[HANASHIR:3255] RE: there are no coincidences...

[Judy Git <hillel...>]

Just a brief note.  While "shir" is a masculine word, Adrian, "Nashira" is a
verb - first person plural, which is genderless (one of the only things in
Hebrew that is).  "Ani" and "anachnu" and the verbs that go with them can be
used for either male or female, ostensibly (this is a guess) because it's
immediately obvious who is using it.

Judy

Adrian Durlester wrote:

> Shir is actually a masculine word, so it would be Hava Nashirim, if we're
> going to quibble about it...but then again that syntax makes no sense in
> Hebrew anyway.
>
> In terms of keeping the spirituality in what we do, I always harken back to
> a lesson Debbie has always taught at Hava Nashira all these years: what we
> are teaching is text. And we know what "text" she means. One cannot
> recognize that they are teaching Torah and Judaism through song without
> feeling Gd's presence-which, I guess, is how one might define
> "spirituality."
>
> Every year at CAJE, there is always an undercurrent of "why do the evening
> performers and entertainers get such special treatment - and the teachers
> during the day get so little?" I always remind people that those of us who
> songlead, sing, perform, etc. through Jewish music are doing some of the
> most profound and important teaching there is.
>
> Adrian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
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> Behalf Of Angela Gold
> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 1999 2:52 AM
> To: Jewish Songleading/Music
> Subject: [HANASHIR:3230] there are no coincidences...
>
> Well, I'm happy to say that, of the three hava nashirot (is that the right
> way to pluralize it?) I've attended, this is the first time I haven't
> completely lost my voice for what seems like forever afterwards.  In the
> past couple years, it was so frustrating because all I wanted to do when I
> got home was sing, and I
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