Perhaps you have noticed, faithful readers (honestly, I don't know what possesses me to write that!), that I have somewhat modified the links to other blogs further down on this page. I have added and taken away from the main blogs I read, and have mostly added to the other blogs (I plan, perhaps, to add as many as I can. ..I suppose I'd just like to be able to access any one at any time, and not have to go looking. Perhaps I will find from among them one that is worth reading. Those that I find to be overly trivial, uninteresting or not updated often will be removed).
I have also added (with a bit of technical instruction from the Babysitter) the option which shows how long ago a blog was updated; another asset for one to whom saving time and patience are important.
Enjoy! ; )
34 comments:
like the heading on my part
bichlal, i like the hebrew. even though me n rachel laughed at u for soundin like a Moroccan chacham (or something like that)
remember?
heehee
Haha. Ohh yes yes, I do remember! ..and thank you.
I mean, just to state my opinion: I don't feel it's good for someone to be too distant from the culture, language and word-usages of their people and religion. A Jew who finds Hebrew distant and somewhat alien, is, in my opinion, missing a big part of Judaism. Just as the Muslim Mullahs who feel that even in Pakistan the Quran should be read in Arabic, and just as upper-class English parents sent their kids to schools where they'll learn Latin, so I feel we Jews shouldn't become too far separated from "Historical" Hebrew, and from an understanding of the culture of our ancestors, both recent and ancient.
I must add, I have always felt us Sefaradim as doing somewhat of a good job in at least preserving some elements of middle eastern culture and language, as well as a reasonably "historical" method of Hebrew pronunciation since our first western sojournings in Rome and Amsterdam, to those today in New York and Buenos Aires.
Though this holds true for Chabad people as well; they should be commended for a common knowledge of Hebrew, as well as of Chassidic ideas history and discourses of the last Rebbe.
....where am I going with this and how did I get here? hm....? I'm just trying to say people should stick to who they are, I guess. Me to Hebrew, and Chinese kids in Queens to Kung-Fu classes. ...very well..
So you're friends with Daniel and Ehav now? (That's rhetorical. :P)
My grandmother spoke Aramaic. I resent your attributing it to the Syrian Orthodox Church as such greater preservers of the language. (Don't reply.)
There should be a "lehavdil" somewhere up there in your comment, Shriki.
Also, I too can type with my eyes closed. I just don't putta pic up for e/o to know it...
You have alota focus, Sab.
You have a lot of wistfulness, Rach.
Eeeek.
nay, victuals.
Who uses such words these days??!
Answer: Rachel
heehee
Rachel: "So you're friends with Daniel and Ehav now?"- "Friends", I suppose, is taken on an extremely general meaning here, but; yeah. I mean, they have interesting stuff to say, it's hard to find their blogs otherwise, and it didn't seem normal to only have girls on that list! : P
"My grandmother spoke Aramaic."- Hm. Well that's an aspect of [I'm not going to say the country!]-Jewish heritage that I wasn't aware of. I didn't know Aramaic was popular there at all..
"I resent your attributing it to the Syrian Orthodox Church as such greater preservers of the language. (Don't reply.)"- Oh pretty please? I really want to reply! I mean, you gotta' admit, they're very good with some languages, especially Coptic. Most of our knowledge of it comes from those guys! Anyway, G_d knows the Ashkenazim aren't to be praised as great preservers of language (unless you're talking about Yiddish!). But like you say, though, the Oriental Jews (such as my anscestors) are even more commendable in their not only presering Talmudic Aramaic in it's pure form after all these years, but writing and and creating beautiful spiritual and poetic works in the language. I mean, from a Jewish perspectie, Aramaic is Hebrews' sister language in importance and holiness.
Uh why are we going off topic?
We're talking about wistfulness here.
Sabra: "Also, I too can type with my eyes closed. I just don't putta pic up for e/o to know it..."- Haha. Yeah, I don't know. I took the picture with my phone camera after a few others, and I was getting tired, I didn't think it'd be the one I'd pick to put up here! Like I said, it's a little funny because my eyes are usually opened very wide.. ..don't worry though, I also think you have alota focus!
