Re: Miriam's Song

[avi finegold <afinegold...>]

this quote got me thinking and i had a look at it over
shabbat.....from what i can see, the verse
specifically states that miriam went, and the women
"followed her" which seems to imply that they went
away from the area where the men were celebrating.
what really intruiged me was that while it is learned
out that miriam and the women were singing (which by
the way demonstrates clearly that the torah permits
women to sing), all that is mentioned in the verse is
the word "vata'an" which translates as she responded.
hmmmmm


avi


--- Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel (at) attbi(dot)com> wrote:
> Since (the text of) Miriam's song echoes verse 1 of
> the chapter, one may speculate that there was call
> and response between the men and the women.
>                                     ek
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Marvin Margoshes 
>   To: World music from a Jewish slant 
>   Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 3:42 PM
>   Subject: Re: Miriam's Song
> 
> 
> 
>     ----- Original Message ----- 
>     From: Sam Weiss 
>     To: World music from a Jewish slant 
>     Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 2:51 PM
>     Subject: Miriam's Song
> 
> 
>     At 02:26 PM 2/21/03, Fred Blumenthal wrote:
> 
>       Is there scripture saying that the Hebrew men
> excused themselves when Miriam sang by the sea of
> reeds?
> 
>     Fred, that's an argument for the wrong side of
> the debate. 
>     Yes, Miriam's singing was clearly only for the
> women. Exodus 15:20-21.
> 
>    
>
_____________________________________________________________
>     Cantor Sam Weiss === Jewish Community Center of
> Paramus, NJ 
> 
>      
> 
>     It can be interpreted that way, but not
> necessarily.  Verse 21 begins (in the Plaut
> translation) "And Miriam chanted for them..."  Plaut
> comments that"for them" is in the masculine form in
> the Hebrew, but that form is sometimes used for
> women too."
> 


=====
the whole world is a narrow bridge
     and the main thing is to have no fear  -rabbi nachman
the numerical equation of ahavah in hebrew is 13(a prime number)
     be'ahava is 2(bet) x 13
     when two complete and unbreakable (prime) loves come together in 
love(be'ahava), you have 26
     this shows that god (equivalent to 26) enters into a relationship only if 
there is a complete unbreakable selflessness to the other    -avi finegold 
and one one hand he tattooed the word love/and on the other the word fear   
-bruce springsteen

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