordings he is selling have samples to audition the music online.
http://store.yv.org/
Mostly 4 voice, polyphonic midi files of Jewish z'mirot and holiday songs. MIDI files are provided for the piece as a whole, individual parts, and sections. Thanks to David ben Or, Choir Director of Gan HaLev, and also Andreas Wittenstein for allowing JMWC be able to share this website.
http://www.ganhalev.org/zmirot/zmirot.html
Aryeh Steiner's Jewish Music WebSite
Custom midis of Jewish songs by Aryeh Steiner for his page. The arrangements are "watered down versions of the originals." He also includes reviews of recordings, mostly of Orthodox artists. http://www.geocities.com/keyboardguy/midis.html
Shabbat--Friday Night Zmirot in Audio
Dovid Teitelbaum has made Shabbat Zmirot available in real audio files. The website is a project of Camp S'dei Chemed International. They are also adding stories from the weekly Parsha. Look for more additions to this site.
http://www.campsci.com/rvideo/friday_night.htm
The An'im Zmirot Choir Rehovot
A listing of 31 Midi files for Adon Olam are a great feature of this website!
http://members.tripod.com/~Animzmirot/anim.html
Ahavat Israel Jewish Music
This website has an alphabetical listing of Real Audio excerpts of Jewish Music. These are offered as part of a larger site created as part of an endeavor "to correct an ancient sin." This group feels the way to correct it is with "Ahavat Chinam", endless love. To that end that have mounted very mild, synthesizer arrangements of music. Excellent for children.
http://www.ahavat-israel.com/music.html
BSZNet
The Brooklyn (NY) Sephardic Community network (Shaare Zion Congregation) includes several sections on music including Sephardic Pizmonim with instrumentation and links to other Sephardic Resources.
http://www.bsz.org/bszmain.htm
A Collection of Chassic Niggunim
Y.S. Gutfreud, the sound engineer, should be credited for paying close attention to the quality of the music coming over the web from this site, as well as being sensitive to your download times. The chassidic site gives alternative forms for hearing some selected niggunim (songs)with full computer information for you to make judgements about what you'd like to receive.
http://www.kesser.org/audio/niggun.html
Ellie's Torah Trope Tutor
Ellie Wackerman of Agudas Achim Congregation in Alexandria, Virginia, has taken the time to mount a Torah Trope tutor on the web. She provides standard Torah trope for Shabbat and holidays, including High Holy Days, the three pilgrimage Festivals (Shalosh Regalim) of Passover, Sukkot and Shavuot, and the trope for Purim. Ellie has a provided simple clear notation along with the trope.
http://www.mat.net/~ewackerm/index2.html
HaGalil OnLine
A really exciting site from Hanover, Germany promoting Israeli, Jewish, Yiddish and Klezmer music as well as other cultural activities of Judaism from central Europe. Sophisticated Real Audio Direct Streaming Sound 24 Hours "radio" as well as sound selections from recordings. Features many selections of popular Israeli artists, old recordings, chazzanuth and much more. Features cultural sites and information about Jewish communities from Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic and Austria as well as other European nations.
http://www.hagalil.com/shirim/index.htm
**Hebreos Net: MIDIS Judaicos
A Latin American website devoted to the Jewish kehillah, including this extensive MIDI library of Jewish music. Started in La Plata, Argentina, the network has "...over 1000 members, including Jews living in Argentina, Israel, Canada, the United States, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela, Mexico, Spain, Bolivia, Brazil, and other countries. [They] have also held Mesibas [meetings] in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Israel, the United States, Mexico, and Venezuela."
http://www.hebreos.net/MIDIS/index.html
The Israeli-Jewish-Yiddish-Hebrew-Folk-Cultural Music Midi Free Library
Midi files of music. Catagories listed as: Religious, Folk, Dance, Klezmer, and Modern. Lots of good electronic music.
http://members.aol.com/israelmidi/
Jacob Richman's Jewish Music Midis
http://www.jr.co.il/music/midi/jewish.htm
Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles: Jewish Stories and Music
Features children's CDs of Pearl B., Craig Taubman and Karen Goldman. Includes audio files. The JCLLA site also features lists of age appropriate books.
http://www.jclla.org/audio.htm
Jewish Music
One of the largest, and diverse collection of Jewish music clips on the Internet.
Jewish Torah Audio/Jewish Songs
The Jewish Song online archive contains more than 100 audio clips of Jewish music online on the Internet. Real Audio is required. Ashkenaz and Sephardic songs are mounted including songs from rabat Morocco, Shlomo Carlbach and Chasidic niggunim.
http://www.613.org/music/niggun.html
Jewish Music Network
The Jewish Music Network includes online wave files for over 70 songs online with a searchable index by title or artist. Stereo sound is available.
http://www.jewish-music.com/
Kalish on the Web
This website by John Kalish serves as a small radio archive of broadcasts from various NPR programs that deal with Jewish music topics. It also contains various columns by the author written for newspapers and wire services.
http://www.jcn18.com/newstand/kalish/
KdamEurovision
Israel at Eurovision. A website about the KdamEurovision Song Contest, a yearly music contest held in Israel for popular music. The top winners go on to the Eurovision contest, which is a coveted prize in popular music in Europe and leads to large recording contracts. This kdam website includes a listing for every contest held since 1973 with information and weblinks about the artists and songs. This site is a good place to learn about a history of pop music in Israel although there is no confirmation about the qualifications of the source of this information
http://www.brynjar.com/adar/kdam
Live Radio on the Web
A guide to radio stations broadcasting in Real Audio called "Mike's World". Scroll down to Israel and there are six different stations that can be listened to from Israel live. Must have Real Audio capabilities. Can listen to everything from Israeli "top-40-style" to Chassidic music.
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/place/abn39/lint.htm
Midi Citi: Jewish
Midi Citi provides some online Jewish songs, mounted by a British fan.
http://www.skaye.dircon.co.uk/midi/Jewish/index.htm
Music Room
http://www.bus.ualberta.ca/yreshef/pesach/musicroom.html
Music of the Abayudaya Jews of Uganda
The Abayudaya music was recorded by Kohavim Tikvah, the youth singing group of the Abayudaya Congregation.
http://www.ubalt.edu/kulanu/shalom.html
Shema Yisrael Music Section
A media intensive site, this page is a project of the Shema Yisrael Torah Network. It consists of a selection of webpages by various artists which provide a listing of their books and records with their contents. All sorts of music including children's, religious, Yiddish and Israeli and American Jewish secular songs are included. The jukebox experienced difficulties frequently.
http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/music/
Mendel Singer's All Kinds of Jewish Stuff Music Page
Sound clips of Chasidic music.
http://members.aol.com/mendelsing/music.htm
Tara Publications Virtual Listening Station
The Virtual Listening Station is an extensive list of excerpts from recordings using Real Audio. Tara Publications is both a publisher and distributor of Jewish music of all genres. Their website includes access descriptions of scores, books and sound recordings. Their page links to websites of active recording and performance artists and groups, and includes brief biographical sketches of artists and composers.
http://www.jewishmusic.com/
Torah Tots
Torah Tots is devoted to Jewish materials for very young children. The music section features the lyrics and MP3 or ra files of their songs. The style is rather a simple easy rock style.
http://www.torahtots.com/music.htm
Tunes: The Intelligent Music Network
For purchasing and hearing samples of music. Look under "world" music for cantorial and klezmer musical samples, such as recordings by the Klezmer Conservatory Orchestra. There are also Israeli and Middle Eastern recordings to play. Requires Real Audio. Offers an index of recordings by artists.
http://www.tunes.com
The Yiddish Voice Store
Mark David runs an online catalog for books, music, videos and computer software all concerned with Yiddish. Several of the recordings he is selling have samples to audition the music online.
http://store.yv.org/
Online Jewish Music Radio and TV
Cantors, Klezmorim and Crooners: 1905-1953
Including some of the greatest Yiddish recordings of the 20th century from the over 6,000 records in Associate Director Sherry Mayrent’s important collection.
http://www.livingtraditions.org/
Online Jewish Music Radio and TV
Radio Programs
Aish Talmid of Los Angeles
Aish Talmid of Los Angeles Web has Streaming Jewish Music
http://www.aishtamid.org/mp3/
Anthology of Jewish Music
The radio show, Anthology of Jewish Music, is broadcast in Vancouver, British Columbia, on CFRO 102.7 radio, and heard every Sunday from 10 to 11 a.m. The Co-Hosts are Alan Tapper and Ethan Minovitz.
Email: eminovitz@canoemail.com
Arutz Sheva
Hear Live Radio from Israel, including news, music and ads. You can hear prior broadcasts from a calendar of the news.
In English:www.IsraelNationalRadio.com live radio link http://www.israelnn.com/metafiles/asx/israelnationalradio.asx
For Hebrew: http://www.a7.org/ OR www.israelnn.com
Ben Gailing Memorial Page
Tribute to the great dedication of Ben Gailing to Jewish radio.
Jews and Blues:Inside Out
A radio program from WBUR in Boston, an NPR station. The program originally aired in the summer of 2001. It shows how the Jewish and African-American music became merged in America. The entire documentary can be heard on WBUR's website. Researched and narrated by Michael Goldfarb.
http://www.wbur.org/special/jewsandblues/
The Borscht Blender
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois is the site of WEFT 90.1 FM, Sundays 4pm, with Ron Neimark and Robin Arbiter, hosts.
rneimark@prairienet.org
Brandeis University Radio: WBRS
Brandeis University's radio station has three Sunday programs relating to Jewish music. At 11:00, hosted by Shachar Gilad, is Kol Yisrael which features Israeli music. At 12:30 is a program entitled Just Like You hosted by Forsan Hussein and Michael Bravly which has talk and music about Palestinian and Israeli music. At 2:00 is The Yiddish Hour with host Sara Ravid. Students wishing to participate or share music for any of these shows should contact the main station number at 781-736-5277. WBRS has a policy to play the music it receives.
http://www.wbrs.org/
Chagigah
Chagigah is on WERS (88.9 fm),in Boston area, Sunday mornings between 8:00-11:00. From 8:00-9:30 they play Yiddish theatre and then Klezmer. From 9:30-11:00 they play Israeli, mainly contemporary rock. When they have live groups on, it is usually between 9:00-11:00.
David Dalle's World Music
CKCU-FM 93.1 in Ottawa, Canada, Thursdays, 1-4pm includes heavy doses of klezmer music.
Email:ar335@freenet.carleton.ca
FiveTownsRadio Radio shows on Jewish music, running mostly Sunday through Thursday, 9pm-10pm with the "Best Jewish Music Mix" running during the day hours till 9pm and then 10-midnight. Web users just having to click on "Listen to FTR". Very easy to use. There's also a link to Israel National News with scrolling headlines in a small box. Station is run very much like a teenage top 40 radio station except the recordings are Orthodox tunes. You can contact them at Mail@fiveotwnsradio.com
http://FiveTownsRadio.com
Gehsunteit!
