Comments on: Greece is the word http://danyaruttenberg.net/2005/04/28/greece-is-the-word/ Danya Ruttenberg's website Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:37:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: SeaGull http://danyaruttenberg.net/2005/04/28/greece-is-the-word/#comment-79498 SeaGull Mon, 06 Aug 2007 06:22:56 +0000 http://danyaruttenberg.net/2005/04/28/greece-is-the-word/#comment-79498 Hello first of all. I went to Lesvos last summer and it was one beautiful island. So it is obvious that comparing Lesvos to Athens is like trying to compare a dirty solid rock with an african forest :) Anyway, I think that if you get to know the city a bit from the inside, you might find more nice things than the dirty blocks of flats. As for the Acropolis, it is under construction for so many years, that sometimes it get to think it is more under destruction... Hello first of all. I went to Lesvos last summer and it was one beautiful island. So it is obvious that comparing Lesvos to Athens is like trying to compare a dirty solid rock with an african forest :) Anyway, I think that if you get to know the city a bit from the inside, you might find more nice things than the dirty blocks of flats. As for the Acropolis, it is under construction for so many years, that sometimes it get to think it is more under destruction…

]]> By: Randall Bayard http://danyaruttenberg.net/2005/04/28/greece-is-the-word/#comment-370 Randall Bayard Sun, 27 Nov 2005 04:02:00 +0000 http://danyaruttenberg.net/2005/04/28/greece-is-the-word/#comment-370 I hope y''al had a very Happy Thanksgiving! I hope y”al had a very Happy Thanksgiving!

]]> By: Steg (dos iz nit der šteg) http://danyaruttenberg.net/2005/04/28/greece-is-the-word/#comment-369 Steg (dos iz nit der šteg) Mon, 02 May 2005 14:15:00 +0000 http://danyaruttenberg.net/2005/04/28/greece-is-the-word/#comment-369 I'd just like to say that I love your translation of <I>‘avoda zara</I> as "alien worship" — it brings to mind images of ancient Greeks bowing down, prostrating themselves, and offering sacrifices to statues of ET or gray 'probe-happy' UFO aliens! ;-) I’d just like to say that I love your translation of ‘avoda zara as “alien worship” — it brings to mind images of ancient Greeks bowing down, prostrating themselves, and offering sacrifices to statues of ET or gray ‘probe-happy’ UFO aliens! ;-)

]]> By: Rachel http://danyaruttenberg.net/2005/04/28/greece-is-the-word/#comment-368 Rachel Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:31:00 +0000 http://danyaruttenberg.net/2005/04/28/greece-is-the-word/#comment-368 I'd love to hear more about how your relationship with other people's sacred places has shifted. In my own experience, my ability to connect with the holiness in somebody else's (former or current) space has a lot to do with my experience there -- e.g. is it full of obnoxious tourists with big cameras, or do I get to walk through it in silence, that kind of thing. Also I find that good sacred music amps up my sense of holiness in a big way (probably because I am a choral singer myself) -- once I was in this really old church in northern England and the choir started practicing from behind a screen somewhere and I had to sit down because the combination of heartfelt music and beautiful space knocked me over. I see your point, though, that grooving on places of avodah zarah can be problematic. So I'm curious to know more about how your reaction to them has changed since you've immersed more deeply in halakha. I'd never thought of how the Acropolis and the Temple Mount occupy similar spaces in their respective cities, though. That's so cool. That makes me want to visit both of them again. If only I had world enough and time, as they say... I’d love to hear more about how your relationship with other people’s sacred places has shifted. In my own experience, my ability to connect with the holiness in somebody else’s (former or current) space has a lot to do with my experience there — e.g. is it full of obnoxious tourists with big cameras, or do I get to walk through it in silence, that kind of thing. Also I find that good sacred music amps up my sense of holiness in a big way (probably because I am a choral singer myself) — once I was in this really old church in northern England and the choir started practicing from behind a screen somewhere and I had to sit down because the combination of heartfelt music and beautiful space knocked me over.

I see your point, though, that grooving on places of avodah zarah can be problematic. So I’m curious to know more about how your reaction to them has changed since you’ve immersed more deeply in halakha.

I’d never thought of how the Acropolis and the Temple Mount occupy similar spaces in their respective cities, though. That’s so cool. That makes me want to visit both of them again. If only I had world enough and time, as they say…

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