changed Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 Does anyone know the Jewish symbolism behind the "Live long and prosper" hand gesture? For some reason I cannot post links here anymore? But it is worth it to google "The Jewish story behind Spock" if you don't know. It's almost Purim - Shalom to all of the Jewish people out there!
rodheadlee Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 Use a different browser, my IE won't post links. I use Google Chrome when I want to cut and paste.
Stargazer Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Generally, I like using both IE and Firefox (but I dislike Chrome intensely), but IE won't let me reply effectively. When I click "Quote" it still doesn't bring the post in, and I have the same problem with links. So, for this forum I use FF exclusively. Chrome is a nice browser in some ways, rodheadlee, but I find it misbehaves far more than either IE or FF. You'd think that Gmail would work really well on Chrome, but I find it works worse than on IE. FF for Gmail is horrible for although my FF settings are correct, it doesn't seem to be able to detect that cookies are ON. But I think that's Gmail's fault.
Robert F. Smith Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 The triadic hand-gesture of Nimoy-Spock is taken from the double hand gesture made by the Jewish High Priest (Cohen) on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) each year, in which he stands before the synagogue congregation, lifts both hands over them, and gives the blessing from Numbers 6:24-2624 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:25 The Lord make his face shine upon thee,and be gracious unto thee:26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee,and give thee peace. More anciently, the HP did this at the Temple in Jerusalem, and at any other temple or tabernacle of the Jews.
The Nehor Posted March 3, 2015 Posted March 3, 2015 The triadic hand-gesture of Nimoy-Spock is taken from the double hand gesture made by the Jewish High Priest (Cohen) on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) each year, in which he stands before the synagogue congregation, lifts both hands over them, and gives the blessing from Numbers 6:24-2624 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:25 The Lord make his face shine upon thee,and be gracious unto thee:26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee,and give thee peace. More anciently, the HP did this at the Temple in Jerusalem, and at any other temple or tabernacle of the Jews.Sweet, in an old civilization game they hired Leonard Nimoy as a voice actor to read that scripture as part of the game. I wonder if it wa meant as an inside joke. 2
Robert F. Smith Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 (edited) Sweet, in an old civilization game they hired Leonard Nimoy as a voice actor to read that scripture as part of the game. I wonder if it wa meant as an inside joke.Probably.Another thing: It used to be regular practice to display such a hand-gesture on Jewish tombstones where the deceased was a priest. I have photos my bro-in-law took of some graves in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Edited March 8, 2015 by Robert F. Smith
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