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  • From: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] "Desire of Women" in Heb. Text of Dan. 11:37
  • Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:12:23 +0200

"Xemdat Yamim" does not appear in the Tanakh. You got the expression from
the Shabbat hymn "Hashomer Shabbat...". I have no idea who wrote that or
when.

Yigal Levin

----- Original Message ----- From: "Shoshanna Walker" <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
To: "B-Hebrew List" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 6:04 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] "Desire of Women" in Heb. Text of Dan. 11:37


I don't say that the Desire of Women is Israel, I said that the Most
Desirable of Women, is Israel - I was only quoting Rashi.

Similarly, what is "Chemdat Yamim?", a well known phrase (I don't
know the source) - is it something that 'days' desire - the Desire of
Days - or is it The Most Desirable of Days? Which makes more sense?

Shoshanna




Lawrence M. Wills, in the Jewish Study Bible annotation to this
passage, concurs that this is a reference to the Mesopotamian god Tammuz
(Ezek. 8:14). I'm not sure where Shoshanna gets the idea that the Desire of
Women is Israel. I have checked Talmud (Bavli) and other rabbinic sources
and I don't see anything like this.
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