The Words to "Ben Bag Bag"???

amother

Sun, Dec 23 2007, 7:23 pm

Anyone know them pleeeease. TIA.

amother

Sun, Dec 23 2007, 7:24 pm

is this because you read Mordechai Schmutter's article in Hamodia? Rolling Laughter

bashinda

Sun, Dec 23 2007, 7:36 pm

It's in Pirkei Avos. So get your siddur out Smile

amother

Sun, Dec 23 2007, 7:50 pm

Thank you Bashinda! I found it. I'll post it in case anyone else ever looks for it:

"Ben Bag Bag Omer; Hafoch bah, v'hafoch bah, d'kula vah. U'vah Techezay, V'siyv U'vlay Vah, U'minah Lu Sazuah, She'ayn lecha midda tovah Haymena."

Perek heh; chaf vav.

My ds is learning the song at school and asked for help, ty again bashinda Very Happy

amother

Sun, Dec 23 2007, 8:00 pm

Back with another challenging question - what do the words mean? Anyone? I don't understand half of it.

bashinda

Sun, Dec 23 2007, 8:12 pm

Ben bag bag said learn it learn it (literally I think it's more like turn it over) for everything is in it, look deeply in it; grow old and grey over it. and do not stir from it, for this is nothing more edifying for you than it.

Translation taken from Tehillas Hashem siddur and in there it's part of mishnah 21.

Oh and I guess it's obivous but "it" is the Torah.