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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Samuel J Scott: The Zohar

Samuel J. Scott: The intersection of politics, religion, media and business

The Zohar (1:1b) January 13, 2009

An ongoing series

[I recently purchased the new, English translation of the Zohar, the book that laid the foundation for Jewish mystical thought and the Kabbalah. It is the most important book in Judaism after the Bible and the Talmud. As I go through the Zohar, I will be publishing excerpts here for any readers who may be interested in addition to my series of commentaries on each week's Torah portion.]

Read his entire post here: The Zohar (1:1b)

http://samueljscott.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/the-zohar-11b/

20090113 Samuel J Scott The Zohar

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Thursday, May 29, 2008

20080529 Jimi Hendrix All Along the Watchtower

Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower

Released US September 21, 1968

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RD7s4i_X-p0

Music Hendrix – Jimi Hendrix

Book of Isaiah, Chapter 21, verses 5-9, "Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise ye princes, and prepare the shield./For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth./And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with such heed./...And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground."

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Elon College Professor Overton Introductory Rite

Sunday, March 23, 2008 by Kevin Dayhoff

An excerpt from “Easter years ago was a time for new clothes and Easter Egg Hunts”

Sunday Carroll Eagle, Sunday, March 23, 2008 by Kevin Dayhoff

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We have new pastors at our church and I can’t wait to see how they deal with liturgy issues. If they are smart, they will nod appropriately and do as they are told by the congregational liturgists and repeat “et cum spiritu tuo” as often as possible.

Keep up with me now. In the “Introductory Rite,” the pastor or a cantor will say, “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” At that point the congregation responds, “And also with you.”

However, if you go back to original Latin, the response is “et cum spiritu you,” which means “and with your spirit.”

I learned at in my Religion III class (MWF 10:10) at Elon College that one does not question the translation. I once asked Professor Overton why the translation was wrong. (Remember even though Prof Overton was friendly and accessible, religion professors are liturgists on steroids…)

“Because that is the way it has always been Mr. Dayhoff. Do you have any additional impertinent questions to share with the class today?”

“Good. Now please explain to the class why the remainder of the Chronicler’s history – Ezra, Nehemiah – is not paralleled in the Deuteronomic History, which concludes with the Exile.”

Professor Overton emphasized the word “Exile” with a smile. I caught his drift. It was then that I realized that the fear of liturgists that I had learned as a child was real. You could say it was my “Road to Damascus” experience in learning the liturgist mantra, “that’s the way we have always done it,” the hard way.

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Monday, March 24, 2008

Easter years ago was a time for new clothes and Easter Egg Hunts - by Kevin Dayhoff

Easter years ago was a time for new clothes and Easter Egg Hunts

Sunday Carroll Eagle, Sunday, March 23, 2008 by Kevin Dayhoff long version

Sunday Carroll Eagle, Sunday, March 23, 2008 by Kevin Dayhoff

Happy Easter. Yes it’s not quite warm out although warmer weather should be just around the corner. The first day of spring was – thankfully – last Thursday.

And yes, it seems like Christmas was just yesterday. As a matter of fact, Easter will not be this early again for about – oh, another 220 years or so in the year 2285.

The last time Easter was this early was in 1913, but in 1818, Easter arrived on March 22. If you usually associate Easter with April, there is good reason. According to an ecclesiastical mathematician in desperate need of a life, the “cycle of Easter dates repeats after exactly 5,700,000 years, with April 19 being the most common date, happening 220,400 times.”

For those of you following along in your book at home, the story of Easter - the Resurrection of Christ - is told in Matthew 28: 8-20, Mark 16: 9-20, Luke 24:13-49, John 20: 11-21 and Acts 1: 1-11. However the best version is 1 Corinthians 15: 3-9, because it was written by my favorite writer, Paul of Tarsus, only a few years after it all happened in 33 AD.

For those of us who grew up in the church Easter marked the opportunity to wear our “Easter Sunday Best” new clothes.

Another childhood memory is that all the church services and activities during Holy Week and Easter were observed with strict pomp and ceremony as dictated any number of ecclesiastical liturgists in the congregation.

I learned at a very young age that the difference between a terrorist and liturgist is you can negotiate with a terrorist. For those readers who aren’t aware of ways of the church, a liturgist is sort of like a “parliamentarian” in public meeting – only with an edge.

However, if you go back to original Latin, the response is “et cum spiritu you,” which means “and with your spirit.”

“Because that is the way it has always been Mr. Dayhoff. Do you have any additional impertinent questions to share with the class today?”

