Megilat Ḥam-Ed - the Scroll of the Steamed Portions of Cham

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  • @IsaacMayerCreativeWorks
    @IsaacMayerCreativeWorks  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1620

    hey if you want to make a snarky comment about Israel then it will be deleted, this video has nothing to do with Israel and thinking all Jewish content is Israel content is antisemitic

    • @saucysos
      @saucysos 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +186

      It’s really sad that people are raiding your comments section over steamed hams. I thought people would have better things to do in this day and age.

    • @Pangloss6413
      @Pangloss6413 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@saucysosyou think far too highly of what humans get up to when they have nothing in the world but free time and anonymous ways to fuck with people

    • @gurinderpurewal3689
      @gurinderpurewal3689 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +143

      @@saucysos Their hearts have yet to be steamed.

    • @tokevarvaspolvi8999
      @tokevarvaspolvi8999 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

      @@gurinderpurewal3689 Yea, for it was Adonai that hath left their hearts unsteamed.

    • @ZellDincht-oo2fk
      @ZellDincht-oo2fk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      @@tokevarvaspolvi8999
      - no, I said "unsteamed hearts." that's what I call antisemitism!

  • @mojoforthewin3069
    @mojoforthewin3069 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3230

    TRANSLATOR’S NOTE: The actual dish served in this scroll is unclear. Modern translators tend variously towards ‘Clams’ or ‘Hams,’ despite neither being acceptable under contemporary Jewish law.

    • @zawarudo6805
      @zawarudo6805 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

      Brilliant 😂😂😂

    • @BionicleFreek99
      @BionicleFreek99 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Thanks for the note!

    • @austincde
      @austincde 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      Luckily it was beef 😂

    • @chaotickreg7024
      @chaotickreg7024 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

      It was obviously ground beef, they had access to that. Source: Trust me bro

    • @velazquezarmouries
      @velazquezarmouries 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +94

      Some scholars point to a dish similar to a kofta but served between two flatbreads but have no bases for their assertions though if real it would point out to the discovery of our first predecessor to the roman burger

  • @colly6022
    @colly6022 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1823

    Bart Mitzvah

    • @enderknight39
      @enderknight39 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      💀

    • @johnwolfenden7599
      @johnwolfenden7599 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Insanely underrated

    • @nolmanimates3031
      @nolmanimates3031 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's literally how I thought it was spelt when I was little 😂😂😂

    • @Finch912
      @Finch912 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      More like fart mitzva

    • @nolmanimates3031
      @nolmanimates3031 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Lmao, got destroyed by Finch912,
      Better luck next time the Jews

  • @dimanosov5393
    @dimanosov5393 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4165

    A PILLAR OF FLAME? AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, AT THIS TIME OF DAY, IN THIS PART OF CAANAN, LOCALIZED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE TABERNACLE?

    • @michaelsinnreich6626
      @michaelsinnreich6626 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +227

      כה וכה

    • @LXWLESS
      @LXWLESS 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @austinbaccus
      @austinbaccus 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

      This is the funniest comments section I've ever read

    • @MarkTuchinsky
      @MarkTuchinsky 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      7:19

    • @adamsinger123
      @adamsinger123 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      YES 😂😂😅🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @alexross1816
    @alexross1816 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +957

    "it's a regional dialect."
    "Uh-huh. Eh, what region?"
    "Uh, Manasseh."
    "Really? Well, I'm from Megiddo and ive never heard anyone use the phrase "Steamed Hams.""
    "Oh, not in Megiddo, it's a Samaritan expression."
    "I see."

    • @flarky_dark
      @flarky_dark หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      take my upvote and get a theology degree

    • @jedinxf7
      @jedinxf7 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      hell of a shibboleth

  • @thehungrylittlenihilist
    @thehungrylittlenihilist 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1426

    This is what I recited at my Bar Mitzvah

    • @dylanchouinard6141
      @dylanchouinard6141 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

      What did you say for your speech interpreting it?

    • @snakey934Snakeybakey
      @snakey934Snakeybakey 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

      Mazal Tov!

    • @professorhaystacks6606
      @professorhaystacks6606 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      I thought that had to specifically be Torah, not Ketuvim?

    • @ZXL000
      @ZXL000 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      OY VEY

    • @paulb8030
      @paulb8030 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      @@professorhaystacks6606this is in the torah

  • @Stevothehuman
    @Stevothehuman ปีที่แล้ว +4435

    The KJV translates the phrase "Steamed portions of Cham" to "steamed hams," leading to the misconception throughout the Anglosphere that eating ham was permitted in Mosaic law.

    • @connorbaldwin9872
      @connorbaldwin9872 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +717

      Well I'm from the tribe of Benjamin and I've never heard the phrase "steamed portions of cham"

    • @dimanosov5393
      @dimanosov5393 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +548

      @@connorbaldwin9872
      Oh ho! No! That's a Levitical expression!

    • @dystop
      @dystop 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +125

      I blame the Septuagint

    • @youtub-fj8mu
      @youtub-fj8mu 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Fantastic

    • @matthewlaurence3121
      @matthewlaurence3121 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There is evidence, suggesting it was permitted pre-Babylonian Captivity; swine-flesh was consumed in the land of Canaan for a longtime before it wasn’t.
      A theory behind the prohibition is derived from the deforestation of the region that occurred throughout the time of the Judges & Kings; resulting in pigs thriving off an unnatural diet of refuse, facilitating a belief that they were unclean animals whose meat caused poisoning.

  • @iantaylor9586
    @iantaylor9586 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2089

    The Talmud records three opinions on the identities of Shalmer and Simor:
    1. That they were residents of Sodom, and the destruction of Simor’s house occurred as a prelude to the destruction of the city.
    2. That Shalmer was Pharoh, and Simor his advisor, and the destruction of Simor’s house was a punishment for his part in the enslavement of the Jews.
    3. That the story is merely a parable, and neither Shalmer nor Simor ever actually lived.

    • @KairuHakubi
      @KairuHakubi 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +221

      "A rabbi would never exaggerate! A rabbi composes. He creates thoughts. He tells stories that may never have happened, but he does not exaggerate!"

    • @seronymus
      @seronymus 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +99

      The autism levels are off the charts and I love it.

    • @samuelkatz1124
      @samuelkatz1124 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

      What does Rashi state on the passage?

    • @Makaneek5060
      @Makaneek5060 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +106

      Due to the mention of sea-fruits I am inclined to side with the view that Shalmer is pharaoh, since nothing grows in the Dead Sea near Sodom.

    • @isiahs9312
      @isiahs9312 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It is sad that I get this reference completely

  • @shadowcween7890
    @shadowcween7890 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +568

    I love how the lieral translations and spellings come into play. Devil means adversary, and he said "to serve as an adversary" instead of "devilish"

    • @professorhaystacks6606
      @professorhaystacks6606 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

      Close. Satan means adversary, which is translated as Diabolos in some Greek manuscripts, which becomes Diabolus in the vulgate. Diabolus is a loan word but Diabolos means 'slanderer' or something to that effect (it's less neutral than Satan, hence why some manuscripts merely transcribe the Hebrew word). Take that through Old French into Norman into English and you get Devil.
      ...Sorry I get into that sometimes. I know the greek and latin better than the hebrew.

