Comments on Yom YerushalayimTypePad2005-06-06T07:01:34ZDavid Bognerhttps://www.treppenwitz.com/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://www.treppenwitz.com/2005/06/yom_yerushalayi/comments/atom.xml/Faye commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503e818388332005-06-08T20:05:01Z2008-02-14T04:36:32ZFayeDavid, that was a beautiful post<p>David,<br />
that was a beautiful post</p>daat y commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503e812488332005-06-07T23:42:09Z2008-02-14T04:36:29Zdaat yI,thank God had the opportunity to celebrate here in YERUSHALAYIM.Your posting of the recording was passed from you around the...<p>I,thank God had the opportunity to celebrate here in YERUSHALAYIM.Your posting of the recording was passed from you around the blogosphere .<br />
My tears clogged up my keyboard.<br />
Thank you.</p>John Boy commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520e6488342005-06-07T18:49:48Z2008-02-14T04:36:32ZJohn Boyhttp://johnhleonard.blogspot.comOnce apon a time I tried to be all cool and stuff and not get misty of things like this....<p>Once apon a time I tried to be all cool and stuff and not get misty of things like this. You know - all very PC, cosmo, and such. But now I am a big mush pot on the 4th of July and to my suprise listening to the recording today. There is something incredibly touching about people fighting and giving so much for a greater cause that really affects me...and I'm not even Jewish. Living in Jerusalem has given me a whole great appreciation for so much of Jewish culture that I was completely unaware of before. </p>
<p>Thanks for this post.</p>David commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520d0888342005-06-07T13:44:54Z2008-02-14T04:36:20ZDavidhttp://www.treppenwitz.comRahel... Thanks, that's a great one too. Wildroze... Plenty of time to learn Hebrew when you're here. In the mean...<p>Rahel... Thanks, that's a great one too.</p>
<p>Wildroze... Plenty of time to learn Hebrew when you're here. In the mean time I'm glad you enjoyed the link.</p>
<p>Doctor Bean... I had no idea you were such a baby(age/tears)! Don't worry, I'm a mess every time I hear that recording.</p>
<p>Jack... Sometimes 'wow' is enough.</p>
<p>Christopher... I still owe you a few. :-)</p>
<p>Kakarizz... It wasn't my translation, and I now realize that there were big gaps and some problems in the translation. All in all it is still helpful to follow along in English.</p>kakarizz commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5505210b988342005-06-07T05:47:20Z2008-02-14T04:36:53Zkakarizzhttp://www.geocities.com/kakarizzThanks for the translation, My Hebrew sucks! + a slow Internet connection. It’s easy to visualize the whole scenario though.<p>Thanks for the translation, My Hebrew sucks! + a slow Internet connection. It’s easy to visualize the whole scenario though. </p>christopher commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503e7fed88332005-06-07T04:48:28Z2008-02-14T04:36:19Zchristopherhttp://naze.netI am deeply moved by this story of faith and sacrifice. I thank you for sharing it with us.<p>I am deeply moved by this story of faith and sacrifice. I thank you for sharing it with us.</p>Jack commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520dc588342005-06-07T04:31:25Z2008-02-14T04:36:26ZJackhttp://wwwjackbenimble.blogspot.com/It is 9:30 in Los Angeles. I must have listened to that broadcast five or six times. It is not...<p>It is 9:30 in Los Angeles. I must have listened to that broadcast five or six times. It is not the first time I have heard it. Some of it I have watched in the <a href="http://israel-media.com/comersus/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=4414" rel="nofollow">Follow Me</a> movie about the Six Day war.</p>
<p>But no matter how often it never fails to move me. When I listened to it this morning I got choked up. It is not something that happens often.</p>
<p>Wow is all I can say.</p>Doctor Bean commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503e809388332005-06-07T03:16:58Z2008-02-14T04:36:25ZDoctor Beanhttp://kerckhoff.blogspot.comOh, and I'm crying. Grown soldiers weeping while the shofar is blown. How can you possibly keep composed?<p>Oh, and I'm crying. Grown soldiers weeping while the shofar is blown. How can you possibly keep composed?</p>Doctor Bean commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503e7fe888332005-06-07T01:24:04Z2008-02-14T04:36:19ZDoctor Beanhttp://kerckhoff.blogspot.comVery well done. So well, in fact, that I was going to write a post about Jerusalem Day, but instead...<p>Very well done. So well, in fact, that I was going to write a post about Jerusalem Day, but instead linked to here.</p>
