tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post1142291106112419282..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: An astonishing messianic proofjoshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-80085869519040545882009-08-31T07:28:25.882-04:002009-08-31T07:28:25.882-04:00iirc, from yerach shevan (8th month) cognate of ve...iirc, from yerach shevan (8th month) cognate of verach shevan, to (swapping v and m, and sometimes happens phonologically, merach shevan, to revocalizing it as mar cheshvan, to chopping off the mar.<br /><br />and :)<br /><br />kt,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-33016976546271171172009-08-30T22:22:37.436-04:002009-08-30T22:22:37.436-04:00merach sheshvan? What's THAT?
By the way, mos...merach sheshvan? What's THAT?<br /><br />By the way, moshiach is DEFINITELY coming in 5769, 5770, 5771, 5772, 5773. That should have me covered for another five years.<br /><br />If he (hopefully) does come, I'll always point to this comment to say 'I told you so'.Yosef Greenberghttp://yachdus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-62334995537729160342009-08-30T19:35:52.770-04:002009-08-30T19:35:52.770-04:00:)
what some people insist on calling Merach sheva...:)<br />what some people insist on calling Merach shevan, or marcheshvan, but which the author signed as cheshvan, and what has now become the popular name through common usage.<br /><br />much as it was acceptable in certain dialects to refer to Shabba as the absolute form of the construct Shabbat, via back formation.<br /><br />kt,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-43703756774842675092009-08-30T17:47:39.946-04:002009-08-30T17:47:39.946-04:00And this was written in Cheshvan, 5769.
"Che...<i>And this was written in Cheshvan, 5769.</i><br /><br />"Cheshvan"? What's that?frumheretichttp://frumheretic.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com