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October 10, 2006
Sukkot 4: I've heard there was a secret chord that David played to please the Lord
All Yamim Noraim posts here, including one post a day from Rosh Chodesh Ellul 5766 through Yom Kippur 5767. All chagim posts here, including one post a day from the first day of Sukkot through Simchat Torah 5767. (Each of these include a mp3 of Jewish music from a wide variety of sources and genres.)
Leonard Cohen sings one of his most popular songs "Hallelujah"
live in Zurich in 1993. (Cohen is known for rotating through many verses for this song, never singing it the same twice. In fact, the line I used in the title doesn't appear in this performance. But this one does: "Even though it all went wrong, I'll stand right here before the Lord of Song, with nothing on my tongue but a broken Hallelujah." That's the Sukkot spirit.)
Via Althouse: Every cover Dodge could find of Leonard Cohen's song "Hallelujah." There are at least 30 of them. (This is a great live music site; May I recommend the concert by Neko Case and Martha Wainwright?)
The Hebrew Language Detective is hot on the trail of words which define this holiday:
Sukkot is the original chag, a term which was later applied to all three harvest festivals (Sukkot, Pesach, Shavuot). The root of the word means " "to make a pilgrimage, to celebrate a feast, to dance, to reel, to be giddy." Balashon notes a cognate in the Arab "Hajj." It is also related to words for "moving in a circle" and "circle of people."
The three festivals are also called the "shalosh regelim," from the word regel, which means "foot." The observances for each festival included a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to make sacrifices at the Temple. Many words derive from regel, including "slander," "spy," "to go about from place to place (for trade or gossip)." "to be accustomed to".
Well I heard there was a famous song
I tried to play and got it wrong
But poets they don't care for music do they?
They say that a guitar's a crutch
And better sung by such and such
But Christ! it's all too much so mister screw ya!
Hallelujah...
I am now inspired to post my seven versions of Yah Ribon all in one post.
Judith | 10/10/06 at 11:59 PM | Categories: - Chagim
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