Half hour klezmer show from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, on station CFMU 93.3, McMaster University Campus/Community, Sundays, 8:30am.
Email: wingspans2@aol.com
HaGalil OnLine
A really exciting site from Munich, Germany promoting Israeli, Jewish, Yiddish and Klezmer music as well as other cultural activities of Judaism from central Europe. Sophisticated Real Audio Direct Streaming Sound 24 Hours "radio" as well as sound selections from recordings. Features many selections of popular Israeli artists, old recordings, chazzanuth and much more. Features cultural sites and information about Jewish communities from Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic and Austria as well as other European nations.
http://www.hagalil.com/shirim/index.htm
Israeli Music Online
The Israel Hour is a radio program produced in New Brunswick, New Jersey, WRSU-FM 88.7, Sundays, 1-2. The website contains information about Israeli contemporary music, links to news, and feature stories about the current Israeli music scene. The webpresentation of this site has become more organized. Linked through Sabranet.
http://www.sabra.net/theisraelhour/
Israel Radio International
All non-Hebrew broadcasts are now on the REQA network. Reshet Alef and Reshet Moreshet have amalgamated.
Jewish Broadcast
Welcome to the official launch of the first & only all in one online Jewish radio station. Featuring 5 channel streaming audio 24 hours a day. Featuring Chassidic, Israeli, Yiddish and Klezmer. Features many Orthodox performers such as Mordechai Ben David.
http://www.jewishbroadcast.com/
Jewish Internet TV
Jewish Internet TV is dedicated to providing a platform for the Jewish voice in America and the promotion of Jewish artistic, political, educational, and intellectual leaders. JITV offers multi-media presentations. From Charlotte, NC.
http://www.jewishinternet.tv/index.cfm
JM in the AM
Nachum Segal hosts on WFMU this very popular program via Windows Mediaplayer. 6-9am Monday thru Friday, on 91.1FM (NY/NJ); 90.1FM in the Catskills. Much of the music is aimed at the frum community, but all kinds of music is aired. Archives of the show are available at: http://wfmu.org/playlists/JM in Realmusic format. See article from NY Times: http://www.jmintheam.org/pages/nachumnyt.htm .
http://www.jmintheam.org/
Jewish Spectrum
This program presents Jewish music and culture from all over the world, Sundays, 5am -7am on KOPN-FM 89.5 in Columbia, MO. Hosted by Carol Greenspan. cmgreenspan@msn.com, KOPN/Box 19, 915 E. Broadway, Columbia, MO, USA. Carol writes: "it is crucial that we share the beauty of our multifaceted culture for both ourselves and others. In the modern assimilated world, it is easy to lose sight of how extraordinary and broad our culture is and has been." Playlists since January 2007 are on the web at www.kopn.org. Click on the archive for back dated playlists.
Jewish TV Network
News in English and music from Jerusalem.
http://www.jewishtvnetwork.com/
Jewish World Today
'The Jewish World Today' can be heard every Sunday morning 11am U.K. time = 6am EST. for one hour. on www.svt.org.uk or www.soundradio.info It is a magazine programme, bringing features about Jewish life in England, interesting reports, a short bulletin of News from around the Jewish World, and the news from Kol Israel, the National Radio in Israel. All interspered with some music.
Ju-TuNeS
Tunes broadcast on this station are all my original compositions. Original Jewish, Greek, Armenian, Russian and Balkan Compositions by Alan Zemel.
http://www.rogueamoeba.net/streams/index.cgi?group=World
Klezmer and Yiddish Radio Shows
Organized by location, Ari Davidow's listing of radio shows with klezmer and Yiddish music contains information about the location of the show, times, area coverage, and content notes.
http://www.well.com/user/ari/klez/contacts/klezradio.html
The Klezmer Hour
Hosted by Seth Rogovoy and orginiating from Williams College radio station WCFM (91.9 FM) in Williamstown, MA. Broadcast in real time on the Internet, Mondays, 9pm Eastern time.
http://www.wso.williams.edu/orgs/WCFM/readaudio.html
The Kol Isha Show
Rockin' Rebbetzin Michele Garner runs this show on WSIA on Friday mornings, 10am-1pm.e-mail Rockin' Rabbi & Rebbetzin at Staten Island, 88.9 FM. OrPnimi@aol.com or Rockin' Rabbi & Rebbetzin @ WSIA
Kol Israel
Links to various Israeli media, including radio, tv and newspapers. Also links to English language Arab news from Jordan, Syria, Egypt and Palestinians. Music, news, arts, entertainment, sports and more.
Kosher Korner
"We play a wide range of Klezmer, spiritual rock, Israeli, Yiddish, comedy and just about anything else Jewish I can get my hands on."--Arye Berk
http://www.usc.uwo.ca/clubs/jsu
Live Radio on the Web
A guide to radio stations broadcasting in Real Audio called "Mike's World". Scroll down to Israel and there are six different stations that can be listened to from Israel live. Must have Real Audio capabilities. Can listen to everything from Israeli "top-40-style" to Chassidic music.
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/place/abn39/lint.htm
Netscape Radio:World Music: Klezmer
Just go to www.netscape.com and click on the Radio icon at the top left. You will see all of their stations. The Klezmer station is under World Music. It plays nonstop Klezmer music 24/7.
N'Shoma
11AM until Noon on WMRD-AM 1150 based in Middletown, CT and simulcast on WLIS-AM 1420 in Old Saybrook, CT. Host: Richard Kamins. Features "...eclectic mix of music from around the Jewish world, including Klezmer music, Broadway tunes, eastern European folk music, Israeli music, jazz, and much American creative Jewish music..."
http://www.wliswmrd.net/rkamins.htm
Nusach Maven
Nusach Maven is 24/7 Cantorial music online. Radio can be heard at 11am and 10pm eastern time. It is a show "dedicated to the art of the chazzanut both classical and modern." Host is Winston Weilheimer.
http://www.live365.com/stations/53860?play
OHRADIO
Ohradio is a music website sponsored by IsraelVisit. Ohradio is a new Jerusalem-based producer of music CD's and audio dramas. The first two releases are The Mysterious Golem of Prague, a full length audio drama, starring Leonard Nimoy (Startrek's Mr. Spock), and PROPHECY, Music from the Kabbalah.
http://www.israelvisit.co.il/ohradio/index.html
Jewish Broadcast
A five channel streaming audio 24 hours. Includes music from Mostly Music...Includes news, concerts, interviews and a anew releases area.
http://www.jewishbroadcast.com/
Radio Hazak Includes music and translations to songs.
http://radiohazak.com
Shalom America
Phil Fink's radio show Shalom America is broadcast Sunday through Friday on the Internet website through GlobalNet Radio and Sundays on WELW 1330AM from Cleveland, Ohil, 7-9am. Website features streaming audio, midi selections and samples of recordings. Audio clips require higher level audio computer software, Netshow, to hear selections.
http://shalom-am.com/index.html
Shalom South Florida
Since 1986, Jewish radio host, RONI, has been playing the best of today's Jewish music with a taste of the past. "Shalom South Florida" is heard live every Sunday morning, from 9:00-10:00 AM, throughout South Florida on WLVJ (1040-AM).
www.shalomsouthflorida.com
Shmais Radio
Lubavitcher Radio station with news and music. They play lots of continuous music.
http://shmaisradio.com/
SomethingJewish Show
SomethingJewishwww.somethingjewish.co.uk has a radio show, which is on from 3.30pm to 4.30pm (London time) 10.30am to 11.30pm (New York time). Broadcast on Resonance104.4fm in London or you can log in at
www.resonancefm.com
Sound and Spirit
A public radio program that occasionally has Jewish music as a special feature, hosted and produced by Ellen Kushner, WGBH-FM, Boston and Public Radio International(PRI). Playlist archives are included on the site.
http://www.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/pri/spirit/
Sounds of the Jewish Musical Diaspora--WNUR
Jewish music from every corner of the globe is featured on 89.3 fm from Northwestern University evanston,ill. The show airs every Friday 12:30-2:00pm. Music on the show was recorded as far back as 1910, and is heard on wnur.org, which will access the net transmission. Spin Magazine called WNUR "the 1# station on the web." The show reaches most of Chicago and it's northern suburbs. http://wnur.org
Special Broadcasting Service: Yiddish Radio
For the home page of the Special Broadcasting Service in Australia. The "Streaming Audio on Demand" box allows you to select Yiddish. You'll hear this week's Yiddish program.
http://www.sbs.com.au/radio_new/index.html
Sunday Simcha--Portland
Gail Wartell and Michael Atleson are alternate hosts of "Sunday Simcha," a fifteen-year-old Jewish music program airing every Sunday morning from 6:30 to 8:30 am on WMPG, Greater Portland Community Radio, 90.9 and 104.1 FM, also streaming live at www.wmpg.org. Gail has been a host of the program for about 7 years. The program features an eclectic blend of Jewish music from across the diaspora, including traditional, sacred, Sephardic, Eastern European, folk, rock, and "cutting edge" jazz and klezmer. They also provide news and announcements for the Maine Jewish community and occasionally mix in a dose of Jewish humor. They can be reached at WMPG-FM, 96 Falmouth Street, Box 9300, Portland, ME 04104-9300, or you may contact Michael via e-mail at michael.kate@rcn.com.
Sunday Simcha--Tampa
The Sunday Simcha runs the gamut in Jewish entertainment and information: music, local announcements, weekly Dvar Torah, interviews, and the occasional political rant. The audience has grown over the years and includes many non-Jews as well. The music is an eclectic mix, including Klezmer, Chassidic, Israeli, Yiddish, Ladino, Mizrachi, and contemporary. The Sunday Simcha is heard every Sunday in the Tampa Bay area and beyond on WMNF - 88.5 FM from 12-2 PM. The Simcha can be heard live on the internet and the website also keeps a year of archived programs and playlists (just in case you missed a show!) The show is hosted by Kevin Frye and Marc Rosenwasser. Kevin and Marc took the helm of the show after their friend Mike Eisenstadt, the show's host for 20 years, passed away Friday Sept. 2, 2005 from a long battle with cancer at age 54. Kevin is also the leader of The Mike Eisenstadt Band. To read an tribute to Mike Eisenstadt, go to Tampa Tribune: http://www.tampatrib.com/FloridaMetro/MGBILX7A5DE.html
http://shows.wmnf.org/simcha/
With Mazal: Religious Jewish Radio
Zev Gruber, host. Sunday mornings from 10-11am on 1503am/mw (London), and live on the Internet: www.soundradio.info or www.svt.org.uk. Torah, Israel and Jewish news with the latest and greatest in Chassidic and modern religious Jewish music.
http://www.svt.org.uk or http://www.soundradio.info
YidishMusic
Online Brazilian Radio that plays Yiddish and other Jewish music, Ladino, Hebrew, even Russian and plays all sorts of Jewish music 24 hours a day.
http://www.yidishmusic.com.br
Yiddish Forward Hour
The Yiddish Forward Hour, transmitted every Saturday from 9-10 PM, on WMCA 570 AM, NYC, is likely the longest running Jewish radio program in the US. Past shows can be heard at:
http://yiddish.forward.com/radio/index.html
The Yiddish Voice --WUNR
The Yiddish Voice is a local Boston Jewish music radio program heard on WUNR, 1600 AM, Brookline, MA. Wed. 7:30-8:30. "It's a general Yiddish-language radio program, featuring Jewish music, especially Yiddish and Cantorial, but also news,interviews, current events, comedy, public service announcements, etc. The language of the program is in Yiddish."
http://www.yv.org
102FM Tel Aviv
Live Radio from "top 40" style station in Israel
http://www.102fm.co.il/Front/default.asp
Including some of the greatest Yiddish recordings of the 20th century from the over 6,000 records in Associate Director Sherry Mayrent’s important collection.
http://www.livingtraditions.org/
Online Jewish Music Radio and TV
Radio Programs
Aish Talmid of Los Angeles
Aish Talmid of Los Angeles Web has Streaming Jewish Music
http://www.aishtamid.org/mp3/
Anthology of Jewish Music
The radio show, Anthology of Jewish Music, is broadcast in Vancouver, British Columbia, on CFRO 102.7 radio, and heard every Sunday from 10 to 11 a.m. The Co-Hosts are Alan Tapper and Ethan Minovitz.
