
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (naqdanut), Susan Weingarten (translation), Moshe Shmi'el Dascola and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ח בתמוז ה׳תשע״ו (2016-08-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
Categories: Megillot, Ḥanukkah Readings, Ḥag haBanot (Eid el Benat)
Tags: women, Judith, anti-predatory, dairy foods, soporifics, resistance, Megillat Yehudit, High Middle Ages, 14th century C.E., heroic women, חג הבנות Ḥag HaBanot, 52nd century A.M., derivative work
This is a faithful transcription of the text of the medieval Megillat Yehudith (the Scroll of Judith), not to be confused with the deutero-canonical Book of Judith, authored in Antiquity. We have further set this text side-by-side with the English translation made by Susan Weingarten, and vocalized and cantillated the Hebrew so that it may be chanted. . . .

Contributor(s): Elie Kaunfer and Lisa Exler
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Categories: Brit Milah & Simḥat Bat, Blessings After Eating
Tags: ceremony, infant, parent, naming, שמחת בת simḥat bat, Mechon Hadar, Parents blessing children, dairy foods, soporifics, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., prayers concerning children, Prayers for Children, Torah as milk, שבועות Shavuot
In place of the blood of the slaughtered bulls from the covenantal ceremony in Exodus, we looked for another substance to effect the covenant ceremony. Amalya was born right after Shavuot, on which we have a tradition to eat dairy. In fact, milk itself is associated with the acceptance of Torah, as described in the following Midrash which quotes a verse from Song of Songs (4:11): “Sweetness drops from your lips, O bride; honey and milk are under your tongue and the scent of your robes is like the scent of Lebanon.” . . .
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