    • @PutinHasGiantLadyBoobies
      @PutinHasGiantLadyBoobies 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@professorhaystacks6606 That was extremely funny. This is one of the loveliest and smartest series of threads I have ever come upon here on YT. Your use of linguistic and religious knowledge for humor is very much appreciated by me, and I am sure by many more, as well. It is so funny that this video was even made (consider the amount of time lol), and these comments make it all even better :) Thanks! 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇺🇸🇺🇸🙂🙂

    • @columbus8myhw
      @columbus8myhw 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@professorhaystacks6606The video chooses the word "lesitno" (from the root s-t-n), literally "to Satan him" or "to be a Satan to him." I suppose it was chosen as the closest equivalent found in the Bible. You can find this form of the verb in Zechariah 3:1, where it is usually translated as "to rebuke him," "to oppose him," "to thwart him," etc.

    • @professorhaystacks6606
      @professorhaystacks6606 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@columbus8myhw Interesting. That does make sense.

    • @TheButterKing1000
      @TheButterKing1000 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@professorhaystacks6606Devil is actually from old English from Latin, but close enough!

  • @senwod70
    @senwod70 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +223

    It is written that Beit Shammai held that having promised to deliver sea-fruits, Skiner was obligated to serve such a meal as promised, lest he bare false witness. But Beit Hillel held that by serving an unforgettable luncheon of portions of Cham, Skiner had met the greater obligation of being a good host.

    • @ZellDincht-oo2fk
      @ZellDincht-oo2fk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      Beit Akiba however held that Haskiner's bearing of false witness led to him also the dishonouring of his mother

  • @sethmitchell2176
    @sethmitchell2176 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +803

    "far reaches of the north"
    "baal-bani"
    I never thought it could be possible to combine these kinds of humor, but here we are.

    • @BlahCraft1
      @BlahCraft1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

      Could you explain? I tried googling "baal-bani" and couldn't find anything.
      Edit: it's a pun on Albany, and the joke fley straight over my head.

    • @MCYonazz
      @MCYonazz 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +95

      @@BlahCraft1 "The far reaches of the north, the region of Neve Jorech" is upstate New York, and "Baal-Beni" is Albany, NY. Which is where Skinner says they call hamburgers steamed hams.

    • @sovietcanuckistanian
      @sovietcanuckistanian 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

      @@BlahCraft1 As MCYonazz said it's a pun on Albany in upstate New York. In addition Baal was a word meaning Owner or Lord in Hebrew and other ancient Semitic languages and was used to refer to Canaanite gods, and was part of the name of cities dedicated to their gods.

    • @DonMrLenny
      @DonMrLenny 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      Chalmers also says that he is from "haïr haatika" which in hebrew translates into the ancient city and it sounds like Utica @@MCYonazz

    • @grimble4564
      @grimble4564 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      This video is truly on some James Joyce level word play

  • @theshlohan
    @theshlohan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2426

    This is actually peak comedy. The target audience is so small but I’m so happy to be part of it

    • @trueKENTUCKY
      @trueKENTUCKY 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

      i have no jdea what us going on i am a baptisted boy 🧒

    • @Thestuffdoer
      @Thestuffdoer 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +118

      I presume the target audience is Jews who like memes

    • @Clarence_13x
      @Clarence_13x 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      It should be smaller with what is going on today.

    • @Thestuffdoer
      @Thestuffdoer 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Clarence_13x true, sad but true

    • @yezki8
      @yezki8 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

      You could say that we are the chosen people

  • @PabbyPabbles
    @PabbyPabbles 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +980

    Love the King James style of English for the translation
    Everything is cooler when people say thing unto others, and everyone is always pausing to behold stuff

    • @E4RLIES
      @E4RLIES 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

      I’m definitely going to use the word ‘thence’ more from now on 😁

    • @jodofe4879
      @jodofe4879 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

      And lo I have beheld that this comment speaks unto us most verily.

    • @rachel_sj
      @rachel_sj 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      As someone who was raised as a Fundamentalist Christian, and read A LOT of Old Testament verses, I love how this version of Steamed Hams Talmudic text is so similar to the KJV (since the Bible expands on the Talmud and other Hebrew Scriptures)

    • @Agentporpoise
      @Agentporpoise 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Verily

    • @vaiyt
      @vaiyt 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Behold, corn!

  • @Akrafena
    @Akrafena 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +477

    Context: This scroll was discovered in the library of the late Matthäus Gröning, a professor of the University of Vienna, donated by his wife Mrs. Matthäus Gröning.

  • @michaelsinnreich6626
    @michaelsinnreich6626 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1021

    This may be the best usage of Hebrew ever. I say this as a Hebrew teacher.

    • @SGtheArtist17
      @SGtheArtist17 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      And, as someone who speaks it in my day-to-day, I approve!

    • @DonMrLenny
      @DonMrLenny 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      As an Israeli I approve

    • @SGtheArtist17
      @SGtheArtist17 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@DonMrLenny Yoooo! You’re also Israeli? Awesome!

    • @AvrahamYairStern
      @AvrahamYairStern 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Israelis speaking anything but Hebrew 💀​@@SGtheArtist17

    • @SGtheArtist17
      @SGtheArtist17 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@AvrahamYairStern כאילו, אני יכול לדבר בעברית אם אתה ממש רוצה, אבל אני מניח שהרבה אנשים מבינים אנגלית יותר טוב (חוץ מזה, כן, אני מדבר גם אנגלית)

  • @MaxChaplin
    @MaxChaplin ปีที่แล้ว +1727

    Apparently the name "Utica" really is etymologically connected to the Hebrew word for "ancient". Wow.

    • @usernamenotfound80
      @usernamenotfound80 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +290

      Yup, named after Utica in what is now Tunisia whose name is Latinised from Phoenician ˁattiq, meaning ancient, related to Aramaic עַתִּיק whence Hebrew עַתִּיק.

    • @margraveofgadsden8997
      @margraveofgadsden8997 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      Does the word antique come from this?

    • @usernamenotfound80
      @usernamenotfound80 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +164

      ​@@margraveofgadsden8997 English "antique" comes from Latin "antiquus", which is equivalent to "ante" (in front of/before, distantly related to English "and") + "oculus" (eye). The Indo-European word it descended from can be parsed as "facing the front". Latin "ante" actually distantly related to English "and".
      Aramaic "עתיק" (old/ancient), on the other hand, is formed from the verb "עתק" (to age/to be old).

