Comments on: First Thanksgiving Dinner Ever

By: Rivster

Rivster — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:04:08 +0000

And yet there are so many who write G-dash-d…

God is more of a job title and less of a name. YHVH is God’s Name.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:21:33 +0000

I learn something new every day – and your your site there is always something interesting and enriching to learn.

By: Leora

Leora — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:55:22 +0000

Ellie, I should explain. My kids go to Jewish Day School. Some Orthodox Jews prefer not to write the name of God, so they take out the “o.” The fact that it was spelled G-d probably meant a teacher at the school wrote this (and it wasn’t standard text).

Rav Soloveitchik, who was a well-respected Orthodox rabbi in the 20th century (and the founder of my elementary and high school), said there is no problem in writing God. There is a commandment not to say the name of God in vain, but God isn’t really God’s name.

Does that explain this a little?

By: Ellie

Ellie — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:42:01 +0000

I like the smiles! Why is G-d written that way? At first I thought it was a political correct way for a public school to go around religious theme? I understand I am wrong.
Lots of people on the feast! I like the feathers on the natives. People are hard to draw – your daughter is very good at it.

By: Jew Wishes

Jew Wishes — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:58:09 +0000

Great creativity here, just like her mother!

By: Leora

Leora — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:48:39 +0000

Yes, and you have probably found, photographing white well can be a challenge, too.

Glad you enjoyed learning about Andrew Wyeth.

By: ramblingwoods

ramblingwoods — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:41:20 +0000

I got here late..but that is a wonderful drawing with happy people… Thank you for leaving this comment…

Andrew Wyeth was a master at painting white. Just like photographing white is hard, painting white(s) is REALLY hard. See this masterpiece: http://poietes.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/andrew-wyeth-master-bedroom.jpg

I hadn’t seen this one before and you’re right about the difficulty….Michelle

By: Ilana-Davita

Ilana-Davita — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:40:28 +0000

I was wondering if putting a hyphen in the middle of God is just a Jewish thing…I suppose it is!
I have never seen it outside the Jewish community.

By: Leora

Leora — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:47:20 +0000

Yes, the teacher gave this to all the students. I was wondering if putting a hyphen in the middle of God is just a Jewish thing…I suppose it is!

“settlement” – how politics corrupts language…

By: Mrs. S.

Mrs. S. — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:39:37 +0000

I assume that she got the words – and the spelling – from the teacher?

On a related note, I find it, um, interesting that it’s still PC to call Plymouth a “settlement”…