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In the Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world, Pharaoh dreams about wheat, cattle and the future of Ancient Egypt:
This imagery of different heads of grain growing together lends itself to the Hebrew expression used today to mean different ideas cooperating - לַעֲלוֹת בְּקָנֶה אֶחָד (literally, to rise in one stalk). Far more commonly, however, speakers will use the opposite expression:
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לֹא עוֹלֶה בְּקָנֶה אֶחָד
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וְהִנֵּה שֶׁבַע שִׁבֳּלִים עֹלֹת בְּקָנֶה אֶחָד, בְּרִיאוֹת וְטוֹבוֹת...
(בראשית מ"א:כ"ב)
(בראשית מ"א:כ"ב)
And behold, seven heads of grain growing (literally, rising) on a single stalk - (they were) healthy and good... (Genesis 41:22)
This imagery of different heads of grain growing together lends itself to the Hebrew expression used today to mean different ideas cooperating - לַעֲלוֹת בְּקָנֶה אֶחָד (literally, to rise in one stalk). Far more commonly, however, speakers will use the opposite expression:
הַדֵּעוֹת שֶׁל הַשְּׂמֹאל וְהַיָּמִין לֹא עוֹלוֹת בְּקָנֶה אֶחָד.
The opinions of the left and the right don't go together.
שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים לְכֻלָּם!
Shabbat Shalom, and a pleasant weekend to all!
חַג חֲנֻכָּה שָׂמֵחַ!
Happy Hanukkah holiday!
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