[HANASHIR:7086] Re: ol Yisrael

[Laura Ferguson <allenderL...>]

zeh l'zeh  -- this to this
zeh la zeh -- this to that

So this idiom might be used like "He changed the recipe from this to 
this" or "He changed the recipe from this to that".

The difference is really subtle out of context.  And since the 
original was probably written without vowels, either might be the 
appropriate pronunciation.  You may have to ask the poet ;}.

Laura

>Meris, with equal respect, your Israeli songbook has changed the word
>from the original (perhaps updated it to a more "modern" Hebrew).  The
>source is Talmud
>Bavli, Shavuot 39a, last few words of the central text.  I just looked it
>up to make sure.  You'll also see it that way on the UAHC's 1999 Statement
>of Principles.  Seems "Zeh l'Zeh" and "Zeh La Zeh" are common variations
>in American parlance,
>whether used knowingly or unknowingly; I'm not hot enough with my Hebrew
>grammar rules to know if and
>how this makes any change in meaning.  Anyone?
>
>Judah.

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