    • @rogercameron6912
      @rogercameron6912 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +97

      It's an.... Ancient dialect.
      I see.
      😂

    • @BBWahoo
      @BBWahoo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

      ​@@usernamenotfound80
      Me, a Tunisian Jew: I'm from Utica. 🏝

  • @OtterTuna
    @OtterTuna 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +268

    תפילה מקסימה ומרגשת😢 שלמר הוא הנביא האהוב עליי

  • @beardlessodin945
    @beardlessodin945 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +778

    This is perhaps the very best takeoff on the Steamed Hams meme I have ever seen in all my born days and has a _criminally_ low amount of views for the work put in and the pure majesty of the comedy on show here. I’ll do my best to share it around.
    I find the finer subtext of this situation to be almost as funny as the video itself. In later seasons, Gary Chalmers is revealed to be devoutly Jewish. This means that both the actual original roast that got burned (which one can easily see is a baked glazed ham by looking at the criss-crossed texture of the rind of the meat) _and_ the nonexistent steamed clams would both be entirely off limits to a Jew who follows Mosaic Law/Halacha and keeps kosher.
    It was only the happenstance of the Krusty Burgers being grilled portions of beef in lieu of steamed portions of Cham or steamed sea fruits that allowed the Superintendent to partake in the first place.
    This is high art, more so than any other iteration of the steamed hams meme I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen and heard damn near all of them.
    Mr. Mayer, you are a treasure. May Elohim bless you and keep you, O chosen one!

    • @porksterbob
      @porksterbob 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      For something similar look for the 1920's German art film version.

    • @thegrassguy2871
      @thegrassguy2871 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I thought hamburgers weren't kosher either since most have cheese

    • @liorramati265
      @liorramati265 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Hamburgers can be fine, cheeseburgers (with both real cheese and real meat at any rate) cannot be

    • @urbanarmory
      @urbanarmory 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      ​@@thegrassguy2871 I can tell you as a kosher observant man my entire life, you can make and eat a burger without cheese

    • @M0butu
      @M0butu 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Jews were safe in the 90'ies.
      There was neither real meat, cheese or fish in those burgers. 😊

  • @utvpoop
    @utvpoop 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +846

    I hope I'll make a chant in Church Slavonic on it someday.

    • @MassachusettsTrainVideos1136
      @MassachusettsTrainVideos1136 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      That’s awesome

    • @urosjankovic1509
      @urosjankovic1509 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      please do it

    • @seronymus
      @seronymus 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

      Orthoskinner? ☦️ Based

    • @aw7248
      @aw7248 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

      Uncreated light? At this time of year? In this parish?

    • @seronymus
      @seronymus 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

      @@aw7248 localized entirely within your coffee hour room? "yes." may I see it? "with Theosis."

  • @OrangeHarrisonRB3
    @OrangeHarrisonRB3 ปีที่แล้ว +1318

    "A Jewish entertainer? Pfffft, get out."
    -Xomer, Son of Simp

    • @Aqiisa
      @Aqiisa 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      best comment

    • @אופקפישר-ד4ר
      @אופקפישר-ד4ר 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

      Do you mean, "-omer, son of simp"

    • @aokperson_
      @aokperson_ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@אופקפישר-ד4ר no Khomir, son of simp

    • @misaentropik7321
      @misaentropik7321 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +111

      Khomer ben Abraham ben Simp.

    • @barrydheil
      @barrydheil 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      Khomer, Ben Ibrahim, Ben Simp.

  • @stetsuninu2374
    @stetsuninu2374 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +555

    The effort to translate the clams/hams into Hebrew while maintaining both the auditory wordplay and roughly the definition is honestly pretty incredible... "sea fruits" indeed

    • @SGtheArtist17
      @SGtheArtist17 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      Totally agree! They really went all in for this! Although, “Sea Fruits” really got me off-guard, because it’s a bit too literal of a translation! It woulda been more accurate to translate it to Seafood, but tbh, that kinda added to the joke for me!

    • @SGtheArtist17
      @SGtheArtist17 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Also, I just now realized who you are! Man, this took me back, I love your content, and watched it a lot when I was younger!

    • @hpesoj00
      @hpesoj00 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      ​@@SGtheArtist17 I'd say it's quite appropriate since "seafood" in multiple modern European languages literally translates to "sea fruits".

    • @SGtheArtist17
      @SGtheArtist17 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@hpesoj00 Of course, of course, what I meant is that it would make more sense to translate it to “Seafood”, because, while the literal translation is Sea Fruit, most people won’t really know that

    • @YasonYou
      @YasonYou 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@SGtheArtist17I'm not sure I understand you correctly, or what your background is, but in modern Hebrew in Israel we do say "sea fruits" to talk about seafood. פירות ים

  • @freakishuproar1168
    @freakishuproar1168 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +415

    _"Oh, Lord of goodness! What is it that occurs thence?!"_ is unironically a banger of a line, and I'll strive to introduce it into my everyday vernacular.

  • @lehnrik
    @lehnrik ปีที่แล้ว +433

    3:06 I was waiting for how Krusty Burger would sound chanted in Hebrew, and I was not disappointed.

  • @columbus8myhw
    @columbus8myhw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2045