Email: eminovitz@canoemail.com
Arutz Sheva
Hear Live Radio from Israel, including news, music and ads. You can hear prior broadcasts from a calendar of the news.
In English:www.IsraelNationalRadio.com live radio link http://www.israelnn.com/metafiles/asx/israelnationalradio.asx
For Hebrew: http://www.a7.org/ OR www.israelnn.com
Ben Gailing Memorial Page
Tribute to the great dedication of Ben Gailing to Jewish radio.
Jews and Blues:Inside Out
A radio program from WBUR in Boston, an NPR station. The program originally aired in the summer of 2001. It shows how the Jewish and African-American music became merged in America. The entire documentary can be heard on WBUR's website. Researched and narrated by Michael Goldfarb.
http://www.wbur.org/special/jewsandblues/
The Borscht Blender
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois is the site of WEFT 90.1 FM, Sundays 4pm, with Ron Neimark and Robin Arbiter, hosts.
rneimark@prairienet.org
Brandeis University Radio: WBRS
Brandeis University's radio station has three Sunday programs relating to Jewish music. At 11:00, hosted by Shachar Gilad, is Kol Yisrael which features Israeli music. At 12:30 is a program entitled Just Like You hosted by Forsan Hussein and Michael Bravly which has talk and music about Palestinian and Israeli music. At 2:00 is The Yiddish Hour with host Sara Ravid. Students wishing to participate or share music for any of these shows should contact the main station number at 781-736-5277. WBRS has a policy to play the music it receives.
http://www.wbrs.org/
Chagigah
Chagigah is on WERS (88.9 fm),in Boston area, Sunday mornings between 8:00-11:00. From 8:00-9:30 they play Yiddish theatre and then Klezmer. From 9:30-11:00 they play Israeli, mainly contemporary rock. When they have live groups on, it is usually between 9:00-11:00.
David Dalle's World Music
CKCU-FM 93.1 in Ottawa, Canada, Thursdays, 1-4pm includes heavy doses of klezmer music.
Email:ar335@freenet.carleton.ca
FiveTownsRadio Radio shows on Jewish music, running mostly Sunday through Thursday, 9pm-10pm with the "Best Jewish Music Mix" running during the day hours till 9pm and then 10-midnight. Web users just having to click on "Listen to FTR". Very easy to use. There's also a link to Israel National News with scrolling headlines in a small box. Station is run very much like a teenage top 40 radio station except the recordings are Orthodox tunes. You can contact them at Mail@fiveotwnsradio.com
http://FiveTownsRadio.com
Gehsunteit!
Half hour klezmer show from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, on station CFMU 93.3, McMaster University Campus/Community, Sundays, 8:30am.
Email: wingspans2@aol.com
HaGalil OnLine
A really exciting site from Munich, Germany promoting Israeli, Jewish, Yiddish and Klezmer music as well as other cultural activities of Judaism from central Europe. Sophisticated Real Audio Direct Streaming Sound 24 Hours "radio" as well as sound selections from recordings. Features many selections of popular Israeli artists, old recordings, chazzanuth and much more. Features cultural sites and information about Jewish communities from Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic and Austria as well as other European nations.
http://www.hagalil.com/shirim/index.htm
Israeli Music Online
The Israel Hour is a radio program produced in New Brunswick, New Jersey, WRSU-FM 88.7, Sundays, 1-2. The website contains information about Israeli contemporary music, links to news, and feature stories about the current Israeli music scene. The webpresentation of this site has become more organized. Linked through Sabranet.
http://www.sabra.net/theisraelhour/
Israel Radio International
All non-Hebrew broadcasts are now on the REQA network. Reshet Alef and Reshet Moreshet have amalgamated.
Jewish Broadcast
Welcome to the official launch of the first & only all in one online Jewish radio station. Featuring 5 channel streaming audio 24 hours a day. Featuring Chassidic, Israeli, Yiddish and Klezmer. Features many Orthodox performers such as Mordechai Ben David.
http://www.jewishbroadcast.com/
Jewish Internet TV
Jewish Internet TV is dedicated to providing a platform for the Jewish voice in America and the promotion of Jewish artistic, political, educational, and intellectual leaders. JITV offers multi-media presentations. From Charlotte, NC.
http://www.jewishinternet.tv/index.cfm
JM in the AM
Nachum Segal hosts on WFMU this very popular program via Windows Mediaplayer. 6-9am Monday thru Friday, on 91.1FM (NY/NJ); 90.1FM in the Catskills. Much of the music is aimed at the frum community, but all kinds of music is aired. Archives of the show are available at: http://wfmu.org/playlists/JM in Realmusic format. See article from NY Times: http://www.jmintheam.org/pages/nachumnyt.htm .
http://www.jmintheam.org/
Jewish Spectrum
This program presents Jewish music and culture from all over the world, Sundays, 5am -7am on KOPN-FM 89.5 in Columbia, MO. Hosted by Carol Greenspan. cmgreenspan@msn.com, KOPN/Box 19, 915 E. Broadway, Columbia, MO, USA. Carol writes: "it is crucial that we share the beauty of our multifaceted culture for both ourselves and others. In the modern assimilated world, it is easy to lose sight of how extraordinary and broad our culture is and has been." Playlists since January 2007 are on the web at www.kopn.org. Click on the archive for back dated playlists.
Jewish TV Network
News in English and music from Jerusalem.
http://www.jewishtvnetwork.com/
Jewish World Today
'The Jewish World Today' can be heard every Sunday morning 11am U.K. time = 6am EST. for one hour. on www.svt.org.uk or www.soundradio.info It is a magazine programme, bringing features about Jewish life in England, interesting reports, a short bulletin of News from around the Jewish World, and the news from Kol Israel, the National Radio in Israel. All interspered with some music.
Ju-TuNeS
Tunes broadcast on this station are all my original compositions. Original Jewish, Greek, Armenian, Russian and Balkan Compositions by Alan Zemel.
http://www.rogueamoeba.net/streams/index.cgi?group=World
Klezmer and Yiddish Radio Shows
Organized by location, Ari Davidow's listing of radio shows with klezmer and Yiddish music contains information about the location of the show, times, area coverage, and content notes.
http://www.well.com/user/ari/klez/contacts/klezradio.html
The Klezmer Hour
Hosted by Seth Rogovoy and orginiating from Williams College radio station WCFM (91.9 FM) in Williamstown, MA. Broadcast in real time on the Internet, Mondays, 9pm Eastern time.
http://www.wso.williams.edu/orgs/WCFM/readaudio.html
The Kol Isha Show
Rockin' Rebbetzin Michele Garner runs this show on WSIA on Friday mornings, 10am-1pm.e-mail Rockin' Rabbi & Rebbetzin at Staten Island, 88.9 FM. OrPnimi@aol.com or Rockin' Rabbi & Rebbetzin @ WSIA
Kol Israel
Links to various Israeli media, including radio, tv and newspapers. Also links to English language Arab news from Jordan, Syria, Egypt and Palestinians. Music, news, arts, entertainment, sports and more.
Kosher Korner
"We play a wide range of Klezmer, spiritual rock, Israeli, Yiddish, comedy and just about anything else Jewish I can get my hands on."--Arye Berk
http://www.usc.uwo.ca/clubs/jsu
Live Radio on the Web
A guide to radio stations broadcasting in Real Audio called "Mike's World". Scroll down to Israel and there are six different stations that can be listened to from Israel live. Must have Real Audio capabilities. Can listen to everything from Israeli "top-40-style" to Chassidic music.
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/place/abn39/lint.htm
Netscape Radio:World Music: Klezmer
Just go to www.netscape.com and click on the Radio icon at the top left. You will see all of their stations. The Klezmer station is under World Music. It plays nonstop Klezmer music 24/7.
N'Shoma
11AM until Noon on WMRD-AM 1150 based in Middletown, CT and simulcast on WLIS-AM 1420 in Old Saybrook, CT. Host: Richard Kamins. Features "...eclectic mix of music from around the Jewish world, including Klezmer music, Broadway tunes, eastern European folk music, Israeli music, jazz, and much American creative Jewish music..."
http://www.wliswmrd.net/rkamins.htm
Nusach Maven
Nusach Maven is 24/7 Cantorial music online. Radio can be heard at 11am and 10pm eastern time. It is a show "dedicated to the art of the chazzanut both classical and modern." Host is Winston Weilheimer.
http://www.live365.com/stations/53860?play
OHRADIO
Ohradio is a music website sponsored by IsraelVisit. Ohradio is a new Jerusalem-based producer of music CD's and audio dramas. The first two releases are The Mysterious Golem of Prague, a full length audio drama, starring Leonard Nimoy (Startrek's Mr. Spock), and PROPHECY, Music from the Kabbalah.
http://www.israelvisit.co.il/ohradio/index.html
Jewish Broadcast
A five channel streaming audio 24 hours. Includes music from Mostly Music...Includes news, concerts, interviews and a anew releases area.
http://www.jewishbroadcast.com/
Radio Hazak Includes music and translations to songs.
http://radiohazak.com
Shalom America
Phil Fink's radio show Shalom America is broadcast Sunday through Friday on the Internet website through GlobalNet Radio and Sundays on WELW 1330AM from Cleveland, Ohil, 7-9am. Website features streaming audio, midi selections and samples of recordings. Audio clips require higher level audio computer software, Netshow, to hear selections.
http://shalom-am.com/index.html
Shalom South Florida
Since 1986, Jewish radio host, RONI, has been playing the best of today's Jewish music with a taste of the past. "Shalom South Florida" is heard live every Sunday morning, from 9:00-10:00 AM, throughout South Florida on WLVJ (1040-AM).
