העורך Editor

For the Last Time, ‘Argaman’ ≠ Purple!

We already had an article to this effect (based on the work by Rabbi Yisroel Rosenberg, a contributor to Hyehudi.org, by the way).

Now, courtesy of AI-something, here’s a summary in table form:

TopicDetails
No Classical Hebrew Word for “Purple”The term “purple” does not exist in Classical Hebrew.
Occurrences in Scripture“Argaman” appears 38 times; variants include “argavan” and “argavana”.
EtymologyPossibly from Akkadian “argamannu”; root may be ALEPH-REISH-GIMMEL-MEM-NUN.
Maimonides’ ViewArgaman = wool dyed red; uses Arabic “laca” to describe it.
Midrashic DescriptionsCompares argaman to reddish gold and fire; possibly orange or yellowish-red.
Radak’s InterpretationInitially crimson red, later suggests orange or yellowish-red.
Color vs. FabricArgaman refers to dyed wool, not a color per se.
Raavad’s ViewArgaman = woven fabric of multiple colors; derived from “arigah” (weaving) + “min” (type).
Zohar and MidrashSymbolic interpretations: weaving of sustenance or creation.
Rashi’s EtymologyLinks to roots meaning “gathering” or “embroidery”; supports multi-shade interpretation.
Ohalei Yehuda’s ViewArgaman = “oreg” (weaving) + “manah” (portion); or from roots meaning “light” and “appearance”.
Modern Scholarly ViewArgaman includes shades from pink to violet; not strictly red.
Biblical UsageSometimes used metaphorically or to denote luxury, not a specific color.
Greek TranslationTranslated as “porphyra” → Latin “purpura” → English “purple”, which historically meant red.
Royalty AssociationArgaman/purpira linked to royal garments; not necessarily modern purple.
Modern Hebrew Term“Segol” was introduced in 1894 as the modern word for purple.

No, I didn’t look this over.

פייגלין כנראה יכניס גרי-כזב לעם ישראל

הנה הודעה אותה פרסם פייגלין:

תמכו בפורום דין וצדק – משפחות נטבחי הנובה!

הגעתי היום לכנסת, לאירוע הנצחה מיוחד במינו לזכר בחורה צעירה יפיפייה ומוכשרת באופן נדיר – שנרצחה במסיבת הנובה.

ריטה גוסק הי”ד נרצחה יחד עם בן זוגה סיימון הי”ד.

ריטה שנרצחה על ידי המתועבים שבשונאי ישראל הייתה באמצע תהליך גיור ונפלה חלל כי קשרה את גורלה עם העם היהודי.

הוריה של ריטה יחד עם הורים שכולים נוספים שהגיעו לאירוע, מוצאים עצמם נאבקים גם מול הממשלה וגם מול האופוזיציה בדרישה להקמת וועדת חקירה לאומית וחסרת פניות שתחקור את כל המעורבים במחדל – כולל את חלקו של בית המשפט העליון.

רק כך נוכל לרדת לחקר האמת ולקבל דין וצדק.

ע”כ.

אשה הולכת לנובה, והיא “באמצע תהליך גיור”?!
כלומר, זה מצב הגיור היום. ופייגלין ימשיך את מזימות אמסלם…

Vox Klaps Vidduy for Corona Vice

Evil Vox feigns that these were failures of “truth-seeking”, not deliberate malice.

And they pretend we were all swept along in blind panic, ignoring those who were persecuted BY THEM for seeing clearly all along.

Read it here, if you can stomach it…

Excerpt:

Well, it was a fast-moving crisis, and so it’s not surprising in retrospect that the debate was truncated. But it is surprising, as we looked back and did the research for this book, the extent to which the decisions that were made in the early going of the pandemic departed from conventional wisdom about how to handle a pandemic and violated recommendations that had been put on paper in calmer times about how a crisis like this should be handled.

…

If you go back and take a look at a report that was prepared by the World Health Organization in 2019, just months before the pandemic broke out, that document goes through each of the proposed “non-pharmaceutical interventions,” meaning the measures that are taken to keep people apart in the context of an infectious disease pandemic, like masking or social distancing, business closures, school closures.

No surprise at all!