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  • From: Bearpecs AT aol.com
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Amalekites again!
  • Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:19:17 EDT


In a message dated 7/12/2004 6:14:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
peterkirk AT qaya.org writes:

I expect that the meaning is in fact in this context more
like terminating their family line, with "memory" as a metonymy for
"posterity".


There is an interesting analogue in some Jewish communities where a person's
oldest son is referred to as his or her "qaddish", i.e. the one who will
recite the qaddish memorial prayer after his or her death.





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