www.shalomsouthflorida.com
Shmais Radio
Lubavitcher Radio station with news and music. They play lots of continuous music.
http://shmaisradio.com/
SomethingJewish Show
SomethingJewishwww.somethingjewish.co.uk has a radio show, which is on from 3.30pm to 4.30pm (London time) 10.30am to 11.30pm (New York time). Broadcast on Resonance104.4fm in London or you can log in at
www.resonancefm.com
Sound and Spirit
A public radio program that occasionally has Jewish music as a special feature, hosted and produced by Ellen Kushner, WGBH-FM, Boston and Public Radio International(PRI). Playlist archives are included on the site.
http://www.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/pri/spirit/
Sounds of the Jewish Musical Diaspora--WNUR
Jewish music from every corner of the globe is featured on 89.3 fm from Northwestern University evanston,ill. The show airs every Friday 12:30-2:00pm. Music on the show was recorded as far back as 1910, and is heard on wnur.org, which will access the net transmission. Spin Magazine called WNUR "the 1# station on the web." The show reaches most of Chicago and it's northern suburbs. http://wnur.org
Special Broadcasting Service: Yiddish Radio
For the home page of the Special Broadcasting Service in Australia. The "Streaming Audio on Demand" box allows you to select Yiddish. You'll hear this week's Yiddish program.
http://www.sbs.com.au/radio_new/index.html
Sunday Simcha--Portland
Gail Wartell and Michael Atleson are alternate hosts of "Sunday Simcha," a fifteen-year-old Jewish music program airing every Sunday morning from 6:30 to 8:30 am on WMPG, Greater Portland Community Radio, 90.9 and 104.1 FM, also streaming live at www.wmpg.org. Gail has been a host of the program for about 7 years. The program features an eclectic blend of Jewish music from across the diaspora, including traditional, sacred, Sephardic, Eastern European, folk, rock, and "cutting edge" jazz and klezmer. They also provide news and announcements for the Maine Jewish community and occasionally mix in a dose of Jewish humor. They can be reached at WMPG-FM, 96 Falmouth Street, Box 9300, Portland, ME 04104-9300, or you may contact Michael via e-mail at michael.kate@rcn.com.
Sunday Simcha--Tampa
The Sunday Simcha runs the gamut in Jewish entertainment and information: music, local announcements, weekly Dvar Torah, interviews, and the occasional political rant. The audience has grown over the years and includes many non-Jews as well. The music is an eclectic mix, including Klezmer, Chassidic, Israeli, Yiddish, Ladino, Mizrachi, and contemporary. The Sunday Simcha is heard every Sunday in the Tampa Bay area and beyond on WMNF - 88.5 FM from 12-2 PM. The Simcha can be heard live on the internet and the website also keeps a year of archived programs and playlists (just in case you missed a show!) The show is hosted by Kevin Frye and Marc Rosenwasser. Kevin and Marc took the helm of the show after their friend Mike Eisenstadt, the show's host for 20 years, passed away Friday Sept. 2, 2005 from a long battle with cancer at age 54. Kevin is also the leader of The Mike Eisenstadt Band. To read an tribute to Mike Eisenstadt, go to Tampa Tribune: http://www.tampatrib.com/FloridaMetro/MGBILX7A5DE.html
http://shows.wmnf.org/simcha/
With Mazal: Religious Jewish Radio
Zev Gruber, host. Sunday mornings from 10-11am on 1503am/mw (London), and live on the Internet: www.soundradio.info or www.svt.org.uk. Torah, Israel and Jewish news with the latest and greatest in Chassidic and modern religious Jewish music.
http://www.svt.org.uk or http://www.soundradio.info
YidishMusic
Online Brazilian Radio that plays Yiddish and other Jewish music, Ladino, Hebrew, even Russian and plays all sorts of Jewish music 24 hours a day.
http://www.yidishmusic.com.br
Yiddish Forward Hour
The Yiddish Forward Hour, transmitted every Saturday from 9-10 PM, on WMCA 570 AM, NYC, is likely the longest running Jewish radio program in the US. Past shows can be heard at:
http://yiddish.forward.com/radio/index.html
The Yiddish Voice --WUNR
The Yiddish Voice is a local Boston Jewish music radio program heard on WUNR, 1600 AM, Brookline, MA. Wed. 7:30-8:30. "It's a general Yiddish-language radio program, featuring Jewish music, especially Yiddish and Cantorial, but also news,interviews, current events, comedy, public service announcements, etc. The language of the program is in Yiddish."
http://www.yv.org
102FM Tel Aviv
Live Radio from "top 40" style station in Israel
http://www.102fm.co.il/Front/default.asp
joi, 30 iulie 2009
yiddish book center
The National Yiddish Book Center is proud to offer online access to the full texts of nearly 11,000 out-of-print Yiddish titles. You can browse, read, download or print any or all of these books, free of charge. These titles were scanned under the auspices of our Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library, and have been made available online through the Internet Archive.
Library-Bound Reprints of Memorial Volumes Commemorating Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust From the Collections of The New York Public Library
and the National Yiddish Book Center
click on title
Library-Bound Reprints of Memorial Volumes Commemorating Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust From the Collections of The New York Public Library
and the National Yiddish Book Center
click on title
luni, 27 iulie 2009
Tisha B’Av
http://judaism.about.com
Tisha B’Av, also known as “The Ninth of Av,” is a fast day that commemorates the destruction of the two Temples. It falls on the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, which usually coincides with late July or mid-August on the secular calendar.
A Tragic Day In Jewish History
The First Temple was built by King Solomon and was the most important place in ancient Judaism. It was destroyed when the Babylonians sacked Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E. The Second Temple was built on the site of the First Temple and was completed in 516 B.C.E. Sadly, the Second Temple was also destroyed, this time during the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. The destruction of the two Temples took place on the same day – the ninth of Av - about 656 years apart. These two events were so tragic that the ancient rabbis declared the anniversary of the Temples’ destruction a day of mourning. This is the origin of Tisha B'Av.
The ninth of Av also happens to be the day that Jews were expelled from England in 1290, as well as the day that King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella expelled the Jews from Spain in 1492. Other tragedies have occurred on this day too. Any way you look at it, the ninth of Av has not been a good day for the Jewish people.
The Three Weeks
Tisha B’Av occurs in the Hebrew month of Av, but in a way it begins during the preceding month of Tammuz. On the 17th of Tammuz in 70 C.E. the Romans breached the walls of Jerusalem, then spent the next three weeks ransacking the city until the Second Temple was burned on the ninth of Av. In remembrance of this event Jews fast on the 17th of Tammuz and observe a time of mourning during the three weeks leading up to Tisha B’Av. No weddings are permitted during this period.
The Nine Days
The Talmud says that “From the beginning of Av, we diminish happiness” (Mishnah Ta’anit 4:6). In keeping with this sentiment, the last nine days of “the three weeks” become increasingly mournful as observant Jews refrain from a number of prohibited activities. For instance, during these nine days Jews are not supposed to cut their hair or shave. This custom hearkens back to ancient times when a person showed they were in mourning by allowing their hair to grow.
During “the nine days” many Jews refrain from drinking wine, eating meat or participating in activities meant to be entertaining. Going to the movies, dancing or going out to a fancy dinner are examples of such pleasurable pastimes. According to the Talmud, Jews are not supposed to wash their clothes during this period either, because wearing clean clothes is an enjoyable experience. The purpose of all these prohibitions is to help people feel like true mourners by the time Tisha B’Av comes around on the ninth of Av.
Customs On Tisha B’Av
Tisha B’Av is a full fast day, meaning that no food or drink can be consumed from one evening to the next. Pregnant women, nursing mothers and those who are severely ill are not allowed to participate in the fast because doing so would endanger their health. Observant Jews also refrain from bathing, wearing make-up or leather shoes (both symbols of luxury) or having sexual relations. Work is permitted on Tisha B’Av.
Synagogue services on Tisha B’Av are an emotional experience. During the evening service the book of Lamentations – a somber text about the destruction of the First Temple and the siege of Jerusalem - is read aloud, punctuated by sobs and wails from the congregation. Because people are in mourning, they don’t greet each other at the synagogue and they sometimes sit on the floor instead of in seats. The following day, during the morning service, men continue to express their sorrow by refraining from wearing tefillin.
Tisha B’Av Dates for 2009-2013
In the years 2009 through 2013 Tisha B’Av falls on the following secular dates.
July 29, 2009 - July 30, 2009
July 19, 2010 - July 20, 2010
August 8, 2011 - August 9, 2011
July 27, 2012 - July 28, 2012
July 15, 2013 - July 16, 2013
Tisha B’Av, also known as “The Ninth of Av,” is a fast day that commemorates the destruction of the two Temples. It falls on the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, which usually coincides with late July or mid-August on the secular calendar.
A Tragic Day In Jewish History
The First Temple was built by King Solomon and was the most important place in ancient Judaism. It was destroyed when the Babylonians sacked Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E. The Second Temple was built on the site of the First Temple and was completed in 516 B.C.E. Sadly, the Second Temple was also destroyed, this time during the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. The destruction of the two Temples took place on the same day – the ninth of Av - about 656 years apart. These two events were so tragic that the ancient rabbis declared the anniversary of the Temples’ destruction a day of mourning. This is the origin of Tisha B'Av.
The ninth of Av also happens to be the day that Jews were expelled from England in 1290, as well as the day that King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella expelled the Jews from Spain in 1492. Other tragedies have occurred on this day too. Any way you look at it, the ninth of Av has not been a good day for the Jewish people.
The Three Weeks
Tisha B’Av occurs in the Hebrew month of Av, but in a way it begins during the preceding month of Tammuz. On the 17th of Tammuz in 70 C.E. the Romans breached the walls of Jerusalem, then spent the next three weeks ransacking the city until the Second Temple was burned on the ninth of Av. In remembrance of this event Jews fast on the 17th of Tammuz and observe a time of mourning during the three weeks leading up to Tisha B’Av. No weddings are permitted during this period.
The Nine Days
The Talmud says that “From the beginning of Av, we diminish happiness” (Mishnah Ta’anit 4:6). In keeping with this sentiment, the last nine days of “the three weeks” become increasingly mournful as observant Jews refrain from a number of prohibited activities. For instance, during these nine days Jews are not supposed to cut their hair or shave. This custom hearkens back to ancient times when a person showed they were in mourning by allowing their hair to grow.
During “the nine days” many Jews refrain from drinking wine, eating meat or participating in activities meant to be entertaining. Going to the movies, dancing or going out to a fancy dinner are examples of such pleasurable pastimes. According to the Talmud, Jews are not supposed to wash their clothes during this period either, because wearing clean clothes is an enjoyable experience. The purpose of all these prohibitions is to help people feel like true mourners by the time Tisha B’Av comes around on the ninth of Av.
Customs On Tisha B’Av
Tisha B’Av is a full fast day, meaning that no food or drink can be consumed from one evening to the next. Pregnant women, nursing mothers and those who are severely ill are not allowed to participate in the fast because doing so would endanger their health. Observant Jews also refrain from bathing, wearing make-up or leather shoes (both symbols of luxury) or having sexual relations. Work is permitted on Tisha B’Av.
