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posted by David_on_the_Lake at 10:50 AM
Wow. First comment!That made me cry.And that says alot.The last three lines are just beautiful.as is the rest of the post
Im Eshkacheich Yerushalaim.....sigh...
We lost the Torah to the Christians, because we stopped learning it (and learned Gemara instead)We lost Hebrew to the Maskilim, because we stopped speaking it (and spoke Yiddish instead).We lost Eretz Yisrael and Yerushalayim...because we stopped living there, and yearning to be there.
PS: I didn't make up the above, it was said by Rabbi Wein (quoting R' Yaakov Kaminetsky z'l) and Rabbi Riskin during a pro/con aliya debate in the 1980's)
Very interesting Jameel....
Beautiful post. I can relate to every line.
Great poem and reminder
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the_dreamer...Dvarim hayotzim min halev....thank uIFT...indeed..Jameel..I agree we must yearn for and crave Yerushalayim..the spiritual place that it is..not the capital of modern Israel..My 5 years in yerushalyim were unbelievably spiritual..and I'm quite certain they would've been just as spitritual were it still under Ottoman control..It is that that I miss...that feeling of being connected..to the center of everything..knaidel...Thanks.lvnsm..thank u
Aside from the meaning, which, as I've already written, is beautiful, your writing style is superb in this piece. I love the assonance in consecutive lines. It truly adds to the mood of the poem.
אם אשכחך ירושלים תשכח ימיני
the_dreamer...wow..thanks:-)nuch a chossid...cool..How do u type in Hebrew?
Beautiful. We all can relate im sure..
when comes the messiah?
jbf...yea..on some level or another..chav...I cant tell you..I'm sorryshy..Thanks:-)
There is a website that allows us to look at the kotel daily. Your post is a good reminder of what is going on today.I have a smiliar post (although with a bold question) today.
Miss it (sigh)
Barb...Thanks..I'll check it outyinger..did u live there..?
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Wow. First comment!
That made me cry.
And that says alot.
The last three lines are just beautiful.
as is the rest of the post
Im Eshkacheich Yerushalaim.....sigh...
We lost the Torah to the Christians, because we stopped learning it (and learned Gemara instead)
We lost Hebrew to the Maskilim, because we stopped speaking it (and spoke Yiddish instead).
We lost Eretz Yisrael and Yerushalayim...because we stopped living there, and yearning to be there.
PS: I didn't make up the above, it was said by Rabbi Wein (quoting R' Yaakov Kaminetsky z'l) and Rabbi Riskin during a pro/con aliya debate in the 1980's)
Very interesting Jameel....
Beautiful post. I can relate to every line.
Great poem and reminder
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the_dreamer...
Dvarim hayotzim min halev....
thank u
IFT...
indeed..
Jameel..
I agree we must yearn for and crave Yerushalayim..the spiritual place that it is..not the capital of modern Israel..
My 5 years in yerushalyim were unbelievably spiritual..and I'm quite certain they would've been just as spitritual were it still under Ottoman control..
It is that that I miss...that feeling of being connected..to the center of everything..
knaidel...
Thanks.
lvnsm..
thank u
Aside from the meaning, which, as I've already written, is beautiful, your writing style is superb in this piece. I love the assonance in consecutive lines. It truly adds to the mood of the poem.
אם אשכחך ירושלים תשכח ימיני
the_dreamer...
wow..thanks
:-)
nuch a chossid...
cool..How do u type in Hebrew?
Beautiful. We all can relate im sure..
when comes the messiah?
jbf...
yea..on some level or another..
chav...
I cant tell you..
I'm sorry
shy..
Thanks
:-)
This comment has been removed by the author.
There is a website that allows us to look at the kotel daily.
Your post is a good reminder of what is going on today.
I have a smiliar post (although with a bold question) today.
Miss it (sigh)
Barb...
Thanks..I'll check it out
yinger..
did u live there..?
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