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Little Tet, Big Tet; Eicha and Kohelet

October 13, 2010 – 17:21

In Little Letters in Eicha, parts one and two, I talked about lamed, ayin, and tet. The little lamed was serving as a reminder-flag, telling you to recall other, relevant, words beginning with lamed. The little ayin had to do with numerical symbolism. The little tet had numerical symbolism and reminder-flagging, all of it connected […]

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Little Letters in Eicha, part 2

September 17, 2010 – 14:27

Little Letters in Eicha, part 1 3:36 לעות אדם בריבו אדני לא ראה To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not. Tzvi Ron in Sefer Katan u-Gadol again (trans. G. Wasserman): “The small ‘ayin in the word לעות (verse 3:36) is explained as a reference to the numerical value of the letter, […]

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Little Letters in Eicha, part 1

September 16, 2010 – 13:40

I’ve not posted much on the Big and Little Letters in Torah, have I? And now I’m posting on the Little Letters in Eicha – well, I’m between Torahs at the moment, and indulging in a spate of megillot, Eicha amongst them, which has something to do with it. 1:12 (Sofer Boyfriend wrote this one.) […]

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Eicha pictures

September 15, 2010 – 20:11

Tisha b’Av seems a long time ago, now that Yom Kippur is on us, but I am finally posting those pictures of Megillat Eicha I promised you all those weeks ago. First – Eicha scroll, bodaciously swathed in black. Next – reading from the scroll, mostly backlit by candlelight. The candles were very atmospheric, but […]

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