<p>To think of all the people who lived and died in the two millenia of exile, and I was born about 6 months later. Incredible...</p>Wildroze commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520e2488342005-06-07T00:49:02Z2008-02-14T04:36:30ZWildrozehttp://www.livejournal.com/~wildroze22thats amazing... makes me want to be in israel so badly! i just wish i knew hebrew better. oh well...<p>thats amazing... makes me want to be in israel so badly! i just wish i knew hebrew better. oh well ill work on that part. thanks for the amazing exntry, and i agree, take pictures next time! there is little that is more beautiful than jerusalem at night</p>Rahel commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503e80e888332005-06-06T19:01:21Z2008-02-14T04:36:27ZRahelhttp://elmsintheyard.blogspot.comThere's another broadcast that's very special: that of the UN partition vote. Years ago I heard a recording of the...<p>There's another broadcast that's very special: that of the UN partition vote. Years ago I heard a recording of the vote as Miriam Kressyn (a famous Yiddish actress and singer and the wife of crooner Seymour Rechzeit) provided real-time Yiddish translation and commentary at Flushing Meadows. You can hear the excitement mounting in Kressin's voice as she speaks. Here is <a href="http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/freedman/lookupalbum?hr=&catlg=029f" rel="nofollow">a link to the recording</a>, a copy of which is at the Freedman Jewish Music Archive at the University of Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>I only understand a few words of Yiddish but that broadcast imprinted itself on my heart the first and only time I heard it more than twenty years ago on WEVD radio in New York.<br />
</p>David commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503e816388332005-06-06T18:18:50Z2008-02-14T04:36:31ZDavidhttp://www.treppenwitz.comJack... Like I said, I make it a point to listen to it at least once a year. Some things...<p>Jack... Like I said, I make it a point to listen to it at least once a year. Some things are worth being reminded of.</p>
<p>Tanya... We are hardwired to tear up we witness wonderful things. It doesn't matter if we're not directly impacted. It just means your heart is in the right place.</p>
<p>Sarah... You are the second person to catch the glaring mistranslation. As to the gift... I think we can safely call it an inheritance.</p>
<p>Essie... Just put the bottle of allergy medicine where everyone can see it and your secret should be safe. :-)</p>
<p>Z. ... I heard it for the first time years ago on Nachum's program. I haven't missed a year since.</p>
<p>a. ... I'm so pleased that so many people have gotten to hear this for the first time. Please feel free to pass the link along.</p>a commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e55052126888342005-06-06T18:02:34Z2008-02-14T04:37:08ZaThank you so much for this post. It made lots of us sit and think for a moment, about what...<p>Thank you so much for this post. It made lots of us sit and think for a moment, about what we usually take for granted. I was reading the English translation while listening to the Hebrew and it was so thrilling to "be there"- my eyes got wet, and my sabra husband sitting next to me was moved as well.</p>
<p>This should be required listening for all Israeli schoolchildren.</p>Z commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520d6188342005-06-06T17:41:05Z2008-02-14T04:36:23ZZhttp://www.matzahandmarinara.comDavid...thanks for this wonderful post! I had never heard this broadcast until this morning when I heard it on the...<p>David...thanks for this wonderful post! I had never heard this broadcast until this morning when I heard it on the radio (JM in the AM) - I am headed to your link to listen again.</p>Essie commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503e80a488332005-06-06T17:02:32Z2008-02-14T04:36:25ZEssieI always cry when I hear "Hakotel Hamaaravi b'yadeinu". Thanks for the link of the whole broadcast. My coworkers must...<p>I always cry when I hear "Hakotel Hamaaravi b'yadeinu". Thanks for the link of the whole broadcast. My coworkers must think my allergies are really bad today ;)</p>Sarah commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520d6e88342005-06-06T16:35:07Z2008-02-14T04:36:24ZSarahhttp://www.chayyeisarah.blogspot.comWow, that is an amazing link. I thank IsraCast for making it available. Not to nitpick, but I heard a...<p>Wow, that is an amazing link.</p>
