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Re: Saprutum website update

From:Isaac A. Penzev <isaacp@...>
Date:Thursday, March 6, 2003, 10:31
Katav Wesley Parish:

> "mystery behind seven seals"? Wait till you meet up with the "mystery
behind
> seven sea-lions"! Or worse still, the "mystery behind seven walruses"!!!
;)
> (IMVHO, the various interpretations of a certain part of the Christian
Bible,
> namely the Apocalypse/Revelations, would be etc.
Hehe. The expression "a mystery behind seven seals" is a plain Russian proverb, used in many secular contexts, meaning just "a deep mystery". I would have never connected this phrase to the Chr. Bible unless you have pointed that to me!!! True, the Russian language is full of such phrases, usually slightly archaic in their style being quoted from the Old Church Slavonic Bible... And, Wesley, please don't offend / hurt the feeling of those people in the List who are devoted Christians. I know there are some. [The same concerns the devoted ones of any religion: Jews, Moslems, Tribal Dancers, Wiggaboompalars whatsoever...] Yitzik, a devoted one of Hashem, G-d of Israel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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