Wandering jew

Posted: Mon, Aug 20 2007, 1:01 pm Post subject: wandering jew

ever wonder why a wandering jew is called that ... my mother used to call me the wandering jew because I would wander from different houses for shabbos ... at least she didn't call me a weeping willow ... or perhaps she would have thought me like a depressed tree instead of a wild carefree plant ...

Diamond Member Joined: Oct 24 2005 Posts: 4689

I assumed it was because it's hardy, underappreciated, thrives anywhere, makes its surroundings a more beautiful place, and takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'.

Silver Member Joined: May 05 2006 Posts: 980

The Wandering Jew, according to Christian folklore, was a Jew who taunted Yoshke on the way to the crucifixion. As a punishment, he was condemned to wander the earth until the Second Coming.

Walter Miller's book "A Canticle for Leibowitz," (an interesting read) is a story set out over a period of several hundred years, that has the Wandering Jew as a minor character.

Tammy

Posted: Mon, Aug 20 2007, 3:34 pm Post subject:

it's also the name of a plant ...
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Platinum Member Joined: Feb 07 2006 Posts: 5726

a wondering jew , could be -when we left mizriam
we wondered in the dessert for 40 years .
dont know much about weeping willows .\\
do they grow in Israel?

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Jews as a people have been wandering ever since the destruction of the Second Temple. We've never fond a true resting place or home in any country that wasn't ours, because we could be--and have been--kicked out of most of them at one point or another. Christians claim it's proof of the divinity of that man, as Tammy said.

Platinum Member Joined: May 06 2007 Posts: 8546

I got my mother one last year. It's gorgeous and extremely hardy - can grow very eaaily. All purple and green...I don't know why, wikipedia it.
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Platinum Member Joined: May 06 2007 Posts: 8546

Oy, I just googled it. - some scary stuff! And so few re. the plant!

Diamond Member Joined: Oct 24 2005 Posts: 4689

well, if anyone has a healthy wandering jew plant and can spare a few cuttings, I'll gladly take 'em. had a perfectly gorgeous one in a windowbox many years ago--the key to success was diligently pinching out the growing tips so it grew bushy, not leggy. Not sure what happened to it but I don't have it any more!

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My mom is on Long Island and I'm sure she would give away a lot...

Posted: Mon, Aug 20 2007, 8:03 pm Post subject:

http://www.plantoasis.com/plants/1021_1040/1040_wandering_jew.htm