<p>I thank IsraCast for making it available.</p>
<p>Not to nitpick, but I heard a few things that I think may be mistranslated on the IsraCast site. And for sure they said "Watch every house. Don't touch anything, especially in the holy places," not "enter every house . . . especially the holy places."</p>
<p>But wow, what an amazing thing. It was recorded 5 years before I was born! What a gift to have that available.</p>Tanya commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520d0788342005-06-06T15:42:26Z2008-02-14T04:36:20ZTanyahttp://www.redsugar.com/muse/Yeah, but I didn't think it'd make me tear up. Why should it? (and yet...)<p>Yeah, but I didn't think it'd make <i>me</i> tear up. Why should it? (and yet...)</p>Jack commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520e5588342005-06-06T15:16:33Z2008-02-14T04:36:31ZJackhttp://wwwjackbenimble.blogspot.com/That was just amazing. I haven't listened to that in a long time.<p>That was just amazing. I haven't listened to that in a long time.</p>David commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520ec688342005-06-06T15:09:51Z2008-02-14T04:36:36ZDavidhttp://www.treppenwitz.comElisson... Another cross-post! My timing must be off today. :-) I think what is so moving about this recording is...<p>Elisson... Another cross-post! My timing must be off today. :-) I think what is so moving about this recording is that we are rarely privileged to witness or eavesdrop on history. Too often we have to read second-hand accounts or view still pictures. This recording allows us to be present at what can only be termed a miracle in our day.</p>David commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520d9a88342005-06-06T15:06:09Z2008-02-14T04:36:25ZDavidhttp://www.treppenwitz.comTanya... Sorry, I see we cross-posted. I don't kid about tears. When I walk the streets of Jerusalem and can...<p>Tanya... Sorry, I see we cross-posted. I don't kid about tears. When I walk the streets of Jerusalem and can still see the bullet marks on the stone walls of the old city that were made during the battle you can hear on that recording... yeah, I cry.</p>
<p>Reuven... Thanks for the help. I will actually update the post to reflect your correction. The earlier comment with the translation correction of the broadcast from '67 I will leave as is since I am quoting a primary source and don't want to get into issues with the copyright owner.</p>
<p>Pearl... I agree. :-)</p>
<p>Ritchie... This recording should actually be the litmus test for the law of return. Anyone who doesn't cry like a baby when listening to that recording (or while reading the translation) probably doesn't deserve to live here! [I'm only mostly serious about this]</p>Elisson commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503e817588332005-06-06T15:03:10Z2008-02-14T04:36:32ZElissonhttp://elisson1.blogspot.comDavid - thank you, thank you, thank you for this beautiful and moving post. I'm not sure what touched me...<p>David - thank you, thank you, thank you for this beautiful and moving post.</p>
<p>I'm not sure what touched me more, the sounds of the IDF soldiers singing <i>Yerushalayim Shel Zahav</i> or the words of <i>Eil Malei Rachamim</i>...or the joy in the sound of the Shofar announcing that we were home again. </p>ritchie commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503e811e88332005-06-06T14:54:08Z2008-02-14T04:36:29Zritchiegoodness that was great and truly moving<p>goodness that was great and truly moving</p>Pearl commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503e81b288332005-06-06T14:38:41Z2008-02-14T04:36:34ZPearlhttp://wwwpearliesofwisdom.blogspot.comAfter my first comment, I recall what I once read about Yerushalayim -- "We are not so much a part...<p>After my first comment, I recall what I once read about Yerushalayim -- "We are not so much a part of her, as she is a part of us." That saying goes more in sync with your responding comment to me.</p>Reuven commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520e0888342005-06-06T14:28:01Z2008-02-14T04:36:29ZReuvenThanks for the tissue warning. I'm hoping my co-workers attribute all my sniffling and blowing to allergies. Unbelievably moving. One...<p>Thanks for the tissue warning. I'm hoping my co-workers attribute all my sniffling and blowing to allergies. Unbelievably moving.</p>