Synagogue services on Tisha B’Av are an emotional experience. During the evening service the book of Lamentations – a somber text about the destruction of the First Temple and the siege of Jerusalem - is read aloud, punctuated by sobs and wails from the congregation. Because people are in mourning, they don’t greet each other at the synagogue and they sometimes sit on the floor instead of in seats. The following day, during the morning service, men continue to express their sorrow by refraining from wearing tefillin.
Tisha B’Av Dates for 2009-2013
In the years 2009 through 2013 Tisha B’Av falls on the following secular dates.
July 29, 2009 - July 30, 2009
July 19, 2010 - July 20, 2010
August 8, 2011 - August 9, 2011
July 27, 2012 - July 28, 2012
July 15, 2013 - July 16, 2013
The Birkhat Ha‑Gomel blessing
Blessing for surviving illness or danger
The Birkhat Ha‑Gomel blessing is said after surviving illness, childbirth, or danger.
Transliteration:
Blessing: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha‑olam, ha‑gomel lahayavim tovot sheg'malani kol tov.
Congregational Response: Amen. Mi sheg'malkha (for a woman: sheg'malayikh) kol tov hu yigmalkha (yigmalayikh) kol tov. Selah.
Translation:
Blessing: "Blessed are You, LORD, our God, King of the Universe, Who bestows good things on the unworthy, and has bestowed on me every goodness."
Congregational Response: "Amen. He Who has bestowed on you every goodness, may He continue to bestow on you every goodness. Selah."
Note: Most halakhic authorities hold that the Ha‑Gomel blessing must be said publicly, in front of a minyan of 10. It is customary for men to say it after being called to the Torah. Many Orthodox authorities [1] hold that women are also obligated to say the Birchat Hagomel blessing. The blessing is not time‑dependent, and it substitutes in part for the todah (Thanksgiving) offering, one of the classes of korbanot (sacrifices) which women were obligated to offer (e.g. after childbirth) in the days of the Temple in Jerusalem. Accordingly, these authorities say that women are eligible to be counted in the minyan of 10 equally with men for the special purpose of the mitzvah of saying the HaGomel blessing and its congregational response publicly.
The Birkhat Ha‑Gomel blessing is said after surviving illness, childbirth, or danger.
Transliteration:
Blessing: Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha‑olam, ha‑gomel lahayavim tovot sheg'malani kol tov.
Congregational Response: Amen. Mi sheg'malkha (for a woman: sheg'malayikh) kol tov hu yigmalkha (yigmalayikh) kol tov. Selah.
Translation:
Blessing: "Blessed are You, LORD, our God, King of the Universe, Who bestows good things on the unworthy, and has bestowed on me every goodness."
Congregational Response: "Amen. He Who has bestowed on you every goodness, may He continue to bestow on you every goodness. Selah."
Note: Most halakhic authorities hold that the Ha‑Gomel blessing must be said publicly, in front of a minyan of 10. It is customary for men to say it after being called to the Torah. Many Orthodox authorities [1] hold that women are also obligated to say the Birchat Hagomel blessing. The blessing is not time‑dependent, and it substitutes in part for the todah (Thanksgiving) offering, one of the classes of korbanot (sacrifices) which women were obligated to offer (e.g. after childbirth) in the days of the Temple in Jerusalem. Accordingly, these authorities say that women are eligible to be counted in the minyan of 10 equally with men for the special purpose of the mitzvah of saying the HaGomel blessing and its congregational response publicly.
miercuri, 6 august 2008
A Matrix of Meaning:Level III – Outer/Physical
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Level III – Outer/Physical
A Matrix of Meaning:
Portraits of the Hebrew Letters, in Pictures and Words
©1996 Stan Tenen
QOF – COPY, SKULL, MONKEY
Qof is our outer, "mechanical", or Monkey Consciousness. It is the shell or physical COPy of our inner (YOD) consciousness. (When we "ape", we COPy.) That is why QOF means Monkey, COPy or Skull.
RESH – RUSH, REACH
Resh, as the outer part of BeT, represents the outer REaCHing of BeT. If KaF is what is in the Palm of the Hand, then ReSh is what Radiates from the Head. That is why ReSh means Head, REaCHing, RuShing and Radiation.
TogetherBuKeR means "first born son". These letters BReaK (– "bend the knee", bless) open Unity and signify the birth of distinction at each of their levels.
SHIN – STEP, SHINE
Shin, as outer Action, represents the ShINing of the candle flame as it spreads out in ever expanding shells of radiant energy, light, and learning, from its Source. ShIN is also the outer Vessel that holds the Flame. As such its three "heads" define the shape of a Tetrahedron – which, as the most compact symmetrical 3-D form, represents an idealized Tooth, Notch, or Step. Since every Tetrahedron defines a complete sphere-cycle, it can also represent a year (ShaNaH). BeT makes distinctions, ShIN, its AT-BaSH twin, represents distinctions. That is why ShIN means Tooth, Notch, and Step. As a tooth, ShIN represents a "toothy grin" which ShINes out.
Taf – MARK, ITSELF
Taf denotes external division and self-reference. ToF marks itself externally. It represents a Sign of itself, out of itself, or in itself. When we scratch marks on a ruler we are using ToF. That is why ToF is called a Sign or a Mark.
Together tmd designates the repeated divisions that we use for Measurement.Dividing From Itself . (The M-D root designates measurement.)
KAF FINAL – POSSESSION
Kaf-final connects the outside to us. KaF gathers and holds external things to us. That is why KaF final, at the end of a word, represents Holding and Possession.
Together KoHeN is a Priest connecting heaven & earth.KaNaH ("CaNE"; also), represents a plant’s shoot which connects (and is in the line of succession of) the seed with the rest of the plant.
MEM FINAL – EXTERNAL UNFOLDMENT
MeM final is external Unfoldment into the Expanse. Mem final represents a spreading and unfolding sea of hierarchy; it spreads and unfolds into the Expanse. That is why – ElokIM does NOT represent multiple Gods, but rather God’s connection to the Expanse (or – sea) of life—God understood in the aspect of ALL () – There – Is.
Togetheris SOMa, "blind-ness, occult, and poison" () to the materialistic; a mind-Expanding drug, or even a MUSe – to the spiritually advanced.
NUN FINAL – INFINITE PROJECTION
NUN final is Projection out to the Nth degree indicating an idea or action that goes to Infinity. It connects outwardly and endlessly as an open-ended connection with the infinite; it goes on & on & on.
Together(G-O-N- = gone, go-on) represents all types of GAIN; they all GO-ON-OUT;(O-G-N-) designates an osprey or other bird of prey; denotes anger or rage, which also go-on-out (as the – G, meaning axe, spear, arrow, weapon or GuN, indicates).
PEH FINAL – PUFF OUT
Peh final fills the outside – Peh final Puffs up and Fills. Peh final is like Peh, except instead of Puffing inward, Peh final Puffs out.
TogetherH-Ph-Ph (to cover or protect) HuFFs and PuFFs.
TZADI FINAL – UPRIGHT
TZaDI final represents the tallest in the physical world. tZaDI is EhtZ , a Tree, the STurDY. For us it is STuDY.
Together is the full Blossom or Flower– tZitZ of JuSTiCe (J, ST, C).
A Matrix of Meaning:Internal / Spiritual
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Level II – Internal / Spiritual
A Matrix of Meaning:
Portraits of the Hebrew Letters, in Pictures and Words
©1996 Stan Tenen
YOD – PERSONAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Our personal individual consciousness is represented by the human Hand, YaD which projects our personal consciousness into the physical world. The YOD is the "seed" (and YOD is therefore also associated with the male organ and with semen) and it is a point (Iota, in Greek).
It is the point of consciousness, and as our Hand, YAD, it is our personal Pointer – pointing to us. YOD is an expression of our being (the psychologist’s Id). That is why YOD (or YaD) means Consciousness, Hand or Point/Pointer.
KAF – HOLD, LIKENESS
Kaf, as the inner aspect of BeT, represents holding in, as in CuPPing in the Palm of the Hand. CuPPing shapes the Palm like that which it holds. That is why KaF means Palm and why as a prefix it designates Likeness and Similarity.
LAMED – INNER ACTION: ABSTRACTION
Lamed, as inner Action, represents Abstr-Action. AbstrAction is an action, from all directions, that brings concepts TO (or FOR) a common center. As inner Action, LaMeD is like a Flame (Lah) that draws in fresh air from all around the base of the candle that supports it. That is why LaMeD designates Learning (to learn), and as a prefix it means To or For.
MEM – WOMB, SOURCE FROM WITHIN
Mem designates division From an Inner Source. MeM is the womb of the mother that produces new life. Mem is the ocean (YaM, the sea, and the waters (from the womb) in which new life divides and spreads. That is why MeM means Mother and Water and as a prefix, from, source of or out of.
NUN – NECK, NEXUS
Nun connects concepts internally. NUN is a Neck or Nexus; it connects AM (the morning) with PM (the afternoon) at NOON (the mid-point of the day). NUN also connects within a line of succession. That is why NUN means Prince. NUN is also the internal connector in the middle of the alphabet, it is aswim in the sea of letters, so NUN can also mean Fish.
SAMEK – SUSTAIN, PROP
SaMeK is a SMoKe-ring, the Torus, that maintains Continuous Creation. SaMeK is also S’MiKha—the laying on of hands that ordains a religious leader. That is the sense in which SaMeK is understood as a Prop or as Sustenance.
AYIN – EYE, WELL
AYiN is Inner Projection. AYiN goes to or comes from deep inside. AYiN is circular like an ONIoN, whose depth is in its encircling layers. That is why AYiN means Eye or Well.
PEH – ENGULF, SWALLOW
Peh encompasses inwardly – Peh Swallows and is Full. That is why Peh means Mouth (or Face), Swallow, or Eat.
TZADI – RIGHTEOUS, HIGEST
Tzadi represents the highest spiritual Completion. ZaDI is like the Zaddik, the righteous one who has his head in spiritual heaven among the stars of the ZoDIac. That is why Zadi denotes Righteousness, the highest and the best.
A Matrix of Meaning:daleth,heh,vav,zain,chet, tet
A Matrix of Meaning:
Portraits of the Hebrew Letters, in Pictures and Words
©1996 Stan Tenen
Level I – Archetype - last 6 letters
DALET – DIVISION
Dalet reflects Division. It Opens ALePh repeatedly and causes the continued action of GiMeL on BeT to make, and Disperse many from One. DaLeT is divided (– D) for (– L) itself (-T). DaLeT, like the Greek DeLTa, allows what happens at a Delta: The river DiLaTes & DiLuTes as it Divides down to, and Dispenses itself into the sea. It Pours out into an Open DeLTa as a Poor man (DaL means poor, alluding to the bent over shape of the DaLeT) Divides, DiLuTes and Dissipates his energies. This is why DaLeT designates an Open Door.