    1 And it was after these things, and there was a man from the city of the Field of Spring and his name was Shalmer, the great supervisor over all its learnings. 2 And it was one day, and Shalmer rose and went by Simor Haskiner, administrator of the school house, and he came to the entrance of his house. 3 And Shalmer said to him, saying: "Lo, Simor, behold I have come before thee, for I have transgressed thine instructions." 4 And Simor answered and said, "Ah, my lord supervisor! 5 Peace be upon thee, and I hope that thou mayest be prepared for a feast not to be forgot!" And Shalmer groaned and came after him. 6 And Simor came alone towards the kitchen, and saw, and behold, the oven was all asmoke, and he cried a great cry. 7 And he said, "Ah, my God, for ruined, ruined is the fire-roasted meat I have made!" 8 And he said, "But were I to purchase myself food of haste and cover them as my own food...", and he laughed, and he said in his heart, "How beautiful and how sweet is this thing, to serve as an adversary, Simor!" 9 And he opened the window and lifted his leg to leave it, and behold, Shalmer standing in the entrance to the kitchen!
    10 Thus say the bards: "Haskiner, in his explanations of insanity. 11 Is there no balm for the chief of supervisors? And when he hears all of his bloated mutterings, there will be strife in the city this night!" 12 And Shalmer cried and called: "Simor, Simor!" And he said, "Ah, my lord supervisor! 13 Behold I stretch myself in my calves upon the posts of this window, so as to strengthen the body in equal measure. And if thou wouldst join me, join me!" 14 And Shalmer said to Simor saying: "Why doth thine oven smoke, Simor?" And he said, "Please, my Lord, 15 it is not smoke that rises from mine oven, but steam, steam, for the steamed sea fruits that we shall eat! And behold, what is well flavored as steamed sea fruits?" 16 And Shalmer left the kitchen, and Simor saw and left towards Qerustiberg and took a plate of kuftaoth of meat.
    17 And he again came towards the kitchen and he said to Shalmer, saying: "I hope, hope that thou mayest be prepared for a feast well-flavoured of kuftaoth of meat!" 18 And the supervisor was confounded, and asked Simor, saying: "Yea, was it not heard in mine ears that behold, we are to eat steamed sea fruits?" 19 And Simor answered and said: "Not steamed sea-fruits, but steamed portions of Cham, for I call kuftaoth by that name." 20 And Shalmer asked and said: "Thou callest kuftaoth by the name 'steamed portions of Cham'?" 21 And Simor answered and said: "I call them by that name, for it is in the way of the speech of my land." 22 And Shalmer asked and said: "What is thy land, whose way is to speak such as this?" 23 And Simor answered and said: "The far-reaches of the north, the region of Neve Jorech." 24 And he said, "Speakest thou thruth? For from the ancient [Hebrew: ʿAtiqah] city am I, and I have never heard this matter of 'steamed portions of Cham' from all the mouths of my comrades." And behold, the ancient city was within the far-reaches of the north, the region of Neve Jorech. 25 And Simor answered and said, "No, not in the ancient city, for they speak such as this in the city of Baal-Beni." 26 And Shalmer said, "I have seen," and bit the kuftaoth and said, "Behold, these kuftaoth seem as the kuftaoth of Qerustiberger!" 27 And Simor denied and said, "No, ah, no, for listed kuftaoth of Haskiner are these, as an old teaching of my clan." 28 And he yet again asked and said, "An old teaching upon the matter of 'steamed portions of Cham'?" And he answered and said "Upon them it is." 29 And he answered and said, "And thus thou callest them by the name 'steamed portions of Cham', but with all this it is clear in my eyes that these are roasted." 30 And he delayed, and Simor requested Shalmer saying: "Permit me for just one moment," and Shalmer said, "I have permitted thee." 31 And Simor left from by the table and opened the door of the kitchen, and saw, and behold, the kitchen was aflame in fire. 32 And he returned towards the table and made as a man concluding, and said, "How glorious it was, and a time of goodness for all people. And behold, I am tired."
    33 And the great supervisor rose to leave and saw the light of the fire in the kitchen, and he shouted and cried, "Oh, Lord of goodness! What is it that occurs thence?" 34 And Simor said, "The radiance of the firmament it is." 35 And Shalmer cried in a loud voice and called: 36 "The radiance of the firmament it is? In this season of the year, and also at this time of the day, and also in this province of the land, and also it is dwelling from head to end within thy kitchen?" 37 And he said, "Thus and so." 38 And he requested, saying: "May I see it it?" And he answered and said, "No."
    39 And Simor led Shalmer out of his house, and his mother cried and called: "Simor, aflame is the house!" 40 And Simor answered her and said, "Not so is this matter, O my mother, for the great luminaries are they." 41 And Shalmer said to Simor, saying: "Lo, Simor, a differentiated man art thou, yet for all this I shall say that behold, you have known to steam a portion of Cham."
    42 And this scroll, the Scroll of Cham-Steam, was written and sealed by the hand of Isaac Harel son of Jael and Abraham Meir the priest, in the thirty-second year of the family of the sons of Simp. 43 May the LORD be unto us a help, a help!

    • @parkfield7296
      @parkfield7296 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      is there a special Al Hanisim to commemorate Yom HaChamed?

    • @davidbailis8415
      @davidbailis8415 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      Please write this out in Hebrew with trope if possible, because that would be a cake on another cake on another cake, anyway great video.

    • @davidbailis8415
      @davidbailis8415 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Also do this again with trop of the Torah.

    • @AdmiralWinfrey
      @AdmiralWinfrey 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Bless you.

    • @WhiteRoseYorkshire
      @WhiteRoseYorkshire 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      As someone who speaks Hebrew, I love this 🇮🇱

  • @gamergator
    @gamergator 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +233

    when he said "Qerustiberger," I felt that

    • @Natalieowomeow
      @Natalieowomeow 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      The words of our ancestors are powerful.

  • @HespersQuest
    @HespersQuest 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +643

    I do not understand Hebrew, and I do not have context on why it is being sung, and I do not get the cultural references. I am, however, a Steamed Hams enjoyer, and this is clearly a REALLY HIGH EFFORT meme, and it's kind of beautiful???

    • @giusepperaciti1591
      @giusepperaciti1591 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +237

      This is the way of reciting the Megillah, which is a Jewish text that recounts the event occurred between Mordechai, Esther and Aman in Ancient Persia. The meme is very high end.

    • @simonf3919
      @simonf3919 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +256

      As a jew and a fellow steamed hams enjoyer, you're right: this is a very high effort meme. He translated our beloved steamed hams to ancient biblical Hebrew and sang it like it could be sung at a synagogue. It's not just translated, it's also changed to the style of biblical Hebrew. It's amazing. It's a masterpiece.

    • @MassachusettsTrainVideos1136
      @MassachusettsTrainVideos1136 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@simonf3919During the Epistle reading of the Divine Liturgy in Orthodox Christianity the readings are read like this as well as all prayers

    • @urbanarmory
      @urbanarmory 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +167

      For slightly more context, a tradition on Purim is to make absurd or silly Jewish Talmudic study or plays, etc. Steamed Hams works very well.

    • @simonf3919
      @simonf3919 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      @@treyebillups8602 yeah it's called cantillation (te amim). There seems to be a term for reciting the Quran: Tajwid 🙂

  • @Thestuffdoer
    @Thestuffdoer 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +377

    Ah, Rabbi Chalmers, Welcome, I hope you are prepared for an unforgettable service!

    • @Smapti
      @Smapti 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      I have arrived, Simor, in spite of the fact that your directions required crossing an eruv

  • @coleslaw9449
    @coleslaw9449 ปีที่แล้ว +890

    gonna tell my goyische friends this is the shema

    • @mintykiwi
      @mintykiwi 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      same

    • @LXWLESS
      @LXWLESS 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      😂

    • @loblollypine8223
      @loblollypine8223 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      They'll believe u lol

    • @JuanGomez_rz
      @JuanGomez_rz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm a goy goblin and I approve this message

    • @stickinthemud23
      @stickinthemud23 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Mine don’t know what the sh’ma is but I can certainly mess with the people in the 101 class!

  • @indigofenix00
    @indigofenix00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +558

    Never before have I seen such incredible effort put into something so brilliantly stupid. Well, that's probably not entirely true, but definitely somewhere in the top 20. Hats off to you, good sir, and have a happy Purim!

    • @yakovhadash
      @yakovhadash 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      not since the original text!

    • @memesthatmakeyouwannadie3133
      @memesthatmakeyouwannadie3133 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      9 minutes of Hebrew chanting for a meme.

