- Jewish haiku
Jewish haiku are poetic parodies combining the style and conventions of ancient Japanese
haiku with traditionalJew ishnoodging . Widely circulated in e-mails and quoted on web pagesFact|date=February 2007, often without attribution, many of these poems were first published in "Haikus for Jews: For You a Little Wisdom" (Harmony Books, 1999) byDavid M. Bader .In May, 2008, the blogger at "The Torah In Haiku" began creating original Jewish haiku related to the Torah portion of the week and Jewish holidaysFact|date=August 2008.
Although they are called haiku and consist of three lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables respectively, these short poems have more in common with
senryū than with traditional Japanese haiku.The following are examples of humorous [While most Jewish haiku are humorous, the first part of the Shema, one of Judaism's most important prayers, also follows the syllable pattern and the
scansion of the haiku:"She-ma Yis-ra-el", "A-do-nai E-lo-hei-nu", "A-do-nai E-chad".
] Jewish haiku:The sparkling blue sea beckons me to wait one hour after my sandwich.
No fins, no flippers, the gefilte fish swims with some difficulty.
In the ice sculpture reflected bar mitzvah guests nosh on chopped liver. ["Haikus for Jews: For You a Little Wisdom" (Harmony Books, 1999) by David M. Bader, quoted with permission.]
TAZRIA Leprosy and stuff Favorite of Bar Mitzvah boys And Bat Mitzvah girls
PESACH During the seder We find out why this night is Diff’rent from the rest. [ The Torah In Haiku blog ]
Notes
External links
* [http://www.haikusforjews.com Haikus for Jews]
* [http://www.thetorahinhaiku.com The Torah In Haiku]
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