Comments on: Go Rabbi-tron, Go! http://danyaruttenberg.net/2006/05/21/go-rabbi-tron-go/ Danya Ruttenberg's website Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:06:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Rachel http://danyaruttenberg.net/2006/05/21/go-rabbi-tron-go/#comment-1439 Rachel Mon, 22 May 2006 16:05:24 +0000 http://danyaruttenberg.net/2006/05/21/go-rabbi-tron-go/#comment-1439 Ontological change -- yes yes yes! I saw my first smicha ceremony in January and it completely dazzled me. This is why ritual language makes me <i>so freaking excited</i> sometimes -- this is what I always wanted poetry to be but it wasn't quite -- words <i>change things</i> and it is quite literally awesome to behold. I wish I could be there to bask in the glow when you do this... Ontological change — yes yes yes! I saw my first smicha ceremony in January and it completely dazzled me.

This is why ritual language makes me so freaking excited sometimes — this is what I always wanted poetry to be but it wasn’t quite — words change things and it is quite literally awesome to behold.

I wish I could be there to bask in the glow when you do this…

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