“Good. Now please explain to the class why the remainder of the Chronicler’s history – Ezra, Nehemiah – is not paralleled in the Deuteronomic History, which concludes with the Exile.”

Professor Overton emphasized the word “Exile.” I caught his drift. It was then that I realized that the fear of liturgists that I had learned as a child was real. You could say it was my “Road to Damascus” experience in learning the liturgist mantra, “that’s the way we have always done it,” the hard way.

Of course, throughout Carroll County’s history, the celebration of Easter has always had an emphasis on the religious aspects of the holiday. However childhood thoughts of Easter in Carroll County are full of memories of community Easter Egg Hunts.

I only vaguely remember Easter Egg Hunts in the Westminster Playground. 60 years ago, the Venture Club of Westminster sponsored the annual event on Easter Sunday. An article in the Democratic Advocate on March 26, 1948 also detailed a planned concert by the Westminster Municipal Band; an invocation by Father William T. McCrory, Assistant Pastor of St. John's Catholic Church and that City Councilman J. Albert Mitten would be Master of Ceremonies.

I was recently asked about Easter parades in Westminster and I have no recollection of any such parades. More research is on order, however, local historian Joe Getty noted in an article he wrote a number of years ago for the Historical Society of Carroll County: “Easter Monday parades were held in Westminster in 1884, 1885, and 1887. After a short lapse, a large parade was held in 1892…”

For the folks who have asked about story behind the historical marker at the old Post Office at the corner of Main Street and Longwell Avenue, that will be the subject of a future column. Meanwhile, there is an Easter connection.

However, according to the Historical Society in 1899 “Carroll County was selected by the U. S. Post Office Department as the first county to receive full Rural Free Delivery. Edwin W. Shriver was the leading proponent of countywide service… He initiated an experimental delivery on Easter Monday 1899 and full service was inaugurated on December 20th.”

In other news, 85 years ago, on March 23, 1923, the Democratic Advocate newspaper ran a story about a controversy over a proposed site for a high school to be built in Sykesville to serve southern Carroll County. The article reported that some folks wanted the school to be in Eldersburg and not in Sykesville.

The Carroll Record carried an article on March 23, 1972 which noted that the Carroll County commissioners had asked the state to accelerate the Route 30 by-pass around Manchester and Hampstead. “Construction funds are presently ear-marked for 1975 and 1976.”

Of course, over 35 years later, the portion of the road around Hampstead is not quite completed. Speaking of the Hampstead by-pass, word is that there is a movement to name it after the late Carroll County Delegate Richard C. Matthews.

Delegate Matthews, from Hampstead, passed away on December 13, 2007 and was the subject of my December 30^th Sunday Eagle column. The popular elected official faithfully served Carroll County in Annapolis from 1967 to 1994 and it is only fitting and appropriate that the road be named after him.

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/10/easter-years-ago-was-time-for-new.html

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Sunday, March 23, 2008

20080316 The Carroll Sunday Eagle: Palm Sunday 1942 was a time of high snow and higher anxiety by Kevin Dayhoff

Last Sunday’s, March 16^th, 2008 Sunday Carroll Eagle column was:

Palm Sunday 1942 was a time of high snow and higher anxiety

03/16/08 by Kevin Dayhoff EAGLE ARCHIVE (806 words)

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Many people have been commenting about how early Easter is this year. In fact, the last time Easter was as early as March 23 was 1913.

(I think they had wooden jelly beans back then.)

But a later Easter doesn't ensure good weather for Holy Week. I wonder how many readers remember the Palm Sunday blizzard of 1942. It was the fifth worse snowstorm in Carroll County history, as folks were greeted by 22 inches of snow on March 29, 1942.

It also included an important "first," as noted in a newspaper article: "Our municipal authorities, for the first time, saw fit to clear the greater portion of Main Street, and some of the important cross streets.

"Whatever the cost, we would say it certainly was an important step. ... The work was done by Thomas, Bennett and Hunter, road contractors, using their large road graders. The removal was rapid and proved to be a most successful method."

That Sunday, just months after America entered World War II, was a time a great anxiety.

One newspaper editorial explained: "1942 will enter in the midst of the (most) destructive war the world has ever known. The picture is a dark one, filled with doubts, uncertainties, a year that will test the mettle of our citizens, our men in service, but there is no doubt that all will stand the test and unite in the defense of our country, our flag and our president."

During that Palm Sunday of 1942, peace on Earth was, unfortunately, not in the minds of all. One fear on the minds of local folks was, "What to do in the event of an air raid?"

