[Avodah] Sign of Strength

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 04:24:37PM -0400, cantorwolberg at cox.net wrote:
: Only then will Jerusalem will be what its name means ??? Yeru, Aramaic
: for city, of Shalom, Peace, and also, (since Shalom is one of God's Names)
: [city of] God.

It's a stretch, IMHO, to associate "Yeru" with "Ur" (as in: Ur Kasdim).

Two years ago <http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2006/05/yom-yerushalayim.shtml>
I suggested the name of the city was a portmanteau of Avraham's words,
asher yei'amer hayom "behar Hashem YEIRA'EH" with Malkizedeq melekh
SHALEIM's message of shalom and sheleimus.

> [Parapharsing an idea from RDL:] ... shalom is a time when all the
> nations "will come together in a single union to do Your will with
> a leivav > shaleim, a whole heart." Sheleimus within each heart being
> expressed as sheleimus within humanity as a whole.

> According to R' Aryeh Kaplan, King David unified these two places into
> one city. ("Jerusalem, the Eye of the Universe", pg. 46) But whether
> unified by him or earlier, the Psalmist does describe it as "ke'ir
> shechubrah lo yachdav", taken literally: "a city which is connected for
> Him together." (122:3) The City of David is a place of unity, where Yeru
> and Shaleim connect.

> The call to remind Edom doesn't end with a cry for Divine Justice.
> Although it is that (just look at the next verses!). But it may also be
> seen as a call for them to remember the eventual Yom Yerushalaim, a day in
> which they join the union to serve G-d wholeheartedly. A day when we not
> only hold sovereignty over Jerusalem, not only rebuild the Beis haMiqdash,
> but one in which it serves as a centerpiece, a place where one experiences
> Hashem's over-awing presence, and is moved to work together to serve Him.

> "For from Tzion shall the Torah come, and the Word of Hashem from
> Yerushalaim."
> Bimheira beyameinu, amein!

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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