[Avodah] Not Making Kiddush Between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Richard Wolpoe rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com
Wed Mar 19 22:03:25 PDT 2008


On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 3:27 PM, saul mashbaum <smash52 at netvision.net.il>
wrote:

>
>
> There is an interesting remez in Keil Adon to the "classical" 5 planets.
>
> After mentioning the sun and the moon, the paytan writes
>
> Shevach Notim-lo Kol Tzva Marom
>
> Sh = Shabtai (Saturn)
>
> N = Noga (Venus)
>
> K = Kochav (Mercury)
>
> Tz = Tzedek (Jupiter)
>
> M = Maadim (Mars)
>
> Conflating "notim" and "lo" is apparently poetic licence.
>
> Given the context of the piyyut (yotzer ha-meorot), its theme, and the
> mention of the sun and moon, it seems to me almost certain that the above is
> the conscious intention of the paytan.
>
> I saw this in Otzar HaT'filot, ayen sham.
>
> Saul Mashbaum
>
>
>
NB: The Old Brinbaum Siddur notes this!

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