Kesher Talk

"Havel havalim, hakol havel!"** Did I mention that Kesher Talk is hosting Carnival of the Vanities next week? This week it's at The People's Republic of Seabrook. My my, this weekly compendium of self-submitted best-of-the-blog gets longer and more chock-full of bloggy goodness every week! This time around I see many posts about France - I wonder why that is . . . .

Our post date is February 26th - I've already gotten a few submissions, and I'll be posting reminders. Send a URL link to me - Judith Weiss - at the email address in the column on your left. It can be any single piece of writing you've posted recently on your blog that you would like to reach a wider audience. You can also send me a (short!) blurb if you'd like your piece described a certain way. Please email before 9 PM Monday night, February 24th.

(Carnival host schedule here. )

** "Vanity of vanities; all is vanity." The Hebrew word "hevel" is one of those words that doesn't translate readily into English. It is usually translated as "vanity" or "futility" in English versions of Kohelet, but it is primarily a word connotating transience, or impermanence without the judgemental frustration that "vanity" or "futility" imply. In his small book The Way of Solomon, Rabbi Rami Shapiro translates it as "emptiness," "moments," and "breath," and claims that Kohelet was actually Judaism's version of Lao Tze. ("Hevel" - usually pronounced as "Abel" in English translations - is also the name of Adam and Chava's son, which has inspired a certain amount of interpretation)

posted by Judith @ 2/20/2003 12:00:11 AM