Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Sigh-Sigh-Yaynu

'Tis better to feel good than look good, to be than to dazzle.

I wonder about how noisy and crowded people's insides are.

If you listen to anyone's story long enough you may come to like them.

Where there's friction there is warmth.

Sometimes you talk so loud that no-one can hear you.

Sometimes you are so tired that it's a sign to stop sleeping.

We tell people how to treat us.

We mock the thing we are to be.

A small procedure is when it's done on someone else.

G-d gave us his word, also his world.

You drowned another and drowned, and he who drowned you will drown.

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The Hebrew word for drowning and for nature are the same root.

The Hebrew word for protest and for belief are the same ordered letters.

Paroh's name is made up of a mouth than contains evil.

Lavan's name indicated his posture of purity.

Edom's name reveals his intent for blood.

Noach's name is his charm reversed.

Eir's name is his evil reversed.

Dovid, his mentor, and his father all had names that were palindromes.

The word in Hebrew for giving is a palindrome.

The sea split as a consequence of Miriam's childish dreams.

The women packed Tambourines!

26 Comments:

Blogger kishke said...

'Tis better to feel good than look good

Feeling good often requires looking good.

Where there's friction there is warmth

As between people? Oh, really?

A small procedure is when it's done on someone else.

Insert story of R' Sholom Schwadron.

The word in Hebrew for giving is a palindrome.

So is the word for "serving."

April 16, 2008 at 11:06 AM  
Blogger rabbi neil fleischmann said...

Thanks K - I'm in crunchy mode - will try to answer your "oh really?" in time. If you have time to fill in your hints (R Schwadsron story, to serve) please do.

April 16, 2008 at 11:26 AM  
Blogger kishke said...

The Schwadron story is famous: A small boy fell and was bleeding from nose and mouth, and crying loudly. R' Sholom snatched him up and began running with him to his home. A woman called out: Is iz gornisht; der Ribbono Shel Olam vet helfen. (It's nothing serious; God will help.) As he neared, she realized it was her own son, and began to scream, "Mein Yankele, mein Yankele!"

"Serving" = שמש. I understood you to be saying that נתן (giving) goes both ways; hence, it is a palindrome. Same with serving others.

April 16, 2008 at 11:41 AM  
Blogger rabbi neil fleischmann said...

Never heard it (one definition of famous is - something very familiar to you). It's a great story.

I was thinking of Natan.

Any other hebrew palindromes?

April 16, 2008 at 11:51 AM  
Blogger kishke said...

Abba; Ima. (though technically not hebrew)

I know you meant Natan; I wrote as much.

April 16, 2008 at 12:29 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nice observation about the tambourines. Makes one wonder.. "We're fleeing for our lives... But let's pack tambourines just in case we want to sing and dance later on." Quite prescient of them. Could be a lesson there.

Or maybe tambourines had a practical purpose as well.

April 16, 2008 at 2:02 PM  
Blogger kishke said...

At that point we were not fleeing for our lives. The Egyptians sent us forth, laden with gifts. It was only later that they reconsidered and gave chase.

April 16, 2008 at 2:46 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Another Hebrew palindrome: mayim

Maayan

April 16, 2008 at 3:09 PM  
Blogger rabbi neil fleischmann said...

I love the flow (like a water flow) of comments wish I felt I had more time (trivia Q - who sang - "but there never eems to be enough time to do the things you want to do once you find them?") to add on more myself...

Kiriam Your thought is wha I once heard and how I thought of it. Kishke - I think one can be a good, traditional Jew and believe that the Jews weren't all so confident that they'd be leaving Egypt after years of being broken and being used to being broken and then go and beat nation after nation to become their own nation i their own land, some must have feared the desert, others the Egyptians chasing, others - the long haul. But the tofim seems to be an indication of a plan to celebrate and sing praise at sme point.

Maayan - Like Natan and Shamash, Mayim makes sence as a palindrome.

April 16, 2008 at 4:10 PM  
Blogger rabbi neil fleischmann said...

I love the flow (like a water flow) of comments. I wish I felt I had more time (trivia Q - who sang - "but there never eems to be enough time to do the things you want to do once you find them?") to add on even more myself...

Miriam Your thought is what I once heard at a seder and how I thought about it. Kishke - I think one can be a good, traditional Jew and believe that the Jews at that time weren't all so confident that they'd be successfully leaving Egypt after years of being broken and being used to being broken and that they'd then go and beat nation after nation to become their own independant nation in their own land. Some must have feared the desert, others the Egyptians chasing, others - the long haul. The tofim tofim be an indication of an incling of a time to come, a time to celebrate and sing praise.

