tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post1973389838997868940..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: Y'All Ready For This?Chanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-49713855549583347972009-06-05T19:42:39.382-04:002009-06-05T19:42:39.382-04:00Another thought- there's Beautiful by the Chri...Another thought- there's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCz_QDUm5iU" rel="nofollow">Beautiful</a> by the Christian band creed which is an amazing depiction of "sheker ha'chein v'hevel ha'yofi."Chanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-9615095570681982232009-06-02T21:19:19.640-04:002009-06-02T21:19:19.640-04:00can't forget the Byrds "Turn, Turn, Turn&...can't forget the Byrds "Turn, Turn, Turn" = KohelesAnon 3:43 againnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-78978722962386658632009-06-02T13:46:09.105-04:002009-06-02T13:46:09.105-04:00"The Gift" is good, however Foo Fighters really ca..."The Gift" is good, however Foo Fighters really captured Rav Dessler's original idea of his Kuntres HaChessed regarding how giving leads to love<br /><br />From the song "Times Like These":<br /><br />it's times like these you learn to live again<br />it's times like these you give and give again<br />it's times like these you learn to love again<br />it's times like these time and time again<br /><br />See...you give first then you love.Neil Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12797772082427806345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-14813793455064452612009-06-01T21:25:51.889-04:002009-06-01T21:25:51.889-04:00Urchin (and Taran) definitely has (have) the matur...Urchin (and Taran) definitely has (have) the maturity of an adult--but for the coupon's sake, he's (they're) still a youthThe Cousinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-34875179575338098452009-06-01T18:04:13.627-04:002009-06-01T18:04:13.627-04:00By the way, while on the theme of Jewish-themed so...By the way, while on the theme of Jewish-themed songs, <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-iMdvpmKxg&feature=related" REL="nofollow">The Gift</A> by Blue is a <I>perfect</I> example of a song with extremely Jewish themes.<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-gift-lyrics-blue.html" REL="nofollow">Here are the lyrics.</A> It's basically R' Dessler's philosophy in a pop song.<br /><br />From there:<br /><br />And the gift is what you get by givin' more than you receive.<br />And you're learnin' fast that maybe this is how you'll be happy.<br />'Cause in takin' everything you lost, the air you need to breathe.<br />But in givin' it away, you found the precious thing you seek.<br /><br />And it's better by far to do what you do now.<br />And leave the rest to love.<br />Just be strong in who you are.<br />Once you start on that road.<br />You're safe in the knowledge.<br />That anyway you go.<br />Will lead you home lead you homeChanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-35054474051032115172009-06-01T16:33:40.867-04:002009-06-01T16:33:40.867-04:00Anon 3:43,
Have to tell you I don't know much She...Anon 3:43,<br /><br />Have to tell you I don't know much Sheryl Crow (the only other thing I can think of by her is "The First Cut Is The Deepest" which was originally Cat Stevens) so I went off to listen to the song...and to find the lyrics.<br /><br />If it makes you happy<br />It can't be that bad<br />If it makes you happy<br />Then why the hell are you so sad<br /><br />Interesting. I wouldn't consider it a song that is specifically about teshuva in the same way "Dead and Gone" is. I think she's questioning how it can be that something that supposedly makes you happy can simultaneously make you miserable, but I don't think that necessarily points to whatever it is that a person has done being a bad thing.<br /><br />For instance, let's say you want to divorce your husband but you also love your little son. So it may make you happy to get out of a marriage that's not working (divorcing one's husband) but it makes you miserable/ sad to cause your little boy to grow up as a child of divorced parents. The same action (the divorce) is causing you to be both happy and sad, but that's not a situation where one ought to be doing teshuva; it's just a situation where through one action one causes differing ripple effects.Chanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-67013130243284097922009-06-01T15:43:18.756-04:002009-06-01T15:43:18.756-04:00do you think Sheryl Crow's If It Makes You Happy i...do you think Sheryl Crow's If It Makes You Happy is about a dilemma of whether doing something that makes you happy ("...it can't be that bad") is really the right thing to do ("...then why the h are you so sad"), in other words, a quest which may lead you to teshuva?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com