At the end of 1941, the "Air Raid Warden for Carroll County," W. Warfield Babylon, published a full newspaper page with detailed instructions as to what to do if the enemy were to launch an air raid on Carroll County.

It was a different time and a different era.

How many of us can remember the "Civil Defense Shelters" scattered through the county? How many had air raid shelters in the basement of their homes?

The air raid instructions began with advice that, alas, could be useful even today:

"Above all, keep cool.

Don't lose your head.

Do not crowd the streets, avoid chaos, prevent disorder and havoc.

You can fool the enemy.

If planes come over, stay where you are.

Don't phone unnecessarily.

The chance you will be hit is small."

Of course, the anxieties of the 1940s have been replaced by the anxieties of 2008, including rapidly increasing prices for essentials, taxes and concerns about the economy.

Yet one challenge Carroll did not have in 1942 was debt. An historical reference to a Jan. 2, 1942 article in The Sun touted that the Board of County Commissioners "paid off $25,000 to make Carroll County debt-free.

"Carroll County was probably the only county in Maryland in 1942 that could claim such a distinction. With a tax rate of 90 cents on $100, Carroll had the lowest tax in the state with the exception of Queen Anne's County. Two-thirds of tax money collected from county residents went to fund schools."

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Today, Palm Sunday is here and many of us can't wait for spring.

Christians celebrate today as "Passion Sunday" -- the day that Jesus entered Jerusalem to a path covered with palm branches. The crowds that greeted him also waved palm branches. (One can read all about it in Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-44; and John 12:12-19.)

Palm Sunday can appear anywhere on the calendar from March 15 to April 18. If you're like me, you wonder why the dates vary from year to year.

It's because Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the "Paschal Full Moon." To make it even more a mystery, the Paschal Full Moon is not an astronomical event, but a date calculated by folks with a huge Excel spreadsheet in 325 AD.

Really.

Of course, I don't bother remembering when Palm Sunday and Easter occur on the calendar -- I just ask my wife. Women have mysterious powers that allow them to know these things.

Hope springs eternal

Heading back to 1942 again, Bob Hope hosted the 14th Academy Awards at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Best picture was, "How Green Was My Valley."

OK, movie buffs, for this week's Sunday Carroll Eagle coffee mug, what was the other famous movie from 1941, often heralded as perhaps the best film ever made -- yet it did not win the Academy Award for best picture? Here's a hint: In the spirit of spring, think of the word, "Rosebud."

Think you know? Send me an e-mail at kdayhoff@carr.org and we'll draw one winner from the magic hat.

Heck, I'll even fill the mug with jelly beans. (Not the wooden kind.)

When he's not dreaming of spring, Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster. E-mail him at kdayhoff AT carr.org.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

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“When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.” Tennessee Williams

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The Sunday Carroll Eagle: October 28, 2007 - On October 28^th, 2007 the publication for which I write, The Westminster Eagle and The Eldersburg Eagle, (which is published by Patuxent Newspapers and owned by Baltimore Sun); took over the Carroll County section of the Baltimore Sun.

“The Sunday Carroll Eagle ” is inserted into the newspaper for distribution in Carroll County. For more information, please contact:

Mr. Jim Joyner, Editor, The Westminster Eagle

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Westminster, MD 21157

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20071028 The Sunday Carroll Eagle introduction

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Also see: Monday, October 22, 2007: 20071021 Baltimore Sun: “To our readers”

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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

20070618 The Citizens of Bethulia Complain about the Lack of Water

ca. 1430 The Citizens of Bethulia Complain about the Lack of Water

What a great piece of art. In consideration to the current challenges in the availability and access to water in Maryland; this art reminds me that the more things change - the more they stay the same.

Azor masters ca. 1430

Art and the Bible

The Citizens of Bethulia Complain about the Lack of Water

illumination (52 × 88 mm) — ca. 1430 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague

Azor masters biography

Art and the Bible:

Bethulia is situated on high hills and easy to defend against attackers, even if they are 180,000 Assyrians in all. The Assyrian warlord Holophernes decides it is probably smarter to not attack but to cut off the town's water supply.

After several days, thirst strikes. The town inhabitants go to Ozias, ruler of the town, and complain about his unwillingness to negotiate with the Assyrians. Ozias decides to wait a further 5 days – if no divine intervention takes place, he will try to make peace with the Assyrians after all.

This work is linked to Judith 7:13

The story of Judith as mediaeval cartoon (historical Bible):