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K’zohar Ha-Ivrit

Zahav – Gold

By Dr. Rachel Zohar Dulin
It is interesting to see the technol- very year, six weeks after Pe- ding anniversary. Zahav ta-hor means Guiding investors and their
ogy used in each of the videos. The sach and one week before pure gold, while zahav sha-chor, black
performers have recorded their songs EShavuot, the Israeli world cel- gold, refers to oil, and mikh-reh zahav families for over 20 years.
separately, and then had them com- ebrates Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem means a gold mine, literally and figu-
bined to create a finished product. It’s Day, to commemorate the unification of ratively. Ally Zemelman, CRPC ®
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the Jewish Congregation of Venice. A wrote the famous golden.
retired educator from Rochester, New Dr. Rachel Dulin song Yerushalay- And so, it is no wonder that za-
York, she has sung in choral groups im shel Zahav, “Jerusalem of Gold,” hav, the shining, glittering, strong
for over 25 years and also sings in which became one of the most pop- and non-tarnishing metal, has become
The Venice Chorale. Her interest in ular songs in Israel and is sung with a symbol of strength, endurance and
the preservation of Jewish music of pride throughout the Jewish world. beauty. And, as such, zahav is an ap-
all kinds has led to this series of ar- Some even suggested that it should propriate word to be associated with

ticles on Jewish Folk Music in the replace Ha-tiq-vah to become the Is- the Holy City of Yerushalayim for be-
Diaspora. raeli national anthem. In honor of Yom ing a beacon of light and a source of
Yerushalayim, and the song associated strength for the Jewish people through-
with it, let us direct our attention to the out history.
word zahav, namely gold. It is therefore no wonder that Nao-
The noun zahav is mentioned
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tioned 17 times in the Text in reference
so many centuries past: lo esh-ka-
to coins and measures of weight made chekh Yerushalayim, I will not forget
out of this precious metal. you Yerushalayim. (Ps. 137:5) And
It is not surprising then, that za- then she added her own words, laud-
hav is at the center of many Hebrew ing Yerushalayim as asher kulah za-
expressions. Here are a few examples. hav, a city fully immersed in gold.
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The term yedey zahav, namely hands On May 9 of this year we will celebrate
of gold, is used to describe a person Yom Yerushalayim, hopefully singing HELP...
who knows how to fix or build things together: Yrushalayim shel Zahav. En-
artistically and functionally. Lev za- joy the day.
is a
hav, a heart of gold, describes a com- Dr. Rachel Zohar Dulin is a professor i s a
passionate and generous person. Tor of biblical literature at Spertus Col-
phone
ha-zahav, namely the golden era, re- lege in Chicago, and a retired adjunct
fers to a peaceful and flourishing time professor of Hebrew and Bible at New phone
2021-22 SEASON in history. Ha-tu-nat zahav, a golden College in Sarasota. call
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