    • @ZellDincht-oo2fk
      @ZellDincht-oo2fk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      there was nothing stupid about any of this
      it is top tier comedy

  • @hex3132
    @hex3132 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +231

    the original Biblical story was translated and changed so much, but I can see it never lost its true meaning. Thanks for sharing

  • @bibisbakerycafe
    @bibisbakerycafe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +316

    This is beyond brilliant. A niche audience perhaps. But as a member of that audience, I say bravo. Excited for the eicha version.

    • @tobybartels8426
      @tobybartels8426 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Maybe not such a niche. Take out the chanting and the Hebrew in the thumbnail and title, and plenty of Christians will think you're just spoofing the King James Bible. (I was raised Christian and am not at all Jewish, and while I got nothing from the chanting, I still enjoyed the text.) So some slight edits give you the mass-market version.

    • @fslknsadglkdahawerykljwa3aw643
      @fslknsadglkdahawerykljwa3aw643 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@tobybartels8426 So you got nothing from the core premise of the bit, most of the jokes flew over your head, and you still think you're part of the target audience? Classic Christian :P

    • @tobybartels8426
      @tobybartels8426 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@fslknsadglkdahawerykljwa3aw643 : On the contrary, the core premise of my comment is that I'm _not_ part of the target audience.

    • @columbus8myhw
      @columbus8myhw 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@tobybartels8426Ha, "mass"-market

  • @gloriouspeanut
    @gloriouspeanut 3 ปีที่แล้ว +498

    I guess this means steamed hams are kosher after all.

    • @pitodesign
      @pitodesign 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +88

      And behold, the vendor of steamed portions of cham, Querustiberger, is actually jewish, as told in the stories of the sons of Simp. ;-)

    • @memesthatmakeyouwannadie3133
      @memesthatmakeyouwannadie3133 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +89

      Steamed portions of Cham are a bit of a misnomer. They are portions of kuftaoth beef and do not inherently violate kashrut.

    • @sethmitchell2176
      @sethmitchell2176 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Depends, but yes.

    • @crixxxxxxxxx
      @crixxxxxxxxx 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Steamed clams aren’t

    • @btsnake
      @btsnake 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Ham: Jewish haram
      Clam: Jewish haram
      Cham: kosher

  • @sirel33
    @sirel33 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +185

    I don’t understand Hebrew but I’m in awe of the English translation. The use of early modern vocabulary and syntax is flawless.

    • @noblegas8485
      @noblegas8485 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      The translation is very accurate

    • @SGtheArtist17
      @SGtheArtist17 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@noblegas8485Yeah, other than Sea Fruits, lol! But that was a funny, very literal translation, imo!

  • @firedeath21
    @firedeath21 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    אני גדלתי על הנוסח הספרדי, זו הפעם הראשונה שאני שומע את המגילה בנוסח אשכנזי

    • @Jose-ii3xx
      @Jose-ii3xx หลายเดือนก่อน

      לאס פיליאס דע סימף?

  • @nomoriplex
    @nomoriplex 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +159

    Sven was the father of Rupert,
    Rupert the father of Garwood,
    Garwood the father of Howland and his brothers,
    3 Howland the father of Tut and Gaston, whose mother was "Happy",
    Old Tut the father of Orville,
    Orville the father of Abraham,
    4 Abraham the father of Homer,
    Homer the father of Bart, and his sisters at the time of the unforgettable luncheon.

    • @keysmashwarrior5057
      @keysmashwarrior5057 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This is so good

    • @a-s-greig
      @a-s-greig หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      5 And as for the events of their lives, are they not recorded in the annals of "The Book of Simpsons"?

  • @RAMtheRAM
    @RAMtheRAM 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +325

    Biblically accurate.

  • @Aresydatch
    @Aresydatch 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

    It's amusing to listen and hear words I recognise in Arabic

    • @Aresydatch
      @Aresydatch 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Bani Simp sounds so funny in Arabic

    • @ssjcrafter8842
      @ssjcrafter8842 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      I only know/remember a bit of Arabic, and know way more Hebrew, but some words exist in both Hebrew and Arabic but have slightly different meanings("medina" for example, "city" in Arabic and "country" in Hebrew)
      nevertheless, there are indeed a lot of similarities.

    • @dailygurrilavideos
      @dailygurrilavideos 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I know no Persian but the Hebrew word for supervisor sounds similar to the Persian word Faki which as I understand is the name of a council of Elders in Iran.
      Curious.

    • @vitaurea
      @vitaurea 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@dailygurrilavideos During the Babylonian Exile up until the Return to Zion that many ancient Jews experienced, there was a sizeable influence of Iranian administration, culture, religion, and language on the Jews within the Persian empire.

    • @TheHashSmokingStoner
      @TheHashSmokingStoner หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I was thinking the same thing, especially when I heard "one day" in hebrew, I was like "wait a sec"

  • @thecool887
    @thecool887 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +94

    being fluent in hebrew while listening to this masterpiece makes it even more of a fun time lmao

  • @adamandsethdylantoo
    @adamandsethdylantoo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +132

    “And as his chief did lay bleeding his life out, he did turn unto the son of Bain and said, “mine last request unto thee is this: may this man Mendoza be blotted from the earth”. And the son of Bain did scream unto the Most High, and cursed the name of Mendoza.” - Divri-BenBain, 3:19

    • @ApocGenesis
      @ApocGenesis 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "So it was that Mendoza sought to unleash upon the world a great evil. And Mendoza gathered to him the wicked of the world, and revealed unto them this evil. Sayeth Mendoza to the wicked, "Behold this poison of dangerous potency, which I have named 'Swank'!. A poison ten times that of the hemp leaf. And we shall unleash this blight unto the world, and from their misery we shall profit!"
      Lo and Behold! Hidden in the House of Mendoza in a statue of ice was the Son of Bain, and he revealed himself to all the wicked of the House of Mendoza, declaring "From the Ice, I know your wickedness!" and slew the wicked. Yet Mendoza he did not slay, for Mendoza greeted the killer in welcome. Sayeth Mendoza, "Son of Bain! I am glad you are here--come partake of my table as a guest." And the Son of Bain took the courtesy of the wicked Mendoza, and by tainted offerings was the Son of Bain struck down!

    • @Smapti
      @Smapti 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      Behold, saith Mendoza, this elixir that the LORD hath named Swank. Unto the mind it bestows prophecies half a score greater in potency than those birthed from the fruit of canniba. Let us drink, therefore, in the name of the suffering of man!

    • @n0denz
      @n0denz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      ​@@Smapti Lo unto the fold of Mendoza and his host of Amalek, Canaan, Babylon, Assyria, and of the Philistines which he gathered to plot against the children of Israel, was delivered an idol that shone like beryl.
      And this idol borne by the nations unto the table of Mendoza was cold to the touch.
      Yet the features of the idol shattered in full view of Mendoza's host, and beset were they by the figure of ben-Bay'in of the Nazirites.
      Thus spaketh he: "The waters drawn from your well by night so that they may freezeth and be cut thus so in alms to your false gods was I sent by the LORD and be made to greet you in mockery as the cold like unto your idol may greet you coldly. But praise be to the LORD, my G-d, that of my father and my father's father, that he should speak unto me and command me to mete out His fury for your profane acts."
      "Lo, did he say to me, "And you shall be the instrument of my horrible wrath, Reuven son of Bay'in and set forth upon those who hath drawn my anger in the killing of thy brother Shko'i, and they shall know by your slingstones and your arrows that I am the LORD.""
      Then did ben-Bay'in smite the host of Mendoza until each of the sons of Amalek, Canaan, Babylon, Assyria, and the Philistines lay dead before the table of Mendoza the Amalekite.

