A história da expressão hebraica 'Yishar Koach"/ " Yasher Koach"

http://people.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Shokel/950615_Yasher_Koah.html

 Neste mostra-se também o que deve ser dito em resposta (Baruch Tihiye):
 https://coffeeshoprabbi.com/2013/04/25/whats-yasher-koach/

http://www.balashon.com/2006/02/yishar-koach.html

http://www.jewish-languages.org/jewish-english-lexicon/words/610

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/speaking-of-favorite-hebrew-expressions.html

Muitas vidas estão sendo ceifadas por pelo uso de celulares atravessando ruas. Evite uma tragédia.

CELULARES ESTÃO MATANDO PESSOAS!Divulgue este vídeo e salve vidas. As imagens são reais.
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שיר עד - מָה אֲבָרֵךְ - רחל שפירא | יאיר רוזנבלום | בביצוע הדסה סיגלוב / .Shabbat Songs: Ma Avarekh (letra transliterada com tradução inglesa)

Transliterated lyrics and English translation thanks to
http://hebrewsongs.com/?song=mahavarech

MAH AVARECH  MA AVARECH  "Ma avarech lo bame yevorach Ze hayeled sha'al hamal'ach Ma avarech lo bame yevorach Ze hayeled sha'al hamal'ach Uverach lo chiyuch shekamohu ka'or Uverach lo enayim gdolot vero'ot Litpos ban kol perach vechai vetzipor Velev lehargish bo et kol hamar'ot Ma avarech lo bame yevorach Ze ha'elem sha'al hamal'ach Ma avarech lo bame yevorach Ze ha'elem sha'al hamal'ach Uverach lo raglayim lirkod ad ein sof Venefesh lizkor ba et kol halchanim Veyad ha'osefet tzdafim aley chof Ve'ozen kshuval ligdolim uktanim Ma avarech lo bame yevorach Ze hagever sha'al hamal'ach Ma avarech lo bame yevorach Ze hagever sha'al hamal'ach Uverach ki yadav halmudot bifrachim Yitzlechu gam lilmod et otzmat haplada Veraglav harokdot et masa hadrachim Usfatav hasharot et miktzav hapkuda Ma avarech lo bame yevorach Ze hayeled ha'elem harach Ma avarech lo bame yevorach Ze hayeled ha'elem harach Natati lo kol she'efshar li latet Shir vechiyuch veraglayim lirkod Veyad me'udenet velev meratet Uma avarech lecha od Hana'ar haze achshav hu mal'ach Lo od yevarchuhu lo os yevurach Elohim Elohim Elohim Lu ach berachta lo chayim"		HOW SHALL I BLESS HIM  "WHAT BLESSINGS CAN I GIVE  What blessings can I give this child, what can he be blessed with? Asked the angel What blessings can I give this child, what can he be blessed with? Asked the angel And he blessed him with a smile, bright as light And he blessed him with big observing eyes With them to catch every flower, every living creature or bird And with a heart to feel what he sees. What blessings can I give this adolesence , what can he be blessed with? Asked the angel What blessings can I give this adolesence, what can he be blessed with? Asked the angel And he blessed him with legs to dance for ever And a soul to remeber all tunes And a hand to collect shells on the beach And a ear attentive to old and young What blessings can I give this man , what can he be blessed with? Asked the angel What blessings can I give this man, what can he be blessed with? Asked the angel And he blessed that his hands which are used to flowers Will succed in learning the might of the steel And his legs to dance the roads journey And lips to sing the command pace What blessings can I give him , what can he be blessed with? This child this young adult What blessings can I give him, what can he be blessed with? This child this young adult I gave him all I could give A song a smile and legs to dance And a delicate hand and a trembling heart What else can I bless you with? This boy is now an angel No one will bless him, he will never be blessed God God God If only you blessed him with life."

Shabbat HaMalka (Shabbat the queen) - com letra transliterada e tradução inglesa.

Lista completa de vídeos:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRreNQlHxp1UZ0Bzw5H4h7wTZflm2Wgko

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/shabbat_hamalka.html

Lyrics and translation thanks to http://www.zemirotdatabase.org/view_song.php?id=111 HaChama Mairosh HaElanot Nistalka,  Bo'ooh Vinetzeh  Likrat Shabbat Hamalka.  Hineh He Yaredet, Hakdoshah Haberuchah, ViEmah Malachim, tzvah shalom Oominucha.  Boee Boee Hamalka, Boee Boee Hakalah  Shalom Aleichem, malachei Hashalom!  Kibalnu pnei shabbat birnanah utfilah  Habaytah nashuvah blev maleh gilah  Shom aruch hashulchan, hanerot yairu,  Kol pinot habayit yizrachu, yazhiru.  Shabbat shalom uvracha, shabbat sholom umnucha.  Boachem leshalom, malachei hashalom!	החמה מראש האילנות נסתלקה באו ונצא לקראת שבת המלכה  הנה היא יורדת הקדושה הברוכה  ועמה מלאכים צבא שלום ומנוחה  באי באי המלכה  באי באי הכלה  שלום אליכם, מלאכי השלום!  קיבלנו פני שבת ברננה ותפילה  הביתה נשובה, בלב מלא גילה  שם ערוך השולחן, הנרות יאירו  כל-פינות הבית יזרחו, יזהירו  שבת שלום וברכה  שבת שלום ומנוחה  בואכם לשלום, מלאכי השלום!
Translation: The sun on the tree-tops​ no longer is seen,  Come,​ gather to welcome the Sabbath, our Queen.  Behol​d her descendin​g, the holy, the blest.  With angels-a cohort of peace and of rest.  Draw nigh, O Queen, and here abide  Draw nigh, draw nigh, O Sabbath bride.  Peace​ also to you, Ye angels of peace!  We've​ welcomed the Sabbath with song and with prayer;  And home we return, our heart's gladness to share.  The table is set and the candles are lit,  The tiniest corner for Sabbath made fit.  O day of blessing,​ day of rest!  Sweet​ day of peace be ever blest!  Bring​ ye also peace, Ye angels of peace!  Trans​lation by A. Irma Cohon in Song and Praise for the Sabbath Eve, arranged by Israel Goldfarb and Israel Levinthal​, copyright​ 1920, now in the public domain.
Information: By Chaim Nahman Bialik.  Music can be found on page 86 of Goldfarb/Levinthal and in "Songs of Poems by Chiam Nakhman Bialik."

