{"id":35083,"date":"2018-07-23T23:51:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T20:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=35083"},"modified":"2022-02-14T16:38:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T14:38:22","slug":"milimilim-chapter-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/milimilim-chapter-8\/","title":{"rendered":"MiliMiliM- The Hebrew Corner – Gen8"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u05d5\u05d9\u05d6\u05db\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d5\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05ea \u05e0\u05d5\u05d7, <\/span>vayizkor Elohim et Noach<\/span><\/em>, <\/span><\/i>\u00a0“And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts and all the cattle\u2026” (8:1).<\/span><\/p>\n

Readers familiar with Jewish tradition will recognize in this first word of chapter 8 a well-known prayer and service, said several times a year in memory of the dead: <\/span>yizkor<\/span><\/em>. This actually means “He will remember,” referring to divine consideration \u2013 which is actually what Noah and his arkmates received.<\/span><\/p>\n

The root of the Hebrew word for “memory” is \u05d6-\u05db-\u05e8 <\/span>z-ch-r<\/em> <\/span>(where the softer “ch” sound becomes a hard “k” at the beginning of a syllable). Words based on this root fall into two groups: those related to death, and everything else. In addition to <\/span>yizkor<\/span><\/em>, <\/span><\/i>there is<\/span> the<\/span> memorial service held at graveside is an <\/span>azkarah<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Referring to a person who is deceased, one can add the acronym \u05d6”\u05dc <\/span>“<\/span><\/i>zal<\/span><\/em>“<\/span><\/i>, \u05d6\u05db\u05e8\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5\/\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d1\u05e8\u05db\u05d4 <\/span>zichrono\/a livrachah,<\/em> <\/span>“may his\/her memory be for a blessing”. And the sages of Talmudic times are collectively known as \u05d7\u05d6”\u05dc <\/span>Chazal<\/span><\/em>,<\/span><\/i> short for \u05d7\u05db\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05d6\u05db\u05e8\u05d5\u05e0\u05dd \u05dc\u05d1\u05e8\u05db\u05d4 <\/span>chachamim<\/em> <\/span>(“wise ones”), <\/span>zichronam <\/span><\/em>(<\/span><\/i>memories, pl., their) <\/span>livrachah<\/em> <\/span>(for a blessing)<\/span> \u2013 sages of blessed memory.<\/span><\/p>\n

The general noun \u05d6\u05d9\u05db\u05e8\u05d5\u05df <\/span>zikaron<\/em> <\/span>unites the different nuances of the English terms “memorial,” “remembrance,” and also “memory” – what one remembers, and how. I live in a town in Israel named in memory of James Rothschild by his son the “generous benefactor,” Baron Edmond de Rothschild, and so is called \u05d6\u05db\u05e8\u05d5\u05df \u05d9\u05e2\u05e7\u05d1, Zichron Ya’akov, using the father’s Hebrew name.<\/span><\/p>\n

Likewise, another Israeli place name (and bit of Rothschild lore), is the town of Mazkeret Batya, named for James’ wife, Betty. \u05de\u05d6\u05db\u05e8\u05ea, <\/span>mazkeret<\/span><\/em>, here means a token or a memorial, to the Lady Rothschild. In regular spoken Hebrew, though, <\/span>mazkeret<\/span><\/em> more commonly signifies “a souvenir” (from the French, “to remember”).<\/span><\/p>\n

Most Jewish holidays, including Shabbat, are said to be observed in “memory of,” <\/span>zecher<\/span><\/em>, one or both of two foundational acts: <\/span>zecher ma’aseh breshit<\/span><\/em>, <\/span><\/i>remembering the act of Creation, and <\/span>zecher leyetziat mitzrayim<\/span><\/em>, remembering the Exodus from Egypt. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This sort of “memory” is the very subjective and collectively transmitted narrative of identity, according to historian Yosef Yerushalmi. 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