A 16th Century Blessing for Our Times
By Roberta Rosenberg on Feb 12, 2009 in Good Works
Sometimes you just don’t want to edit something down to Twitter-size portions:
Here’s a blessing written by a Jewish scholar from 16th-century Prague, David Gans. Jews bless (offer praise) to G-d for lots of things you’d find surprising which I won’t detail here. But this one hold a special place in my comm-obsessed soul:
“Blessed be He… Who has magnified His grace with a great invention, one that is useful for all inhabitants of the world, there is none beside it, and nothing can equal it among all wisdoms and inventions since God created man on the earth: The Printing Press.”
Today, I’d add “the internet.”
Can I get an amen? I thought I could.
TC/The Copywriter Underground | Feb 12, 2009 | Reply
Tommy loves the printing press.
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Roberta Rosenberg | Feb 12, 2009 | Reply
Like you, Tom, I still have a great affection for ink and paper … though having said that, I’m thinking a Kindle is going to be in my family’s future.