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by Pepshort
Fri Apr 22, 2016 3:02 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Pesach
Replies: 1
Views: 3097

Re: Pesach

The holiday begins on the 15th of Nissan. Thanks!
by Pepshort
Fri Apr 03, 2015 6:27 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Pesach
Replies: 5
Views: 6670

Re: Pesach

Passover/ Pesach alert: This year at your Pesach seder be extra careful not to eat the charoset[*] with chopped liver. Doctors are warning that it might lead to ............... charoset of the liver :) [*] A mixture of nuts, apples and wine. The 'ch' is pronounced as a guttaral, like "Chanukah&...
by Pepshort
Wed Dec 17, 2014 12:58 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Menorah
Replies: 5
Views: 6381

Re: Menorah

Thanks for the post on Menorah. To add and clarify: The word 'menorah' does refer to a candelabrum-type lamp, and many do refer to the Hanukkah lamp as a Menorah. Originally 'Menorah' referred only to the seven-branched candelabrum used in the first and second Jerusalem Temples (what is the source t...
by Pepshort
Thu Nov 27, 2014 9:18 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Cornucopia
Replies: 2
Views: 4494

Re: Cornucopia

" Hebrew, a Semitic language, borrowed sar from Persian in the sense of "minister", and also uses it in the proper name, Sarah or Sara. "

Upon what basis is it claimed that the Hebrew is borrowed from the Persian?
by Pepshort
Fri Nov 29, 2013 7:56 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Thanksgivukkah
Replies: 7
Views: 9660

Re: Thanksgivukkah

Personally, I prefer 'Thanks-a-latke' (latke -- a potato pancake traditionally eaten during Chanukah)
by Pepshort
Thu Nov 28, 2013 1:00 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Cornucopia
Replies: 6
Views: 8633

Re: Cornucopia

I'm not sure upon what basis the good Dr. states that Hebrew borrowed 'sar' (meaning 'minister') from Persian. See Genesis 40:2, where the term 'sar' clearly means 'minister'. Unless the Dr. is suggesting that the Persian language itself predates Hebrew -- a proposition certainly open to debate.
by Pepshort
Tue Nov 05, 2013 7:40 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Muharram
Replies: 1
Views: 3840

Re: Muharram

Similarly, in Hebrew the word cherem (root letters ch-r-m) means 'set aside.' A 'cherem' may be set aside for a positive, holy purpose (see Lev. 27:28), something prohibited to be benefited from (Deut. 7:26:), or designated for destruction (Joshua 6:17). Cherem is similar to another common Hebrew wo...
by Pepshort
Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:34 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Torpid
Replies: 9
Views: 10834

Re: Torpid

Wondering if there's a connection with 'stupor', and/or ultimately with either rigor (stiff) or mortis (death)
by Pepshort
Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:30 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Kairos
Replies: 13
Views: 16613

Re: Kairos

In his important book 'First Things First', Stephen Covey makes a distinction between 'chronos' and 'kairos' time; chronos time is the type of time dealt with by time management -- sequential and linear, with the clock dictating the rhythm of our lives. A kairos paradigm focuses on time as something...
by Pepshort
Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:09 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Camarilla
Replies: 3
Views: 5505

Re: Camarilla

For an incredibly remote connection to today's word -- what does Bob Hope have to do with Camarilla?
by Pepshort
Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:02 pm
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: AMOK
Replies: 6
Views: 10464

Re: AMOK

.. in phrase to run amok first recorded 1672, from Malay amuk "attacking furiously." Earlier the word was used as a noun or adj. meaning "a frenzied Malay," originally in the Port. form amouco or amuco." Perhaps there's a connection of the Malay amuk ('attacking furiously') ...
by Pepshort
Mon Sep 02, 2013 10:48 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Tittle
Replies: 22
Views: 25514

Re: Tittle

Echoing Slava's query to DavidLJ, the only Hebrew connection to tittle I know of is somewhat indirect. I think Perry Lassiter will appreciate this, also. Does anyone remember the great NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Y.A. Tittle? Bet ya didn't know that 'Y.A.' stood for Yelberton Abraham. With apologie...
by Pepshort
Sun Sep 01, 2013 7:47 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Iota
Replies: 6
Views: 8762

Re: Iota

Well said, Perry. To add: In Hebrew yad means both hand and place. Some may be familiar with Yad Vashem, Israel's official Holocaust memorial. The name "Yad Vashem" is taken from Isaiah (56:5): "Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place (yad) and a name (she...
by Pepshort
Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:05 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Nebbish
Replies: 7
Views: 9357

Re: Nebbish

Slava: interesting suggestion contrasting nebbish and mensch. However, given that a mensch is a person of integrity and honor, I don't see a nebbish being unethical, since nebbish implies inept rather than morally suspect. Maybe the Yiddish 'chochom' -- sometimes used to refer to a clever, capable p...
by Pepshort
Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:47 am
Forum: Good Word Discussion
Topic: Diaspora
Replies: 11
Views: 12441

Re: Diaspora

Perry Lassiter and Phillip Hudson: Thank you for your replies. The 'attack of the beasts' that I can referenced can be found in 2 Kings 17:25 . See the beginning of that chapter that describes the exile of the Jews from Shomron (Samaria), and their replacement with populations from Bavel (Babylonia)...

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