{"id":85961,"date":"2021-01-04T16:47:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T14:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=85961"},"modified":"2021-01-04T16:47:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T14:47:11","slug":"on-the-importance-of-nuance-in-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/on-the-importance-of-nuance-in-language\/","title":{"rendered":"On The Importance of Nuance In Language\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"85961","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":46656,"related_cahpter":"648","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Even Joseph had to learn a new language - but which one?\r\n\r\n","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this Psalm that recounts the miraculous events of the exodus from Egypt, there is a peculiar detail added to the narrative. Why is it important that we be reminded that, while in Egypt, Joseph \u201clearned a language (he) had not known (81:6)?\u201d The background story is that after Joseph interpreted Pharaoh\u2019s dream, Pharaoh wanted to appoint Joseph to a very high national position. But a qualification for national leadership at that level included the ability to speak all 70 languages of the world. Joseph, having been brought to Egypt as a slave, certainly didn\u2019t arrive with that capacity. So, the angel Gabriel came to teach Joseph these languages in one night. He was successful but only after a letter from God\u2019s name was added to Joseph\u2019s name making it H\u2019Yosef (81:6).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This prerequisite for being multilingual is not isolated in the Torah. In Genesis 10 we are provided with the enumeration of exactly 70 descendants of Noah, from which we learn that the world would be comprised of 70 nations. In Deuteronomy 27 we are told that Moses scribed the Torah in 70 languages to make it accessible to the whole world. The men of the Great Assembly in the days of the Prophets were required to speak all 70 languages, and it is a precept in Jewish Law that one can not rule on a case unless they speak the language of the parties involved \u2013 using an interpreter is not sufficient since one can lose nuance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But this verse says \u201c<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a language<\/span><\/em><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the singular, so which language is it referring to?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabbi Shmuel Veffer has a beautiful analogy for the 70 languages, relating that each one represents a unique nuance of Torah and, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like white light can be exploded into a rainbow of colors, where each color represents a single aspect of the white light, so too Torah can be split into 70 languages, each language representing a single nuance or aspect of the totality of Torah.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With that explanation, we understand that in order to fully appreciate the depth of Torah, we must consider all the nuances of language. 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