Um excelente vídeo introdutório sobre a dramática saga dos curdos Feyli.

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O perigo dos produtos químicos usados nas cores artificiais no festival Holi e dicas para celebrá-lo com segurança.

Celebrado após a lua cheia do mês hindu de phalgun (caindo aproximadamente entre fevereiro e março), dependendo da lua e do calendário lunar, ele celebra a colheita e a vitória do bem sobre o mal.

Neste site há a descrição, em inglês, de várias lendas sobre a origem do Holi:
http://www.hindu-blog.com/2007/02/why-do-we-celebrate-holi.html

Este lindo festival hindu era antigamente celebrado com cores feitas com produtos naturais, com o advento dos produtos químicos, a prática acabou se tornando perigosa para a saúde de humanos e não-humanos! Somente produtos naturais devem ser usados para se conseguir o colorido procurado.

http://www.hindu-blog.com/2007/02/dangers-of-chemical-colours-during-holi.html

"Holi Safety Tips"

Dicas para que o Holi seja praticado com segurança (pelo uso de produtos naturais e outros procedimentos):
http://www.holifestival.org/holi-safety-tips.html

Um clássico da música iídiche: "Papirosn" / купите папиросы (letra em iídiche, em russo e com a tradução inglesa)

Descrição do tema da canção e letras em iídiche e russo dadas por Michel Van Der Burg:

'Story – The song “Papirosn” (in English “Cigarettes”) is about a little boy all alone trying to survive: Wet, hungry, standing in the rain on a cold, foggy, night, a little boy is standing on the corner of a street begging: Please, buy my cigarettes, buy my matches! Help an orphan, save me from hunger! With no father or mother, and after a year roaming the streets together with his little sister, she also died, and he is now all alone, trying to survive." 
 In 
http://michelvanderburg.com/2012/09/21/papirosn/
Obs.: Michel Van Der Burg dá também o histórico completo da canção.

Lyrics Yiddish and Russian 

"Papirosn" –
1st part sung in Yiddish

(2nd part
sung in Russian below)

"A kalte
nakht a nebldike finster umetum,

shteyt a
yingele fartroyert un kukt zikh arum.

Fun regn
shitst im nor a vant,

a koshikl
halt er in hant,

un zayne
oygn betn yedn shtum.

Ikh hob
shoyn nit keyn koyekh mer

arumtsugeyn
in gaz, hungerig un

opgerizn
fun dem regn naz.

Ikh shlep
arum zikh fun baginen,

keyner git
nisht tsu fardinen,

ale lakhn,
makhn fun mir shpaz.

Kupitye
koyft she, koyft she papirosn,

trukene fun
regn nisht fargozn.

Koyft she
bilik benemones,

koyft un
hot oyf mir rakhmones,

ratevet fun
hunger mikh atsind..

Kupitye
koyft she shvebelakh antikn,

dermit verd ir a yosiml derkvikn.

Umzizt mayn
shrayen un mayn loyfn,

keyner vil
bay mir nit koyfn,

oysgeyn vel
ikh muzn vi a hunt.

The Jewish
song Papirosn (Russian text)

Еврейская песня Папиросы (Русский текст)

Холодный вечер окна зажигает в темноте,

На углу продрогший мальчик смотрит на
людей.

Ветер спутал его
косы,

дождик мочит папиросы

И стекает с
худеньких плечей.

Проходят под зонтами дамы в шляпах и манто,

И гуляют с
ними детки в
новеньких пальто.

Пальцы стали непослушны,

А он смотрит людям в душу

И дрожит как
на ветру листок

Refrain: / Припев:

Купите же, купите папиросы,

Отличные сухие папиросы.

Купите за бесценок вам

Я папиросы все
отдам,

От голода спасите вы меня.

Купите же вы
спички, о купите,

Несчастному сиротке помогите.

Напрасно силы трачу я,

Никто не купит у меня,

И с голоду я должен умереть."

For complete yiddish and english lyrics see :

http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hend/songs/Papirosn.htm


Tradução inglesa 
http://www.hebrewsongs.com/?song=papirosn

Não só pelo aspecto musical em si mas também pela pungente temática social, esta canção é realmente muito especial...evidentemente que isto não quer dizer que eu apoie o fumo, risos.