[HANASHIR:7096] Re: ol Yisrael

[QuelliPG <QuelliPG...>]

having written a song with this line as the chorus, I must jump in here and 
say that while yes, modern Israeli Hebrew has changed the words from zeh 
bazeh to zeh lazeh, and yes, they basically translate the same, my response 
to the Israelis who come up to correct me after hearing my song is that I 
chose to use the original quote from the Talmud.  They usually are clueless 
and once I give them the source they usually shut up.  But the arrogance of 
thinking that modern hebrew is necessarily an IMPROVEMENT over biblical 
and/or rabbinic hebrew really irks me!   so, what I'm trying to say to you, 
Meris, is don't feel obligated to give in to that kind of pressure from 
Israeli teachers.  I also teach at a Schechter school and we have excellent 
hebrew teachers, but Judaic scholars they aren't necessarily... just make 
sure that you know what YOU are talking about tho if you argue!  For modern 
hebrew I always defer to them... but for siddur or biblical...no way.

happy singing
:) Raquel

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