"There should be a "lehavdil" somewhere up there in your comment, Shriki."- I don't know..there should be a "lehavdil" from our perspective, not from a generalistic peropective.. ..where were you in PC class?! ; )
...is what I said not wistful?
I'm not pure blooded, chriqui.
Rachel: Huh?
There should be a "lehavdil".
How many times must I repeat myself?
...hm. My beard doesn't look right in this picture...the part on my neck looks like part of beard.. ...am I saying this..?
All this "lehavdil" stuff is not PC, I told yoy Sabra! ..joking! ..G_d!
chriqs, not pure blooded was re-your comment about the aramaic which i told you not to comment on.
too much kookiness for now.
...yes, I "told yoy", my Japanese friend, he was very upset!
Ohh, I see, you mean like part of your family comes from Kurd or Iraq or something, where people speak Aramaic, I got it now..
You gotta' admit, that was a nice rendition of "awoon di'wishmaya" though, no?!
Rachel? How'd Chriqui get here? Who invited him to the blog?
his babysitter left (didn't i show you?)
Haha. She didn't leave, she escaped! Nobody's going to be sitting on 'lomo's babies anymore! ....what?!
Amazing, yesterday I clicked here and saw 2 comments, meant to comment and didn't get a chance. Now I click here and see 24 comments!
and your welcome, glad to be of help.
I like that I see english names! - so that I know what its talking about.
what does metapeles mean though?
and I'm still here...although I'm not sitting on any babies. lol reminds me of planting meat. :-)
and what's with the lomo nickname? that was a lot of lomo's you put.
and שמולי קיפוד is a singer? I don't think I'm finding the right video. Can you give me a link to one? Thanx!
"English names"- Yeah, I found some of the titles difficult to translate, and didn't want to create a lack of linguistic harmony!
Ha. "Metapelet" is babysitter in Hebrew (easy enough to translate). I suppose I used my better judgment in using that as opposed to a first name.
"I'm not sitting on any babies"- I'm glad you got out of that; quite harmful to the young ones, you know!
"lomo"- I think I've mentioned this before. 'Lomo is how some Spanish-speaking people I knew called me (being that some cannot pronounce the "sh" sound. ..after a while it caught on to me.
"that was a lot of lomo's you put"- I think you're referring to "lomo, lomito, lomon", which is something another Spanish-speaker I was fond of called me at times. I use that in referring to myself at times (partially as a way to be reminded of the person who addressed me such, partially because I like the ring to it!).
"שמוליקיפוד"- Umm, it seems like I didn't really get my Israeli porcupines straight; SmueliKipod is seemingly essentially a storybook character, who is also the topic of song and readings at times. I think I was referring to "kipi ben Kipod", the porcupine character on "rechov sumsum".
ShmuleyKipod: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dl0MK0C0_M
Kipi ben Kipod: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yHHRi29U8I
Oh, looks like I left out the first sentance; Hi! Welcome. Thank you, come again! (Simpsons reference).
..sorry 'bout that..
I found that you have my blog in your blogroll; thank you! And you get comments from the Babysitter...she's great! One of my favorites in the Blogosphere.
Oh, hello. No problem, thank you for noticing. I kind of like your blog, it's artsy (most of the blogs complain about the nitty gritty of the NY Jewish community..how much of that can you read?!). Anyway, you're a regular on most of the blogs I read.
Yeah, Babysitter's alright. ..I think she's probably actually the most well-read blogger (i.e. she follows the most blogs).
Bzzz Incorrect!
Shlomo? Why are you so much fun to bother?
What's incorrect? Are you suggesting you read more blogs than her or something?
Shlomo: Ahh I see, I figured it meant as much.
lol...
ahh I must have forgotten about that part.
ahh I see, thats cool.
ok, cool I'll check that out then.
and lol, no problem, thanx for the welcome! I haven't watched enough simpsons to have realized the reference.
Leora: Thanx!
Shlomo: Thanx, I try...
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