Re: "tachlis" (meaning thereof)

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

Am not fluent in Hebrew, but surprised at the responses received re meaning 
of "tachlis"--because (fluent or not) I was also thrown by this heading.  
Whatever its denotative meaning (I'll trust the accuracy of those who have 
supplied), idiomatically/connotatively "tachlis" is commonly used--it 
certainly is among friends and colleagues of mine over the years!--to mean, 
not "task" but "substance" in the sense of "brass tacks."  E.g.:  "Let's get 
down to tachlis," after you and someone (or a group) w/ some substantive 
matters to discuss or work through have goofed off or gone through some 
preliminary pleasantries/jokes/whatever for a bit.  Am actually surprised if 
it literally means "task" and such ... interesting how it's evolved.


>From: "Kame'a Media" <media (at) kamea(dot)com>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Re: tachlis
>Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 10:48:27 -0400
>
>Whoever started this thread, I think you mean <tashlikh>, not "tachlis",
>--  the ritual of taking the lint in one's pockets
>(<tash>, <tashn>) and throwing them into a body of water.
>
>Someone fluent in Hebrew could best define <takhlis> for us.
>
><A git, gezunt  yor, alemen>
>
>Wolf
>
>
>
>Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky wrote:
>
> > Still catching up with weeks of unread mail...
> >
> > If you send this around, please do not leave out the name of the author 
>of
> > the piece below.  It is Rabbi Richard Israel who is a very nice and very
> > clever guy.  He is a former rabbi of Yale Hillel and the former New 
>England
> > regional Hillel director (I used to work for him many years ago.)  Years
> > from now it will become a piece of Internet lore, but not yet because 
>many
> > of us still know him and his fine pen.
> >
> > Reyzl
> >
> > ----------
> > From:  Lori Cahan-Simon [SMTP:lsimon (at) SoftHome(dot)net]
> > Sent:  Wednesday, September 01, 1999 9:32 PM
> > To:  World music from a Jewish slant
> > Subject:  tachlis
> >
> > >Are you still groaning from the last one?
> > >
> > >
> > > Subject: If you sin while giving thanks, use stuffing?
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Here are instructions for a Jewish technique for
> > >>> self-purification.
> > >>> Tashlich is done on the afternoon of the first day
> > >>> of Rosh Hashanah.
> > >>> You go to a running body of water, it can be a
> > >>> stream, creek or river,etc.
> > >>> and with a stone, or crumbs of bread, you say a
> > >>> little prayer and throw
> > >>> your misdeeds of the year into the running water
> > >>> symbolized by
> > >>> the bread, etc.
> > >>>
> > >>> However, taking a few crumbs to Tashlich from
> > >>> whatever old bread is in the
> > >>> house lacks subtlety, nuance, and religious
> > >>> sensitivity. Instead, this
> > >>> coming Rosh Hashanah, consider these options:
> > >>>
> > >>> for ordinary sins, use white bread
> > >>>
> > >>> for exotic sins, French bread
> > >>>
> > >>> for particularly dark sins, Pumpernickel
> > >>>
> > >>> for complex sins, Multi-grain
> > >>>
> > >>> for twisted sins, pretzels
> > >>>
> > >>> for tasteless sins, Rice cakes
> > >>>
> > >>> for sins of indecision, waffles
> > >>>
> > >>> for sins committed in haste, matzah
> > >>>
> > >>> for sins committed in less than 18 minutes, Shmurah
> > >>> matzah
> > >>>
> > >>> for sins of chutzpah, fresh bread
> > >>>
> > >>> for committing arson, toast
> > >>>
> > >>> for committing auto theft, caraway
> > >>>
> > >>> for being ill tempered, sourdough
> > >>>
> > >>> for silliness, nut bread
> > >>>
> > >>> for not giving full value, shortbread
> > >>>
> > >>> for Jingoism, Yankee Doodles
> > >>>
> > >>> for excessive use of irony, Rye bread
> > >>>
> > >>> for excessive use of irony with regard to the Old
> > >>> Soviet Union,
> > >>>
> > >>> Russian rye
> > >>>
> > >>> for telling bad jokes, Corn bread
> > >>>
> > >>> for hardening our hearts, jelly doughnuts
> > >>>
> > >>> for being money hungry, Enriched bread or Raw dough
> > >>>
> > >>> for war-mongering, Kaiser rolls
> > >>>
> > >>> for immodest dressing, Tarts
> > >>>
> > >>> for causing injury or damage to others, tortes
> > >>>
> > >>> for promiscuity, Hot buns
> > >>>
> > >>> for promiscuity with a Christian, Hot Cross Buns
> > >>>
> > >>> for racism, Crackers
> > >>>
> > >>> for sophisticated racism, Ritz crackers
> > >>>
> > >>> for davvening off tune, Flat bread
> > >>>
> > >>> for being holier than thou, bagels
> > >>>
> > >>> for unfairly upbraiding another, Challah
> > >>>
> > >>> for indecent photography, Cheese cake
> > >>>
> > >>> for trashing the environment, Dumplings
> > >>>
> > >>> for sins of laziness, Any very long loaf
> > >>>
> > >>> for sins of pride, Puff pastry
> > >>>
> > >>> for lying, Baked goods with Nutrasweet and Olestra
> > >>>
> > >>> for wearing tasteless hats, Tam tams
> > >>>
> > >>> for the sins of the righteous, Angel food cake
> > >>>
> > >>> for selling your soul, Devil's food cake
> > >>>
> > >>> for lust in your heart, Wonder bread
> > >>>
> > >>> for inhaling, Stoned wheat
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Remember, you don't have to show your crumbs to
> > >>> anyone.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>__________________________________________________
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> > >>Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
> > >>
> > >>
> > >Lori Cahan-Simon
> > >
> > >
> > Lori Cahan-Simon
> >
>
>
>
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