Re: [ha-Safran]: Cantillation

2004-02-06 Thread turgueman
The tone given to the cantillation marks by Mizrahi Jewish people is also worth to consider. Does anyone know who was the first to propose tones for these symbols in the massoretic text? Have ever been any other proposals about the purpose of what we consider cantillation marks? I am doing a re

[ha-Safran]: Weine Classification Question

2004-02-06 Thread Ellen Share
If I am using Weine Classification Scheme, can I add 07 to z222.1 Genesis, etc? z222.107 - can it be used for Commentaries on Genesis? Who can I contact for questions on using Weine? === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran at

RE: [ha-Safran]: Jewish Identity in Holocaust Books for Young People

2004-02-06 Thread Marion Stein
One of the things about Jewish identity that strikes me is that one feels pride in being Jewish based on a couple of things; one's upbringing and one's level of knowledge. If a person is well grounded in Jewish matters, one can only have good feelings which come from knowing the breadth and dept

[ha-Safran]: Holocaust survivors

2004-02-06 Thread Poshi Mikalson
Are there any resources that would list prominent Jews who are also Holocaust survivors? (A survivor being anyone who was in Europe prior to the Nazi take-over, and who was still alive at the end of the war--even if they were no longer living in Europe at the end of the war.) Thank you in advance