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lethargic_manTomorrow is Tu BeAv, on which the Talmud tells us (תענית ד.ח):![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
aviva_m has somehow managed it without my quite realising that on Tu BeAv this year, we'll be in Verona, visiting the balcony from which Juliet is supposed to have made her "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" speech. Nice one! In vain do I protest that Juliet was a fictional character; she never existed, and the earliest version of the story is set in Siena, not in Verona. But the humbug in me will back graciously down this time, I think.
All of which is by way of saying I'm going to be away for the next week and a bit, and won't be following LJ (or my email).
Toodle-pip!
The daughters of Jerusalem would go out and dance in the vineyards located on the outskirts of the city. Everyone who didn't have a wife would go there. And what would they say? "Young man, lift up your eyes and choose wisely. Don't look only at physical beauty—look rather at the family—'For charm is false, and beauty is vanity. A G-d-fearing woman is the one to be praised...'" [Proverbs 31:30]In modern times, it's become a kind of Jewish Valentine's Day, and
aviva_m has somehow managed it without my quite realising that on Tu BeAv this year, we'll be in Verona, visiting the balcony from which Juliet is supposed to have made her "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" speech. Nice one! In vain do I protest that Juliet was a fictional character; she never existed, and the earliest version of the story is set in Siena, not in Verona. But the humbug in me will back graciously down this time, I think.All of which is by way of saying I'm going to be away for the next week and a bit, and won't be following LJ (or my email).
Toodle-pip!