<p>One slight correction - "And the <i>slaves</i> of the land of Assyria arrived" - "<i>ov'dim</i>" is <a href="http://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt1027.htm" rel="nofollow">spelled with an aleph</a> and means "lost," not "slaves."</p>
<p>The original is also more accurately translated into the future tense, but I can't really object to translating it into past tense, since, well, it seems to have already happened!</p>David commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520d8a88342005-06-06T14:02:42Z2008-02-14T04:36:24ZDavidhttp://www.treppenwitz.comZahava... True. Just wow. Rahel... I hope I never get to the point where I take Jerusalem (or anything else...<p>Zahava... True. Just wow.</p>
<p>Rahel... I hope I never get to the point where I take Jerusalem (or anything else here) for granted.</p>
<p>Pearl... I would agree with the first part, but too many people around the word seem to have forgotten about our historic connection to Jerusalem.</p>
<p>AmyS... I wish I had brought my camera along! Even though I would have never been able to do it justice, the scene with the soldiers was breathtakingly beautiful.</p>
<p>Cosmic X... I didn't look closely at the translation... thank you for setting the record straight. I see now that what is written would not have made any sense.</p>Tanya commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503e811c88332005-06-06T14:00:18Z2008-02-14T04:36:29ZTanyahttp://www.redsugar.com/muse/Wow, I thought you were kidding, or at least exaggerating, about the tissues. (And Rahel just made it worse...)<p>Wow, I thought you were kidding, or at least exaggerating, about the tissues. (And Rahel just made it worse...)</p>cosmic x commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520e1688342005-06-06T13:49:51Z2008-02-14T04:36:29Zcosmic xhttp://cosmicx.blogspot.com/"Command on the army wireless: Search the area, destroy all pockets of resistance and make sure to enter every single...<p>"Command on the army wireless: Search the area, destroy all pockets of resistance and make sure to enter every single house, especially the holy places."</p>
<p>A mistranslation. He says "Lo lingoa beshum davar, bemiuchad hamekomot hakedoshim" meaning "don't touch (harm) anything, especially the holy places."<br />
</p>AmyS commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520d4288342005-06-06T10:37:06Z2008-02-14T04:36:23ZAmyShttp://www.postcardsfromisrael.comWonderful!<p>Wonderful!</p>Pearl commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520d4888342005-06-06T10:32:20Z2008-02-14T04:36:23ZPearlhttp://wwwpearliesofwisdom.blogspot.comI think that Yerushalayim breathes life into every one of us, however scattered we are in the world. And we...<p>I think that Yerushalayim breathes life into every one of us, however scattered we are in the world. And we do the same for her.</p>Rahel commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503e813a88332005-06-06T08:56:49Z2008-02-14T04:36:30ZRahelhttp://elmsintheyard.blogspot.comIt happens sometimes that I can be having a terrible day where nothing is going well at all and suddenly...<p>It happens sometimes that I can be having a terrible day where nothing is going well at all and suddenly I realize: I'm walking around in Israel. In Jerusalem. My ancestors would have given all they possessed for one moment of my most mundane day. How have I deserved this? And I spend the rest of the day in awe.</p>
<p>It's only fitting that we remember the sacrifices so many people made and are still making so that we can live here as free people and free Jews.<br />
</p>zahava commented on 'Yom Yerushalayim'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503e815c88332005-06-06T08:09:23Z2008-02-14T04:36:31ZzahavaWords simply can't convey the overwhelming surge of pride and national spirit that we experienced when we encountered these festive...<p>Words simply can't convey the overwhelming surge of pride and national spirit that we experienced when we encountered these festive soldiers! These young women and men who serve and protect both us and our homeland -- to witness their unabashed joy, and share it for a few moments -- just WOW! </p>