sábado, 24 de abril de 2010

The Jubilee

Cuando yo estuve en Londres, hace mucho, una de las veces, se produjo, el Ju...yo no sé qué era, no me ente...pero ahora, leyendo la Bi..bl..y pensando...
The Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II was the international celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the thrones of seven countries, upon the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952, and was intended by the Queen to be a both a commemoration of her 50 years as monarch and an opportunity for her to officially and personally thank her people for their loyalty.[1][2] Wikipedia. Para mí era un caos, aún más incrementado por la Jubilee Line y...The Jubilee (Hebrew Yovel יובל) year is the year at the end of seven cycles of Sabbatical years (Hebrew Shmita), and according to Biblical regulations had a special impact on the ownership and management of land in the territory of the kingdoms of Israel and of Judah; there is some debate whether it was the 49th year (the last year of seven sabbatical cycles, referred to as the Sabbath's Sabbath), or whether it was the following 50th year. The English term Jubilee derives from the Hebrew term yobel (via Latin:Jubilaeus), which in turn derives from yobhel, meaning ram;[1] the Jubilee year was announced by a blast on an instrument made from a ram's horn, during that year's Yom Kippur.[2] The biblical rules concerning Sabbatical years (shmita) are still observed by many religious Jews in the State of Israel, but the regulations for the Jubilee year have not been observed for many centuries.

En el jubileo, de dónde provendrá nuestra palabra, no sólo se dejaba la tierra un año sin labrar como cada 7, sino que además se liberaba a los esclavos y se devolvían las tierras y no se...enfín, descan...

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