DaLeT Disperses its Dispensation into the connecting Hand of Heh. It is at the top "event horizon" of the APPLe.
HEH – CONNECTION
After the Diversity of DaLeT, Heh Interfaces between the parts of ALePh that DaLeT Dispersed by repetition of GiMeL’s Action and BeT’s Distinction. As the Interface (– E) Archetype (– A), Heh Frames the outer and the inner together. Heh inter-connects, mediates, heals, and re-Wholes. Heh refers to the thumb and the surrounding fingers of our Hand which Connects our conscious will to the physical world. Heh brings mind and matter, flame and vessel, wave and particle together; it is an abbreviation for HaShem, meaning "The Name" a stand-in phrase for God's Name. Heh is the Interface that provides a Framework for Connection. That is why Heh means Window and why, as a prefix, Heh means tHe. Heh encompasses the Earth-Plane (the outer, dispensed, part of the Heh) and the Primal Point (the inner, conscious, part of the Heh). It is the equatorial plane that window-frames and connects the center and the equator (just as with thumb and fingers) of the APPLe of Continuous Creation.
VAV – MULTIPLICATION
VaV, Multiplication, paired with DaLeT, Division, naturally denotes Rotation, Vibration, and Unfoldment. As rotation, VaV is the axis or the spine (or spin) around the axis. As Vibration, VaV is the FiFe or Flute (a source of Vibration-sound, and is modeled by the unit tetrahelical column with 33-tetrahedra paralleling the 33-vertebrae of the human spine). As Unfoldment, VaV is doing and doing and doing, each cycle following on the previous cycle. That is why VaV means Pin, Spine, and And. VaV is located between the Heh and the ZaYiN.
ZAYIN – PROJECTION
ZaYiN, Projection, paired with GiMeL, Action (within the limits of the "oases"), naturally denotes extended Action (beyond limits) like a sprout (– GRO, meaning "grow") that erupts or is thrown or ejected like a seed. That is why ZaYiN means Spear, Weapon or Arrow. ZaYiN is located opposite GiMeL as the World Mountain climbs back to the source at the center of Continuous Creation.
CHET – ENCOMPASSMENT
CHeT, Encompassment, paired with BeT, Distinction, naturally surrounds and covers distinctions. It is the "skin" of Life and an encompassing HuT/HaT. That is why cHeT represents a Fenced Field, the Perimeter of the Field, or its Surface. CHeT is the Perimeter of the Earth-Plane that Encompasses and surrounds the "seed" at the center of the idealized APPLe of Creation.
TET – COMPLETION
TeT, Completion, Wholeness and Bonding, paired with ALePh, Unity, naturally provides nourishment as the meat of the new fruit and the TeaT providing milk to the new child. TeT is the JeT at the Tip of the World Mountain. It is the sum ToTal of all the letters that came before. TeT Binds a mother to her child ("TEaT") and it re-Binds what Bet (distinction) first broke apart from Aleph’s Unity.
It is because TeT Binds and Bonds TIghT together, that, as a "constricter", TeT traditionally means Snake or Serpent. TeT is at the Top of the World Mountain, coincident with the new seed, but of the next generation.
In traditional Kabbalistic terms for the Sefirot, this is Malkut of the Archetypal level in Keter of the Spiritual level.
Portraits of the Hebrew Letters, in Pictures and Words
©1996 Stan Tenen
Level I – Archetype - last 6 letters
DALET – DIVISION
Dalet reflects Division. It Opens ALePh repeatedly and causes the continued action of GiMeL on BeT to make, and Disperse many from One. DaLeT is divided (– D) for (– L) itself (-T). DaLeT, like the Greek DeLTa, allows what happens at a Delta: The river DiLaTes & DiLuTes as it Divides down to, and Dispenses itself into the sea. It Pours out into an Open DeLTa as a Poor man (DaL means poor, alluding to the bent over shape of the DaLeT) Divides, DiLuTes and Dissipates his energies. This is why DaLeT designates an Open Door.
DaLeT Disperses its Dispensation into the connecting Hand of Heh. It is at the top "event horizon" of the APPLe.
HEH – CONNECTION
After the Diversity of DaLeT, Heh Interfaces between the parts of ALePh that DaLeT Dispersed by repetition of GiMeL’s Action and BeT’s Distinction. As the Interface (– E) Archetype (– A), Heh Frames the outer and the inner together. Heh inter-connects, mediates, heals, and re-Wholes. Heh refers to the thumb and the surrounding fingers of our Hand which Connects our conscious will to the physical world. Heh brings mind and matter, flame and vessel, wave and particle together; it is an abbreviation for HaShem, meaning "The Name" a stand-in phrase for God's Name. Heh is the Interface that provides a Framework for Connection. That is why Heh means Window and why, as a prefix, Heh means tHe. Heh encompasses the Earth-Plane (the outer, dispensed, part of the Heh) and the Primal Point (the inner, conscious, part of the Heh). It is the equatorial plane that window-frames and connects the center and the equator (just as with thumb and fingers) of the APPLe of Continuous Creation.
VAV – MULTIPLICATION
VaV, Multiplication, paired with DaLeT, Division, naturally denotes Rotation, Vibration, and Unfoldment. As rotation, VaV is the axis or the spine (or spin) around the axis. As Vibration, VaV is the FiFe or Flute (a source of Vibration-sound, and is modeled by the unit tetrahelical column with 33-tetrahedra paralleling the 33-vertebrae of the human spine). As Unfoldment, VaV is doing and doing and doing, each cycle following on the previous cycle. That is why VaV means Pin, Spine, and And. VaV is located between the Heh and the ZaYiN.
ZAYIN – PROJECTION
ZaYiN, Projection, paired with GiMeL, Action (within the limits of the "oases"), naturally denotes extended Action (beyond limits) like a sprout (– GRO, meaning "grow") that erupts or is thrown or ejected like a seed. That is why ZaYiN means Spear, Weapon or Arrow. ZaYiN is located opposite GiMeL as the World Mountain climbs back to the source at the center of Continuous Creation.
CHET – ENCOMPASSMENT
CHeT, Encompassment, paired with BeT, Distinction, naturally surrounds and covers distinctions. It is the "skin" of Life and an encompassing HuT/HaT. That is why cHeT represents a Fenced Field, the Perimeter of the Field, or its Surface. CHeT is the Perimeter of the Earth-Plane that Encompasses and surrounds the "seed" at the center of the idealized APPLe of Creation.
TET – COMPLETION
TeT, Completion, Wholeness and Bonding, paired with ALePh, Unity, naturally provides nourishment as the meat of the new fruit and the TeaT providing milk to the new child. TeT is the JeT at the Tip of the World Mountain. It is the sum ToTal of all the letters that came before. TeT Binds a mother to her child ("TEaT") and it re-Binds what Bet (distinction) first broke apart from Aleph’s Unity.
It is because TeT Binds and Bonds TIghT together, that, as a "constricter", TeT traditionally means Snake or Serpent. TeT is at the Top of the World Mountain, coincident with the new seed, but of the next generation.
In traditional Kabbalistic terms for the Sefirot, this is Malkut of the Archetypal level in Keter of the Spiritual level.
sâmbătă, 2 august 2008
Hebrew Letters- alef
A Matrix of Meaning:
Portraits of the Hebrew Letters, in Pictures and Words
©1996 Stan Tenen
http://www.meru.org/letteressays/alef.html
Level I – Archetype
Alef
Greatness – Mastery
AlePh stands for ALL, ALooF and an ALP – a high point, a high sacred mountain. It is ALL-ONE-Wisdom Conscious-ness. PheLA (ALePhin reverse) is a miracle and a mystery. ALePh represents the Whole, the General, the Great and Inclusive Wisdom of the Transcendent and the Immanent, together. ALePh, of all the letters, is the only one that is both the Unitary "seed" of Singular Consciousness and the Whole of Consciousness – Consciousness is always Singular and Whole. (What meaning is there to "half" of a thought?) Aleph, as the Singular, is the sun-seed-center (The Primal Point), the Source; ALePh, as the Whole, is the Idealized Fruit – the APPLe – and its fruition. ALePh represents the strongest, most coherent, and most encompassing Archetype; that is why ALePh means Ox (or Bull, the astrological symbol of the Taurean age when the alphabet was stabilized.)
ALePh is the Transcendent and exquisitely Singular "Primal Point" at the center of Continuous Creation. It is the tip of the Great Flame, the Seed, the Tao, the dew-drop ( the Manna – from Pirke Avoth’s description of the 10-Things Created on the Eve of the First Sabbath) and the "Grain that no granary comprehends" (from Rumi’s poetic description of the Mevlevi Sufi Round Dance. For additional Sufi imagery, see the poster, The Geometry of Rumi's Description of the Mevlevi Sufi Round Dance, in our section on Arabic, Moslem, and Sufi Material.)
Health is when mind and body are one.
We express our will to others by both gestures and words. When we wear this transcendental hand and make meaningful gestures, we see outlines of the model hand that match both the shapes and the meanings of the names of the Hebrew, Greek, and Arabic letters. For example, pointing to one’s mouth displays the letter Pe, which means "mouth." Because root meanings can be built from these universally recognized letter-gestures, a naive person can read the meanings of Hebrew words spelled out in gestures of this special hand. Thus this natural hand-gesture language, based on a philosophical interpretation of the ancient circle-squaring riddle, also explains biblical claims of a universal language lost at the Tower of Babel.
We live in a world of seeming duality:
Process/Structure Oral/Written
Wave/Particle Lily/Thorn
Female/Male General/Particular
Analog/Digital Yin/Yang
Continuous/Discrete Mind/Body
Dynamic/Static Spirit/Matter
http://www.meru.org/lightintent/lightin.html.
These qualities are complementary. They orbit, blend into, grow from and through each other, and together they resolve and define a unity, the Tao of their domain. When these complements are infinitely interpenetrating they are one whole; as pairs, they are the essential defining distinction of their whole. Each complement is dependent on and defined by its other. The set of all these dualities can be elegantly modeled by the polar distinction between total symmetry and total asymmetry. No complement is more separate, nor more bound, than the order of symmetry and the chaos of nothing same.
In three dimensions the most elegant economical structure exhbiting total symmetry is the tetrahedron. It has spin symmetry about all its elements
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continuous creation
The Talmud, expanding on the Biblical account, tells us that Abraham discovered the One-God while he lived in the house of his father Terach. Terach, we are also told, was an educated professional knowledgeable in the skills, philosophies and spiritual practices known in his homeland in "Ur of the Chaldees," a civilized and sophisticated city-state in "Babylonia."
The Talmud is the "oral" Torah given to Moses with the written Torah - The Five Books of Moses - at Mt. Horeb-Sinai. From: The Handbook of Jewish Thought, by R. Aryeh Kaplan (Brooklyn, N.Y, Maznaim Publishing Co., ©1979) page 42, and Kaplan's footnotes, bottom page 42 (see Note 1).
