Monday, October 21, 2019

purim torah in jest - PTIJ: Ruach?



Who knows Ruach?


רוח - מי יודע?‏


The traditional and therefore ubiquitous Jewish camp! chant@



Call: We've got Ruach, yes we do! We've got Ruach, how 'bout you?
Response: We've got Ruach, yes we do! We've got Ruach, how 'bout you?
Repeated ad raucedinem




implies an obvious presupposition that there is a Jewish significance to be found in the identification of people or groups thereof who have attained the quality of "got Ruach." This quality presumably refers to a deep understanding of the concept of Ruach, as the chant directly echoes the question expressed in less "hip"# language in Ecclesiastes 3:21:



?מִי יוֹדֵעַ רוּחַ


Who knoweth Ruach?



Thus, we come to the following avenues for investigation:




  • What is this "Ruach" so emphatically to which this chant refers?





  • What is the significance of those who have "got Ruach," as sought in Ecclesiastes and in this traditional chant?




  • Who, indeed, has got Ruach? How 'bout# you?






!) And also, to the surprised observations in recent years of this observer, school

@) Trigger warning: Noisy children
#) This observer apologizes to the reader for this indulgence in contemporary colloquialism, excusing it in the spirit of the impending holiday and the subject matter at hand.







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