I actually began thinking on this topic on my recent trip to Sukkot, driving across the desert Southwest. I realized how much I “appreciated” the Landscape. I was thinking a lot about national parks that we have set aside for people to “appreciate.” We honor these places. To me the topography, the rock formations, are …
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Blog 183. Sukkot/Feast of Tabernacles
We have just recently witnessed this Fall Festival, sometimes also called the Feast of Booths, the Feast of Ingathering, or the Season of our Rejoicing. I personally was involved in a long trek to participate with some family members and their congregation. The holiday coincides with the full moon, which symbolically connects with the idea …
Blog 182. “Challenge Existent” זרוע
זרוע something sown בצרה Bozrah אשור Assyria/Asshur cognate permutations (challenge existent) זרוע what was sown; arm cognate permutations (challenge existent) also Bozrah בצרה and Assyria/Asshur אשור ((And see within the זרוע cognate permutations group בשׂר which is flesh and tidings)) ⦁ ▸ Tanakh (13 results) 1. Vayikra 11:37 (Mikraot Gedolot) וְכִי יִפֹּל מִנִּבְלָתָם עַל כׇּל זֶרַע זֵרוּעַ אֲשֶׁר יִזָּרֵעַ טָהוֹר הוּא. ⦁ Leviticus 11:37 37 And if a part of (any such) carcass falls on any planting seed …
Blog 181. The Elijah Conundrum
Hopefully this will be brief. First, you might want to refer to Blog 3. A Transition. And from there you might be led to the second half of my dissertation, starting with Post 29. Beginning Elijah/Eliyahu Discussion. And then we can talk about the point of the current entry. Well, if you don’t want to take the time to …
Blog 180. Hammer and Nail
The origin of this quotation is argued, but it has been used many times, including in Abraham Maslow’s book The Psychology of Science and Abraham Kaplan’s book The Conduct of Inquiry. It was also made famous in the movie Arrival that we have discussed many times before. Wójcicki attributes it to Mark Twain. It is a catchy phrase that seems to …
Blog 179. Choose / Choice
A clear point at which he made a choice: See the בחר choose/choice cognate permutation group meaning is (expand/contract activity), and it is in with other very important roots such as עברcross over to the other side (the root for Hebrew), רבע four/fourth, אור illuminate/light, חרב sword/lose vitality, עפר dust, and אפר ash. (As in ash to ash, dust to dust). See the list of …
Blog 178. Shinar שנער
Without an explanation beforehand for the title, I will begin today’s discussion with a continuation of the קר discussion from last time. Hopefully I will be able to steer your thinking toward the topic at hand. Recall, please, that the cognate permutations group meaning for קר is (covering/uncovering having impact). ⦁ 1 Chronicles 2:7 7 The son of Carmi (h3756. …
Blog 176. Learning and Dopamine
This link is for the technically-minded, but I show some highlights below. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6352318/#:~:text=Novel%20experiences%20have%20been%20shown,in%20different%20memory%20consolidation%20processes From Chris 😃 my good friend and fellow Yeshiva graduate with a DHL. She also “happens to be” a brilliant neuroscientist. LTP = long-term potentiation “Novelty,” new learning, induces dopamine release in the hippocampus, triggering memory consolidation to boost memory persistence. We …