"It was into this pagan atmosphere that a most unique individual was born. From his earliest childhood, Abraham transcended his pagan environment and recognized that the world was governed by one Supreme Being. As one of the greatest geniuses of his time,35 Abraham was able to use his keen mind to see through the sham and falsehood of the values of his generation,and understand the true purpose of creation."1
Abraham is at home. He is reflecting on the many idols of metal and stone and wood that his father makes and sells. He has a realization that these idols are dead and inert and he "discovers" the One-God. This is a paraphrase of the traditional story. How are we to understand it?
If we, as our scholars, assume that this story is to be taken literally, then Abraham realizes that the idols his father makes and sells are not alive, and thus not able to have any effect in the world no matter what or how they are prayed to and no matter what sacrifice is offered to them. We are assuming that a man whom we are told is educated and sophisticated would make and sell inert effigies as deities. If we met an educated and sophisticated person today we would not find it plausible that they would be in the business of selling idols. Why should we make that presumption about Terach?
Consider instead the following scenario. Terach, as an educated and worldly man, would know and appreciate the arts, sciences and spiritual beliefs of as many different peoples and cultures as were known in his world. We assume this of educated persons today. If this is so, then the "idols of metal and stone and wood" referred to in the traditional story are really the particular cultural embodiments of the arts, the sciences, and the sacred as they are known in various different cultures.
The "idols" of a sophisticated person are not, literally, stone effigies and statuettes. These "idols" are the cultural, political, social, and scientific paradigms comprising the world-views of the societies in which they (and we) live.
When we examine the spiritual beliefs and cosmologies of many ancient and modern cultures we find that they all include excellent models of certain essential qualities of life - albeit each in its own cultural context with its own particular perspective, emphasis and physical analogs.
The ancient Chinese developed a cosmology and an original ideographic alphabet based on the 28-mansions of the lunar zodiac.
The Greeks and the Persians modeled the cyclicity of life by a pantheon of gods, goddesses and their familial relationships based on the 12-houses of the solar zodiac.2
The Druids of northern Europe modeled the self-propagation of life on the life cycles of trees and other growing things.
Each and every culture has made accurate and effective models of the cyclic, self-propagating and self-referential nature of all life in terms appropriate to its needs and experience. These different cultural embodiments of the same universal principles underlying all life are referred to as "idols of metal and stone and wood." These "godlet" cultural paradigms are honored (and, literally, stone statues of these "idols" are worshipped) by the society that makes use of them.
All cultures model the same processes of the same overall unity of the natural world and each uses a different physical example to do it.
Abraham, seeing through each example to a Singular archetype, DEFINED the One-God as the Unity underlying all of them.
Abraham, in this view, acts as a mathematician: he postulates a meaningful and functional definition of Unity. The mathematician's model makes use of none of the "garments" of the many different cultural embodiments. Even though it is a mathematical model that must make use of geometry and form (or formalism) to be expressed, it (the model, not the sacred) MUST be understood as a complete abstraction without physical embodiment. A good mathematician tolerates no unneeded embellishments.
This perspective suggests why the Abrahamic faiths absolutely prohibit "graven images" of God. Any "graven image" would be a physical representation of only one culture's iconography during one historical period - it could never be a timeless model of a universal underlying Unity.
Once we understand this mathematician's idea of God as a DEFINITION necessary for universality we can, perhaps for the first time, see how and why it is possible that the Abrahamic faiths' insistence that God is the ONLY-GOD could be literally true, and not just the chauvinistic religious puffery of these faiths - and in a way that does not impugn the validity of other religions. The definition of Unity is in no way prejudicial to any other view.
Even before Moses was given the Torah, it is possible that Abraham realized that this ultimate, Singular, definition of the universal One-God is also identical with the personal meditational experience of God. That the Immanence of All-There-Is and the Transcendent Singularity in our experience of meditation are one and the same may be the basis of Abraham's understanding of and belief in the One-God.
This suggests the truly extraordinary possibility that our ancient sages also realized that there is one particular mathematical definition of Unity that is also a model of the sequence of feelings, the "Yoga" and the "Hero's Journey", that leads to the meditational experience of Unity. The meditational experience may be the gnosis that personally validates and empowers these spiritual tradition(s).
Further, although the particular details and depth of understanding of the idea of an explicit definition of the Unity of God may have been most fully developed by the Abrahamic faiths, the principle was known and considered fundamental in other cultures as well. Terach and Abraham did not live in a cultural vacuum.
MODELS OF WHOLENESS, SINGULARITY AND HIGHEST CONTRAST
How are we to model this ultimate, exquisite, unknowable UNITY representing our unique definition of the Singularity of the One-Living-God? Is there an entirely abstract - non-idolatrous - mathematical model that incorporates Singularity, Uniqueness, Self-organization, Universality, Infinitude, Elegance and Simplicity?
What is the most elegant and exquisite model of "highest contrast"?
Could this same model also represent the meditational process or the path and goal of the "Hero's Journey?"
In The Laws of Form, mathematician G. Spencer-Brown proposes the "mark of distinction" archetypally distinguishing INSIDE from OUTSIDE as a definition of maximal contrast. Mathematicians have shown that all of formal logic can be derived from G. Spencer-Brown's "mark of distinction." The following is from The Laws of Form, p. xxix (emphasis added):
"The theme of this book is that a universe comes into being when a space is severed or taken apart. The skin of a living organism cuts off an outside from an inside. So does the circumference of a circle in a plane. By tracing the way we represent such a severance, we can begin to reconstruct, with an accuracy and coverage that appear almost uncanny, the basic forms underlying linguistic, mathematical, physical, and biological science, and can begin to see how the familiar laws of our own experience follow inexorably from the original act of severance.
"Although all forms, and thus all universes, are possible, and any particular form is mutable, it becomes evident that the laws relating such forms are the same in any universe. It is this sameness, the idea that we can find a reality which is independent of how the universe actually appears, that lends such fascination to the study of mathematics."
The distinction between archetypal Symmetry and Asymmetry is also primary and of absolute contrast. Each co-defines the other. Without a representative standard of asymmetry how could we unambiguously define symmetry?
Archetypal symmetry can be represented by the most compact structural forms (in any given dimension). The five Platonic solids (Tetrahedron, Cube, Octahedron, Icosahedron, and Dodecahedron) and the Archimedian semi-regular solids can define fundamental symmetries in 3-dimensions. (Mathematicians and physicists derive the formal symmetry groups that they use from these polyhedral archetypes.)
Archetypal asymmetry can be represented by a dynamic form that continuously breaks symmetries as it unfurls. Meru Foundation research suggests that this form is a particular, explicit vortex, which we call "Naked Recursion" ("naked" in the mathematical sense - unadorned, without any other quality) and which has been traditionally associated with "the flame of consciousness", the archetypal living process of a "fruit tree yielding fruit whose seed is inside itself" (Genesis I.11.), and with its highest human embodiment - our hands.
As we will see later, besides its traditional association with the heart Chakra, what is most astonishing about the vortex-shaped model HAND is its direct relationship to both our personal consciousness and to our cosmological model of Unity, Singularity and Wholeness.
Confirmation, The Meruba Ashurit Rabbinic Hebrew Alphabet—also Greek and Arabic
When we combine the these two natural models of the source of information—the sun-sky source model that informs us, and the subjective mind-objective world model which we use to inform the world—we find the same form: our hands. When we place the sun-sky Dirac model hands on our real hands and then point to what we want, we see distinct 2-dimensional outlines of each of the letters of the fluid rabbinic form of the traditional "sacred" Meruba Ashurit Hebrew alphabet. (It is likely that this same abstract hand form also generates the letters of particular Greek and Arabic alphabets, using either the full Dirac String orbit or half of the orbit. This has been demonstrated only casually, but based on text references, it is highly plausible.)
When we see the outline of a particular Hebrew letter, we are making a left-right pair of gestures whose natural universal (human) meaning is the same as the meaning of the name of the letter. In this case, form and function are intrinsically linked by the geometry of choice (information) and by how we express our conscious choices (how we inform, in turn).* Thus, the shapes of these "sacred" Hebrew letters may not be arbitrary; their shapes may carry natural meaning in themselves, as is traditionally claimed. Each articulation of the model of the source of information represents a distinct pointing direction and gesture whose natural meaning is the name of the letter that is displayed.
When we spell Hebrew roots by means of the gestures that make the letters of the root, we (often) see a more complex, compound gesture that has the same universally recognized visual meaning as the Hebrew root.
For example, when we point to our mouth using the standard shouting "megaphone" gesture, thumbs in, fingers flared, we see an outline of the Hebrew letter Pe; Pe means "mouth" or "speak." When we outline the shape of a globe, melon, or basketball in our hands in order to designate something "round," we see, in sequence, the Hebrew letters Gimel and Lamed which form the root GaL, meaning "round."
It is highly unlikely that this constellation of results would occur if these "sacred" letter shapes were arbitrary, or the result of orthographic convenience alone. The letters are not orthographically reasonable: words are written right-to-left, while letters are drawn left-to-right; thus, without explicit care, the writing hand smears each new letter. It is important that these findings and conclusions be tested with native speakers, with many more examples, and to see if arbitrary letter shapes could reasonably be expected to enable the same results.
One confirmation that this model for generating the shapes of the Hebrew letters was known in the past can be found in the Sefer Yetzirah, the "Book of Formation." The Sefer Yetzirah is universally believed to be about the Hebrew letters. But, even though the title of the book (Yetzirah = "form") tells us that it is about "form," nowhere in any translation (nor in any extant commentary by academic or religious scholars, who read the original language) does any discussion of the form of the letters occur. This unsatisfying standard of translation would not be accepted in any other field of scholarship. No modern scholar would take seriously the translation of a book titled Chemistry, for example, that did not contain any reference to chemistry. This tolerance for illogic is one example of how some scholarship "damns by faint praise." Clearly there is a risk of demeaning traditional accomplishments when we accept traditional claims on lower standards than we insist on today.
When the half-orbit spiral vortex model (and related geometry) is identified with controversial and obscure terminology in the Sefer Yetzirah, the text immediately "reads clear," and the form of the letter-generating spiral vortex—the apple-based model hand—is readily apparent and seen to have been described and specified with extraordinary (technical) elegance in the text, all along.*
The Sefer Yetzirah outlines the model hand by describing its minimal, essential, symmetry qualities in 1-, 2-, and 3-dimensions. Simultaneously meeting these three simple dimensional criteria immediately and elegantly defines the letter-generating model hand spiral vortex forms. It is clearly unrealistic to expect scholars not comfortable with geometry to recognize so elegant a set of geometric metaphors. (For details see Note 2.)
Idealized Apple, Sufi Dancer, and Conservation of Momentum
This Idealized Apple can be represented by a dimpled-sphere torus, with the womb and seeds in the center hole, the stem and trunk identified with the fruit at its stem end, and the entire fruit identified with the whole sphere. The seed-tree-apple life-process spans from the torus’s hole to the whole torus—from an in-sphere (womb with seeds) to an out-sphere (fruit). This mini-sun (womb and seeds) in a surrounding mini-sky (fruit) recapitulates the form of the source of the information that informs the life of the apple-tree system. They are "made in the image of" the source that informs them. Notice also that this relationship-topology is the same as the traditional religious claim that humans are "made in the image of God."
