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sontres

Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread

Apr 10, 2007 13:39

Yay, the long-awaited Passover post has finally arrived!

( Part 1 - This part is more for me so that I remember how to observe the holiday in the future, and things like that. It's also more controversial. )

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jasolater April 10 2007, 21:08:31 UTC

Thanks for this interesting and informative post!! Jesse is on my friends list and he pointed me over here. I don't really know any Jewish folks so I am learning a lot from him and a few other people. I want to learn as much as I can about Yahweh's proper festivals and celebrations. Hopefully by this time next year I'll know a lot more ( ... )

sontres April 10 2007, 23:17:37 UTC

Well, I'm not saying the thing is definitely true. I'm not sure, but I just thought it was very interesting.

There are certainly other reasons for the Jews to have been angry about the inscription, mainly as you said, that they didn't want people to think that He really was their king, only that He claimed He was.

I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to say about "Yahuw" vs. "Yehuw"... there's no difference between those two in Hebrew, or Greek, though I guess there would be in Latin. So you're saying maybe they wanted the Latin part changed?

Also, I'm not sure the Jews really had much of a conspiracy to change peoples' names, or at least not for that reason. Seems like if there were a prohibition against "Yahu" being in names, then there certainly wouldn't be traditional songs such as "Eliyahu HaNavi." Yehudah doesn't come from Yahweh, but rather comes from the verb l'hodot, which means "to praise/thank" (Ever heard the word "hodu"? It's the same root).

jasolater April 10 2007, 23:31:06 UTC

Oh, I don't know, just repeating some of the things I've read elsewhere.

I think the prohibition only concerned the "Yahu" contained in the beginning of names, but again I'm not sure. I've been told that "Yahu" is short for Yahweh, so that's why they didn't want it said in the beginning of names. Not sure why they wouldn't also erase it from the end of names though. Anyway, thanks for all that great info. :)

Since I'hodot means "to praise/thank", does it have any relation to the word "HaleluYah"? Because If I am correct, that means "Praise you Yahweh". Just wondering.

sontres April 10 2007, 23:38:24 UTC

No, l'hodot is a different verb. The "Yah" obviously comes from Yahweh, and the "Hallelu" comes from "l'hallel." I think l'hodot has more of a praise/thank connotation, whereas l'hallel is more of praise/glorify, but I'm not really sure.

You're right about the meaning of Halleluyah though. :D