Re: Miriam's Song

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

Va'taan LAHEM.


----- Original Message -----
From: "avi finegold" <afinegold (at) yahoo(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: Miriam's Song


> 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
ar   -bruce springsteen
>
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