The dimpled-sphere torus (Edenic and Apollo "apple") had specific cosmological significance in the ancient world. Indeed, the word "world" is related to the idea of a "whirl", and the presence of consciousness in the whirled with the "whirlwind."
The spiral vortex on the dimpled-sphere torus—which strings out the 7 regions that topologically define the self-reference-modeling 2-torus—can also model the conservation of angular momentum. Again, Arthur Young shows how this self-referential process topology is useful in understanding angular momentum, and he suggests that these toroidal models are meaningfully related to the quantum mechanical unit of angular momentum, Planck’s constant, h, and to a "quantum" or "bit" of conscious volitional choice. [3]
A Universal Hand
Obviously, we, and perhaps some of the other primates, are the only self-aware beings that have human (or human-like) hands. This is one reason why an accurate, 3-dimensional, photo-realistic human hand is not good enough to be universal. In order to form the letters of a natural pointing alphabet suitable for extra-terrestrials, we must make use of an idealized model hand based on the natural form of the source of information, not a realistic human hand. (I’m guessing that the "hand" of any being with a self-aware volitional consciousness similar to our own—no matter what its form, substance, or medium in which it can point—would have to be topologically equivalent to our hand, and would have the ability to move and point in a space with the same degrees of freedom, as befits its similar mental dexterity.)
Likewise, if we were to attempt to investigate whether this symbol system could be of use with dolphins, who do not have physical hands but instead use acoustic pulses as their pointing, probing, and gesturing system, we would have to adapt these principles to the shape of acoustic pulses instead of physical human hands. (In this case, the connection may be fairly simple. Acoustic pulses can travel like soliton-tori, which might plausibly be represented by the Dirac half-orbit form(s). This experiment needs to be performed.)
Recent published reports by:
1. Anthropologists now tell us that pre-humans used gesture language before developing speech; [4]
2. Child development psychologists tell us that infants can learn to gesture meaningfully to their parents before they develop spoken language (and spoken language naturally flows from their earlier gesture language); [5]
3. Scholars investigating natural language tell us that persons blind from birth make gestures that they have never seen, even while speaking to other blind people who cannot see their gestures, and that these gestures are essentially the same as those used by sighted persons.[6]*
4. Other recent published work discusses the likelihood that all cognition is based on body movements and gestures and their results.[7](Also see Note 3)
The concept for the design of an elegant, natural, universal pointing gesture alphabet discussed here relies on the reasonable assumptions that self-aware volitional creatures evolve on a planet-like body in a solar-like system (with electron physics as described by Dirac), and that they have a bodily means of projecting their personal will into the consensus world.
I would like to propose the investigation of this system for finding abstract communications forms (letters, numbers, etc.) suitable for communication with extra-terrestrials. We could start by investigating the usefulness of these ideas for communication with our self-aware companions here on Earth.
Notes
1. We are neglecting second order effects that are also part of the information source system. For example, not only is there contrast between sun and sky; the earth between them is in yearly orbit, and rotates on a 24-hour day-night cycle. The day-night cycle rhythmatizes the sun-sky contrast, and this in turn provides a clock-and-carrier for the information. Rotation at this level recapitulates, and is represented by, angular momentum at the fundamental-particle level.
2. The pairing pattern of letters at the beginning of B’reshit (Genesis) leads to the Continuous Creation model, which consists of exactly six model "hands".**
The Continuous Creation model can be described with unusual and extraordinary elegance and precision by examining its 1-, 2-, and 3-dimensional symmetries. There is no more mathematically elegant and compact way to describe a fundamental form than to take but 3 "snapshots" of it, one in each of the three spatial dimensions. This is perhaps one of the most elegant mathematical descriptions possible, and to mathematicians it’s immediately striking.
This is a unique identification. It includes identification of the descriptive words, T’li, Gal-Gal, and Lav, as well as their unique geometric relationship to the three numbers, 3, 7, and 12.
3. In the February 2002 issue of Scientific American, Steve Mirsky reports on research published in the November 29, 2001 issue of Nature, as follows: "...A region within Broca’s area known as Broadmann’s area 44, critical for the power of speech, is larger in the left hemisphere of humans than in the right. A study has now found that the same asymmetry exists in other great ape species: chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas. [...T]he Emory University researchers conjecture that the area may have originally been associated with the production of gestures used by apes for communication. This area eventually became used as a source of speech in modern humans." [10]
References:
1. Penrose, Roger, The Emperor’s New Mind, Oxford University Press, 1989
2. Jaynes, Julian, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, 1976
3. Young, Arthur M., The Reflexive Universe, Anodos Books. Available through the Arthur Young website at www.arthuryoung.com/aybooks.HTML
4. Corballis, Michael, The Gestural Origins of Language, ©1999 Michael Corballis, published in The American Scientist, March-April 1999. This article is available at www.amsci.org/amsci/articles/99articles/Corballis.html
5. Acredolo, L. & Goodwyn, S. (1993). Symbolic gesture versus words: Is there a modality advantage for onset of symbol use, published in Child Development, 64, 688-701.
6. Iverson, Jana, and Goldin-Meadow, Susan, Why People Gesture When They Speak, published in Nature, Nov. 19, 1998. Excerpts available at www.meru.org/3220lecture/blndgest.html
7. Iverson, Jana, and Thelen, Esther, Hand, Mouth and Brain: The Dynamic Emergence of Speech and Gesture, published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies, Vol. 6, Issue #11-12, Nov/Dec 1999. Also see other published work linked to at www.meru.org/Gestures/gestures.html
8. Tenen, Stan, Man Bites Dog, published in the Noetic Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2, p.203, as an appendix to the essay The God of Abraham: A Mathematician’s View (see below).
9. Tenen, Stan, The God of Abraham: A Mathematician’s View, published in the Noetic Journal, Vol. 2 No. 2, p. 192.
10. Mirsky, Steve, Parts of Speech, published in Scientific American, February 2002, page 28.
Internet URLs and Links
Man Bites Dog
www.meru.org/manbitesdog.html
The God of Abraham, A Mathematician’s View
www.meru.org/GodofAbe/onegdpix.html
Squaring the Circle: The One and the Many, Mind and World
www.meru.org/3220lecture/contents.html
The Dirac String Trick: First Hand
www.meru.org/dirac.html
The Light in the Meeting Tent (poster)
www.meru.org/Posters/ColorLightinTent.html
The Light in the Meeting Tent (Meru Archive Draft Article: 1986)
www.meru.org/lightintent/lightin.html
Unity and Wholeness
www.meru.org/Posters/Unitywho.html
The Geometry of Rumi’s Description of the Mevlevi Sufi Round Dance
www.meru.org/Sufi/rnddance.html
An Idealized Embryonic Fruit and a Dancer’s Exchange of Angular Momentum
www.meru.org/Posters/angumomt.html
Hebrew Alphabet Hand Gestures
www.meru.org/Gestures/Atbashgest.html
Why People Gesture When they Speak (Excerpts) by Jana Iverson and Susan Goldin-Meadow
www.meru.org/3220lecture/blndgest.html (see Reference 6 above)
The Gestural Origins of Language, by Michael Corballis,
www.amsci.org/amsci/articles/99articles/Corballis.html (see Reference 4 above)
GEOMETRIC METAPHORS OF LIFE- THE GOD OF ABRAHAM:
THE GOD OF ABRAHAM:
A Mathematician's View
Is there a mathematical argument for the existence of one God?
In living things the Seed is INside and the Fruit is OUTside, the Sperm is INside and the Ovum is OUTside:
Flame and Coal
Light and Vessel
Seed and Fruit
Wave and Particle Female and Male
Spirit and Matter
Mind and Body
Transcendance and Immanence
In these embodiments the asymmetrical dynamic element is conceptually INside (Seed, Mind, Spirit) with its symmetrical projective complement OUTside (Fruit, Body, Matter). See Note #2. There are very many other examples.
***
The illustration of CONTINUOUS CREATION is an attempt to show how a range of spiritual metaphors from different traditions can be reconciled in one geometric model of the High Contrast of Wholeness and Singularity. It shows some of the names by which the DIMPLED SPHERE Torus is known in different cultures and spiritual traditions. In this model, Continuous Creation refers to the unbroken chain of life: ...Seed-Tree-Fruit / Seed-Tree-Fruit / Seed-Tree... It represents the reflexive self-organizing process that is the natural transformation and unfoldment of every "SEED" (Singularity, Tao, Sun) via its "TREE" (Unfoldment, Flame, World Mountain) into new "FRUIT" (Wholeness, Hand, World) of its kind. It represents the general principle of the projection of life from life, endlessly. It is a model of one cycle of Singularity, Unfoldment, and Wholeness.
The IDEALIZED meditational "Fruit tree yielding
fruit whose seed is inside itself," in
the form of a DIMPLED-SPHERE Torus, is
defined by pairing off the letters in the first
verse of the Hebrew text of Genesis.
It is the minimal, most compact and most elegant representation
of the sequence of letters in the first verse.
www.meru.org - sursa
A Mathematician's View
Is there a mathematical argument for the existence of one God?
In living things the Seed is INside and the Fruit is OUTside, the Sperm is INside and the Ovum is OUTside:
Flame and Coal
Light and Vessel
Seed and Fruit
Wave and Particle Female and Male
Spirit and Matter
Mind and Body
Transcendance and Immanence
In these embodiments the asymmetrical dynamic element is conceptually INside (Seed, Mind, Spirit) with its symmetrical projective complement OUTside (Fruit, Body, Matter). See Note #2. There are very many other examples.
***
The illustration of CONTINUOUS CREATION is an attempt to show how a range of spiritual metaphors from different traditions can be reconciled in one geometric model of the High Contrast of Wholeness and Singularity. It shows some of the names by which the DIMPLED SPHERE Torus is known in different cultures and spiritual traditions. In this model, Continuous Creation refers to the unbroken chain of life: ...Seed-Tree-Fruit / Seed-Tree-Fruit / Seed-Tree... It represents the reflexive self-organizing process that is the natural transformation and unfoldment of every "SEED" (Singularity, Tao, Sun) via its "TREE" (Unfoldment, Flame, World Mountain) into new "FRUIT" (Wholeness, Hand, World) of its kind. It represents the general principle of the projection of life from life, endlessly. It is a model of one cycle of Singularity, Unfoldment, and Wholeness.
The IDEALIZED meditational "Fruit tree yielding
fruit whose seed is inside itself," in
the form of a DIMPLED-SPHERE Torus, is
defined by pairing off the letters in the first
verse of the Hebrew text of Genesis.
It is the minimal, most compact and most elegant representation
of the sequence of letters in the first verse.
www.meru.org - sursa
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