    • @yochaiwyss3843
      @yochaiwyss3843 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@n0denz Ah yes, the lost chronicles of Judge Reuven son of Bayin, thought lost to history.

  • @plaidpvcpipe3792
    @plaidpvcpipe3792 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    I feel so lucky to be the target audience for this.

    • @BBWahoo
      @BBWahoo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      🔻Target Acquired

    • @yezki8
      @yezki8 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Indeed. I too feel very blessed

    • @nikthetrickster9948
      @nikthetrickster9948 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      We're not only lucky to be the target audience for the video, the commentaries are just as hilarious xD

  • @dovidstaples9985
    @dovidstaples9985 ปีที่แล้ว +331

    I need Rashi's commentary on this

    • @adamsinger123
      @adamsinger123 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      😂😂 don’t we all

    • @nikthetrickster9948
      @nikthetrickster9948 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Just posted it somewhere here, alongside Ibn Ezra's and Rambam's 🤣🤣🤣

  • @francofernandes2006
    @francofernandes2006 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    "I call them by that name, for it is in the way of the speech of my land."
    "What is thy land, whose way is to speak such as this?"
    "The far-reaches of the North, the region of Neve Jorech."
    "Speakest thou the truth? For from the ancient city am I, and I have heard this matter."
    This can easily pass as a real account of a conversation in some diplomatic feast. Like you could actually see this in an old book written by a royal scribe. Amazing.

  • @knyght27
    @knyght27 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    This is incredible. Some of the phrases and word choices made me laugh out loud. For example Shalmer being the supervisor over all the learnings of the City of the Field of Spring

  • @PhantomAlucard
    @PhantomAlucard 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +113

    The fact that you zoomed in on the word "help" at the end tickles me. Very well done! Truly this scroll belongs in the library of Steamed Hams.

  • @HotColdmann
    @HotColdmann 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

    Bizarre idea but a flawless execution

    • @ZellDincht-oo2fk
      @ZellDincht-oo2fk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      he is an odd man but he sings a good ham

  • @mcebisap8806
    @mcebisap8806 3 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    Not Jewish, but after providing security at a local synagogue for the past year, I'm able to enjoy this interpretation of Steamed Hams on another (limited) level. Great work my friend.

    • @PURPLECATDUDE7734
      @PURPLECATDUDE7734 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Thank you for protecting our community

    • @badgermcbadger1968
      @badgermcbadger1968 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thank you for service

  • @yoshless
    @yoshless 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    This is ABSOLUTE GENIUS for such a TINY AUDIENCE
    Thank you, sir. We fellow baalei koreh / simpsons fans salute you.
    Note: i only found one thing i would change... When Shalmer is in the doorway of the kitchen, he should be Omed, not Yoshev, both for the literal meaning and to refer to when Haman was omed in the kings gate or something like that.
    But really hats off wow i was enthralled

  • @kvark137
    @kvark137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    I can't get over how both wholesome and absurd this is. You're a special kind of person to commit so much time and energy for a good laugh :)

  • @badpasters
    @badpasters หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    the fact that the burgers don't have cheese on them makes this even better, and it makes sense that they wouldn't (krusty is jewish and of course his own fast food chain would have to be kosher)

  • @Itsunobaby
    @Itsunobaby หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This meme has been mutated, remix, recut and re animated in so many different ways…but translating steamed hams into a Jewish scroll is the most insane way I think I’ve ever seen it done. You sir are glorious and I wish you the best in life

  • @DPedroBoh
    @DPedroBoh 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    Im an agnostic brazilian from a christian family and i dont know anything being referenced here besides the simpsons. Yet i don't know if i laugh my ass off because of such a high effort shitpost or if i just stare in awe, with my jaw on the floor, for the same reason. This is amazing.

    • @4thalt
      @4thalt 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      oh my god, what? same

    • @SomeGuilStuff
      @SomeGuilStuff 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's supposed to be a Jewish prayer, from what i know.

    • @GentlemanCockroach
      @GentlemanCockroach 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@SomeGuilStuffsomewhat close, it’s based on the Megillah/The Book of Esther, a chronicle of the events of the Jewish holiday of Purim 😀

  • @Axlthekoopakid
    @Axlthekoopakid 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +92

    I love how I get recommended this when Purim is right around the corner lol

  • @ٴٴٴٴ_0
    @ٴٴٴٴ_0 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

    The Parable of Steamed Hams, my favorite bible story

  • @richardrosengarten4504
    @richardrosengarten4504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Dearest Isaac, this is sublime. I can't think of a greater, more shining example of creative Jewish fun. Truly truly brilliant and heartwarming.

  • @DaL33T5
    @DaL33T5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    The sheer effort put into these memes is unparalleled.

  • @vaultdude4871
    @vaultdude4871 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Ottoman puppet play, jewish chant, soviet film. We need more high culture stuff

    • @timhartman3359
      @timhartman3359 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I need a Mormon version.

    • @sweetypuss
      @sweetypuss หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@timhartman3359 seems like you guys like heresy

    • @movagalbastomp
      @movagalbastomp หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      How 'bout Catholic Plainsong or Greek Chorus?

    • @vaultdude4871
      @vaultdude4871 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@movagalbastomp I'd prefer georgian polyphonie

    • @sweetypuss
      @sweetypuss หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@movagalbastomp or an orthodox hymn. but these cowards are too afraid to do that

  • @Borgslop
    @Borgslop 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I don’t understand Hebrew and I’m not of the faith, but I’ve been watching this at least once a day for like a week now and can’t stop laughing. I know there’s a joke in that it’s not verbatim but that makes it better

  • @Asticky_
    @Asticky_ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +135

    …I’ve been working on what is pretty much a Latin version of this on and off for months, and I had no idea this existed. There really is nothing new under the sun.

  • @pleasurepanda3285
    @pleasurepanda3285 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Extra funny to me because today I burnt the ham i was making for dinner and had to go get hamburgers. My son started to quote from this episode about steamed hams.

  • @kaklina666
    @kaklina666 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    now i need a gregorian chant version of this

  • @historyish7873
    @historyish7873 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    That's it. Everyone else can go home. The Steamed Hams translation game has been definitively won.