Maayan - Like Natan and Shamash, Mayim makes sence as a palindrome.

April 16, 2008 at 4:18 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

trivia Q - who sang - "but there never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do once you find them?")

Jim Croce

Maayan

April 16, 2008 at 5:32 PM  
Blogger kishke said...

I think one can be a good, traditional Jew and believe that the Jews at that time weren't all so confident

No doubt. But they were not fleeing for their lives, and they were ready to celebrate.

April 16, 2008 at 6:43 PM  
Blogger rr said...

Speaking of yitziat Mitzrayim, soos/horse is another palindrome. I love that song Time In A Bottle!

April 16, 2008 at 7:08 PM  
Blogger kishke said...

I just listened to Time in a Bottle. Very sweet song, and it is reminiscent of our discussion of a few days ago regarding freezing time.

There's also some poignancy in the words considering Croce's early death. You can read about it (and hear the song) here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILf-54Smv9M

April 16, 2008 at 8:34 PM  
Blogger rr said...

Thanks for the link, but unfortunately I'm probably the only person in the world who doesn't have DSL, hence "you tube" things take too long to load on my computer. However, I played that song so much in my youth that I can remember all of the words by heart without even needing to hear it.

April 16, 2008 at 9:19 PM  
Blogger kishke said...

The link was really for the bio rather than the song, but instead I'll just paste it here:

Croce and his song-writer Maury Muehleisen died in a small commercial plane crash on September 20, 1973, one day before his third ABC album, 'I Got a Name' was to be released.
The posthumous release included three hits, "I Got A Name," "Workin' At The Car Wash Blues" and "I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song."
"Time in a bottle" was written for his newborn son, A. J. Croce. The song was part of the album "You Don't Mess Around with
Jim" that reached number 1 in US.


What I thought was poignant in light of his early death was this lyric:

But there never seems to be enough time
to do the things you wanna do
Once you find them

April 16, 2008 at 9:39 PM  
Blogger rr said...

that really is sad/poignant. it's so true, we think we don't have enough hours in a day, that stages maybe go too quickly (i know, that's me not you), and then boom someone just dies and never gets to finish even that day... I didn't realize that Time In A Bottle was written for his newborn son. Now, I've got goosebumps.

April 16, 2008 at 9:59 PM  
Blogger kishke said...

that stages maybe go too quickly (i know, that's me not you),

No, I'm not immune from the feeling at all. I often succumb to that emotion, and have to remind myself of what it is we're doing here.

April 16, 2008 at 10:14 PM  
Blogger rr said...

"Too bad that eventually those moments turn into worrying

No, not really. It's a short, sweet season, and brevity is part of what makes it sweet. As wonderful as it is, you want them to keep going and living and growing."

k - didn't mean that you don't have that emotion. just that i was recalling this past discussion of your saying that you were ok. with the kids moving on...hope i didn't insult or misunderstand...

April 16, 2008 at 10:24 PM  
Blogger kishke said...

hope i didn't insult or misunderstand...

Not at all!

I realized what you were referring to, and feared you might think me a cold fish, so was clarifying.

April 16, 2008 at 11:59 PM  
Blogger kishke said...

I haven't done this for a while, but I was cleaning up tonight and came across a haiku idea I had scribbled down and thought I'd share:

Below, grass, earth, hard
Above, vast, blue, air, thin, gone
Between, hiding, one.

April 17, 2008 at 12:59 AM  
Blogger rabbi neil fleischmann said...

I like. I haven't done one in a while myself.

Commenters who share
They care enough to banter
Thee is something deep

April 17, 2008 at 1:14 AM  
Blogger rr said...

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April 17, 2008 at 4:59 AM  
Blogger rr said...

"I realized what you were referring to, and feared you might think me a cold fish, so was clarifying."
How could I ever think of you as fish? Whenever I think of you, I conjure up kishke!
Seriously, though, "cold fish was not even near my thoughts." - cold fish don't use the words "poignant" or "sweet season".

LOVE that haiku. - it packs a lot into it!

cleaning for Pesach
some able to find haiku
others loads of dust

April 17, 2008 at 5:10 AM  
Blogger kishke said...

A riff on yours:

Dust to dust to dust
Day to day to month to year
to one bright moment.

April 17, 2008 at 10:43 AM  
Blogger rr said...

very optimistic, your riff can be the refrain/chorus...thanks.

April 17, 2008 at 11:12 AM  

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