{"id":39501,"date":"2018-09-05T16:25:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T13:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=39501"},"modified":"2022-03-29T20:56:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T17:56:33","slug":"milimilim-the-hebrew-corner-gen-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/milimilim-the-hebrew-corner-gen-40\/","title":{"rendered":"MiliMiliM – The Hebrew Corner – Gen 40"},"content":{"rendered":"
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40:14 – \u201cBut think of me <\/span>zechartani<\/span><\/i> when all is well with you again, and do me the kindness of mentioning me <\/span>hizkartani<\/span><\/i> to Pharaoh, so as to free me from this place.\u201d
\n<\/span>40:23 – Yet the chief cupbearer did not think of <\/span>lo zachar<\/span><\/i> Joseph; he forgot him.<\/span><\/p>\n

A very important Hebrew root appears several times in today\u2019s chapter: \u05d6-\u05db-\u05e8, <\/span>z-ch-r<\/span><\/i>, \u201cremember.\u201d Joseph asks the cupbearer to remember him when he gets out (here translated \u201cthink of me\u201d), and furthermore to \u201cmention\u201d him to Pharaoh, which uses the same root, in the sense of \u201cto cause to remember, remind.\u201d Later of course we are informed that the cupbearer – what else? – forgot.<\/span><\/p>\n

This root is central in Jewish tradition, and coincidentally, during this season, coming up on Rosh Hashanah. In actuality, words based on this root fall into two groups: those related to death, and everything else.<\/span><\/p>\n

A memorial service held at graveside is an <\/span>azkarah. <\/span><\/i>The name of the prayers said several times a year in memory of the departed is <\/span>yizkor <\/span><\/i>\u2013 which means “He will remember,” referring to divine consideration.<\/span><\/p>\n

Referring to a person who is deceased, one can add the acronym <\/span>“zal”<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>zichrono livrachah, <\/span><\/i>“may his memory be for a blessing”. And the rabbinic sages of Talmudic times are collectively known as <\/span>Cha-zal,<\/span><\/i> short for <\/span>chachamim <\/span><\/i>(“wise”), <\/span>zichronam (<\/span><\/i>memories, pl.) <\/span>livrachah <\/span><\/i>\u2013 sages of blessed memory.<\/span><\/p>\n

The general noun <\/span>zikaron <\/span><\/i>unites the different nuances of the English terms “memorial,” “remembrance,” and also “memory” – what one remembers, and how. If you had a <\/span>zikaron fenominali, <\/span><\/i>Hebrew for “phenomenal memory,” you’d probably have a vast store of <\/span>zichronot, <\/span><\/i>“memories.” You may still buy a <\/span>mazkeret <\/span><\/i>or two (“souvenir”) when traveling, but in general you wouldn’t need any <\/span>tizkoret, <\/span><\/i>“reminder” or anyone <\/span>lehazkir, <\/span><\/i>“to remind” you of anything.<\/span><\/p>\n

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 Zichron Ya’akov, using the father’s Hebrew name. Another town from that era, <\/span>Mazkeret Batya<\/span><\/i>, is named after his mother.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Memory” is the very subjective and collectively transmitted narrative of identity, according to historian Yosef Yerushalmi in his 1982 classic, <\/span>Zakhor <\/span><\/i>(imperative: “Remember!”). It is even more important than history in Jewish culture, Yerushalmi avers.<\/span><\/p>\n

We mention, and therefore remember, many things over the holidays this season. There is even an entire section of the Rosh Hashanah service call <\/span>Zichronot<\/span><\/i>. Some things are remembered, some passively forgotten, and some actively censored or censured. What we choose to include or exclude shapes our “selves” and our culture.<\/span><\/p>\n

Remember the cupbearer? He ends up remembering: in 41:9 he say\u00a0et chata-ai ani mazkir hayom<\/em>,\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI must make mention today of my offenses…” He remembers, mentions (and therefore reminds) and with that statement ends up making repentance as well. More on\u00a0chet<\/em>, sin, in chapter 41.<\/p>\n","image":{"ID":103498,"id":103498,"title":"-6243481f8c569--6243481f8c56agen40-milim zecher.jpg","filename":"6243481f8c569-6243481f8c56agen40-milim-zecher.jpg.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6243481f8c569-6243481f8c56agen40-milim-zecher.jpg.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/milimilim-the-hebrew-corner-gen-40\/6243481f8c569-6243481f8c56agen40-milim-zecher-jpg\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"6243481f8c569-6243481f8c56agen40-milim-zecher-jpg","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":39501,"date":"2022-03-29 17:55:43","modified":"2022-03-29 17:56:12","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":960,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6243481f8c569-6243481f8c56agen40-milim-zecher.jpg-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6243481f8c569-6243481f8c56agen40-milim-zecher.jpg-300x225.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6243481f8c569-6243481f8c56agen40-milim-zecher.jpg-768x576.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6243481f8c569-6243481f8c56agen40-milim-zecher.jpg.jpg","large-width":960,"large-height":720,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6243481f8c569-6243481f8c56agen40-milim-zecher.jpg.jpg","1536x1536-width":960,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6243481f8c569-6243481f8c56agen40-milim-zecher.jpg.jpg","2048x2048-width":960,"2048x2048-height":720,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6243481f8c569-6243481f8c56agen40-milim-zecher.jpg.jpg","post_full_size-width":960,"post_full_size-height":720,"home_baner":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6243481f8c569-6243481f8c56agen40-milim-zecher.jpg-560x420.jpg","home_baner-width":560,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":"

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