  • @outbakjak
    @outbakjak 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    I'm not a Jew but even without context this is one of the greatest things I've ever seen on TH-cam. Wtf, algorithm.. thank you lol

  • @annonimus6883
    @annonimus6883 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    The story of how ham ceased to be kosher

    • @nuabioof83
      @nuabioof83 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Both ham and shellfish, this was foretold

  • @aaronvazquez427
    @aaronvazquez427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    This makes me want to convert.

    • @fuzzytheduck
      @fuzzytheduck 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      I don't know if this means into or out of Judaism and I don't know which is funnier

    • @000aples
      @000aples หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@fuzzytheduckchoose your own adventure

  • @Replicaate
    @Replicaate หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    The parable of the lower-ranked scholar trying to fool his overseer about the quality of his hospitality through cunning, resulting in his house being burned down by his attempts to keep the lie going. Regardless of one's own faith I feel this contains a universal lesson we can all learn.

  • @IsakGerson
    @IsakGerson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    This is the best thing I've seen in a long time. I literally lolled at "zohar harakia hu". Truly you have deserved a part in the oilem habo now.

  • @Dudebrush4pwood
    @Dudebrush4pwood 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I keep stumbling across steamed hams that just astound me with their creativity and ingenuity. Truly our land hath been blessed by THE LORD with the meme of all time

    • @TheBrotherGrim
      @TheBrotherGrim 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My personal favorite is Steamed Hams Inc where they remix the whole bit into a gorillaz song. It's gold. This one was pretty great too

  • @andrewvella7829
    @andrewvella7829 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    I am ignorant of Hebrew, but even I see that this is a work of great beauty

  • @arson_carson
    @arson_carson 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    This is the greatest shitpost of all time. Not only did you go to the lengths to read it with tea'amim, but I'm pretty sure that your translation is impeccable. I can't believe I went 3 purims without being aware of this masterpiece of a shitpost, that maybe a handful of people who are overlapped between having been to Kriyat Megila and being Steamed Hams enjoyers will actually really appreciate. This made my day. I'll listen to it next purim

  • @vsGoliath96
    @vsGoliath96 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Can we just take a moment to think about the fact that we now live in a world with a retelling of the steamed hams scene from an episode of The Simpsons that aired in 1996 sung in perfect Hebrew? What a time to be alive.

  • @omerappel9898
    @omerappel9898 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    וואו, זה אחד בדברים הנפלאים והטובים שראיתי מימיי. אשרייך צדיק. שכוייח!

  • @sabersalsh1200
    @sabersalsh1200 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Switching from Esther to Eicha nusach when referencing the burning oven is genius!!

  • @rebyossi43
    @rebyossi43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Steamed Haman

    • @heartofgoldfish
      @heartofgoldfish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      I hope you're ready for mouth-watering hamantashen

    • @rebyossi43
      @rebyossi43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@heartofgoldfish You call them steamed hamantashen despite the fact that they are obviously baked.

    • @YuriHabadakas
      @YuriHabadakas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Boooooooooo! *furiously spins gragger*

    • @markmedrano9514
      @markmedrano9514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I spit my drink reading this comment 💀💀😂

    • @ReTsU19
      @ReTsU19 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@markmedrano9514 that makes two of us. XD

  • @HaShomeret
    @HaShomeret 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Now that's what I call elevating the text!

  • @kukachoo42
    @kukachoo42 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    "food of haste" reset my brain chemistry

  • @KohanKilletz
    @KohanKilletz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    According to the tradition, After the heresy of Shabbatai tzvi, Students must be 40 years old or more to learn this scroll

    • @naps_878
      @naps_878 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      sensible, the scroll is simply too esoteric for a beginner scholar to interpret and study

    • @KohanKilletz
      @KohanKilletz หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@naps_878 They might take a wrong interpretation and bring a great calamity on the Jewish people

  • @ButchBirdie
    @ButchBirdie 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    I cannot even imagine how long this took. Absolutely brilliant, yasher koach

  • @naturalistmind
    @naturalistmind 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Hearing steamed hams as a biblical story in Hebrew seems about right for my mental state at this moment

  • @moishele
    @moishele 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Simply cromulent! Yashar koach!

  • @benleitner4060
    @benleitner4060 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    How have I only just found this??? One of the funniest things I've ever seen, and the switch from Esther to Eichah trope for the oven on fire completely cracked me up. Brilliant!

  • @josephsowerbythomas157
    @josephsowerbythomas157 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    "BAAL-BENI" excellent

    • @jacobkieval6007
      @jacobkieval6007 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I loved the Baal-Beni moment, and then it made me realize that the "Ancient City" (Ir Ha'Atikah) sounds like Utica. So brilliant.

  • @joshuasims5421
    @joshuasims5421 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    This is truly wonderful, perhaps the best steamed hams I’ve seen. Also, today I learned the Hebrew word for ‘said’ is ‘yomer’! The more you know.

  • @GangstaCrizab
    @GangstaCrizab 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Hebrew recitation of memes are amazing. Do more

  • @voxvilis3644
    @voxvilis3644 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    “A differentiated man art thou” has found a place in my pantheon of passive aggressive insults

  • @KKbionic
    @KKbionic 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    believe it or not, this helped me better understand biblical hebrew intonation and narrative verb constructions. I also got a good refresher on pronouns and vocabulary. Recommended highly is the one who makes his silliness of great value!

  • @rudetuesday
    @rudetuesday 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    This is my favorite take on the meme, and so well-executed. Thank you for taking special care with it.

  • @fakeskyler2305
    @fakeskyler2305 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    2:38 Shalmer casually just dropping the BEAT

  • @deadlydingus1138
    @deadlydingus1138 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    “Good lord what is that being built out there!?”
    “A perch for the Ziz?”
    “A perch for the Ziz? At this time of year, at that height, in this part of my 127 provinces, built entirely within your backyard?”
    “Yes.”
    “May I hang you on it?”
    “No.”

  • @djackmanson
    @djackmanson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    This is magnificent. And I know nothing about the religious context of the chant/song. But I can still tell this is magnificent.

    • @yudel
      @yudel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      This is the melody to which the Biblical Book of Esther is chanted on the Jewish holiday of Purim (which celebrates the events described in Esther).

    • @djackmanson
      @djackmanson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@yudel Ah thank you!

    • @YuriHabadakas
      @YuriHabadakas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      And, from what little biblical Hebrew I understand, it's accurate! Amazing stuff.

    • @lcplaztec
      @lcplaztec 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@YuriHabadakas Yup. Biblical Hebrew has slightly different grammar and syntax than modern, and this is spot on for biblical.

  • @congregationbethamisrael6560
    @congregationbethamisrael6560 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    This is the Mona Lisa of..of what? There is no precedent for this, no equal for sure. Scholars will study this, essays in Commentary will be written. HAH-SEEK-NAIR- for that alone worth it. Bravo, bravo, bravo and you can sing like a mother!!!! Well done, sir. Well done indeed.

  • @armourvgyt
    @armourvgyt 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    I'm very tempted to show my Messianic mom just the audio and tell her it's a traditional Jewish sacrificial chant

    • @austinbaccus
      @austinbaccus 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Do it and report back please.

    • @fuzzytheduck
      @fuzzytheduck 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      This is so funny do it

    • @oriolejb9774
      @oriolejb9774 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yes pls

    • @radiokunio3738
      @radiokunio3738 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Isn't Judaism inherently Messianic, or it this case is it just shorthand for those see Yeshua as Messiah. I'm a Unitarian Christian ( Former/Fading JW ), so I've been looking at various Unitarian groups, and I've noticed that a few still go by Mosaic Law, whould that be a "Messianic Jew" or something different. Mainly I'm wondering at point which is something considered a denomination of Judaism or separate.

    • @oriolejb9774
      @oriolejb9774 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @radiokunio3738 messaianic is a branch of christianity that follows jewish law and claims that they are jewish, but messianics are inherently not jewish. many of us believe that a messiah will come (I personally do not), but a messaianic jew is a person who follows the jewish law and faith because jesus was jewish, which, believing in jesus as the messiah is inherently not jewish. jesus in jewish law can not be the messiah, because, among many things, one of the requirements is that a messiah has to be a descendent of King David, which jesus was not.

  • @MalachiCo0
    @MalachiCo0 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Words cannot possibly describe how much entertainment I received from this.

  • @seththomas9105
    @seththomas9105 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +166

    This may be late to the party, but as a Christian in the Judeo/Christian side of things I say this is just.... The internet is fullfilled; peace on earth, good will toward men.
    Happy Passover and Easter to everyone.

    • @bluehairedemon
      @bluehairedemon 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      bruh passover is in like a month, purim was just yesterday, and you wrote this comment like 2 weeks ago

    • @seththomas9105
      @seththomas9105 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@bluehairedemon You'll also notice "Peace on Earth, good will toward men" which is associated with Christmas. And, yes, I wrote it 2 weeks ago. Do you chastise people for saying Merry Xmas or Seasons greatings on Dec. first?
      Peace in the Middle East.

    • @Xezlec
      @Xezlec 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      @@seththomas9105Bro this is what happens when you try to be nice. If you'd just been nasty and racist like a normal person, people would've left you alone.

    • @seththomas9105
      @seththomas9105 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Xezlec Thank you. Yes, I know. The 15 year olds are just having their fun.
      Best wishes.

    • @bluehairedemon
      @bluehairedemon 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@seththomas9105 i dunno about your religion, but us jews do not wish for a happy holiday before the previous holiday even happened.
      my culture is not your hobby, stop acting like you understand it

  • @engineergaming1113
    @engineergaming1113 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I almost never leave comments on youtube videos, but feel compelled to commend the insane level of effort that this must've taken. Yom Kippur is around the corner, and this ridiculous commitment to the bit makes me want to take up learning Hebrew again. Shana Tova.

  • @rasurundfrisurmitmarco5748
    @rasurundfrisurmitmarco5748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I have found the perfect TH-cam video. How could anything be better than this? That's it. I can stop using the internet now.

  • @YuriHabadakas
    @YuriHabadakas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Incredible. Absolutely incredible. The effort you went to here is just outstanding.

    • @YuriHabadakas
      @YuriHabadakas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Like, I can't believe this is real. It's just SO good.

  • @nikthetrickster9948
    @nikthetrickster9948 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Rashi: "and he lifted his leg to open the window", clearly this "lifted to open" here it means that he opened this window like a door with his leg.
    Ibn Ezra: the sages speak of window opening. The use of his feet here could mean that...
    Rambam: Rashi and Ibn Ezra mention the opening of the window with HaSimor's foot. I disagree, for who would really open a window with a foot instead of both hands?
    PD: im not a student of anything please don't bully for a poorly made joke 😅

  • @tobiasheal
    @tobiasheal หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    This the kind of ridiculously niche and nerdy content I live for

  • @noriyakigumble3011
    @noriyakigumble3011 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +114

    Old Testament scholars still debate the meaning of this passage from “the 22 short books on the Field of Spring”
    Personally my professor is of the mind that this story relates to the profundity of Gods love as acted through the Shema, even when legal authority remains dubious; it’s a world of paradox and confusion where only love for the neighbor and for god can set right.
    Shalmer notes that he made it to the synagogue of Simor; despite the directions given to him by the Levite; but that begs the question as to why a Priest like Shalmer is asking the Levite for authority on the subject of devotion, and it is noted that Simor never invokes his position, and it is rather his acts that set the word right.
    Simor then does a series of actions that correlate with not just the Shema, but the Law of love; demonstrating love for his neighbor Shalmer; through his love for Shalmer he shows love for the lord.
    1) Simor actively mourns the burning of his roast, pure emotion streaking his face at the prospect of not feeding Shalmer
    2) Simor then proceeds to scheme his way past this; showing not just soulful resolve, but perhaps also making a wider statement as to the nature of human souls; is it our persistence or our capacity for deceipt that is notable?
    3) Simor demonstrates his might be stretching his calves on the “windowsill” which I say for lack of a better term, as the term comes from a more anglicized translation of old Greek texts which kind of stuck.
    4) Simor finally demonstrates not just love for his neighbor Shalmer, but also love for his neighboring merchant, krusty Burger; using patronage to sate the hunger of Shalmer. Now there’s actually a lot of scholarship concerning the entrance of this third actor to this narrative; I recommend more scholarship on the matter.
    It is known as to what extent Shalmer knows of Simors deceit; and the implications Therein; but the reversal of this pedagogical scenario comes full circle when miraculously; a heavenly light appears in Simors kitchen; prompting the priest Shalmer to become awe stricken and humbled; asking Simor for a lesson as to its origins; which Simor denies. From here the parable flips back to the status quo, with Shalmer validating Simors cooking; the world set right again.

    • @syro33
      @syro33 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I absolutely love seeing people's analyses of this, it's truly beautiful.

    • @ZellDincht-oo2fk
      @ZellDincht-oo2fk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      do we have a known date for when the 22 Books were written?
      Maimonides wrote that the stretching of calves refer to Greek gymnasia and that Simor was actually a Helenist

    • @noriyakigumble3011
      @noriyakigumble3011 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@ZellDincht-oo2fk certainly an interesting theory; I’m not one to discount it even if most voices in the theological community reject it; however, I believe there’s no historical Basis for Simor being a Hellene strictly through the practice of Gymnastics.
      Lest we forget, it has been stated that Simor plays a subordinate position to priest Shalmer and goes through great pains to keep the synagogue and meals ritualistically pure; it’s likely Simor was a Levite and thusly raised in a very Jewish context while claiming descent from an ancient line.
      It’s also likely that his knowledge of Gymnastics and Hellenic gymnastic practice could have come from cross cultural contact with either Greek Towns outside Palestine or in the very Gymnastic svhool built by the Seleucid kings in Jerusalem (Antiochus IV comes to mind)
      It could be possible that Simor is ironically practicing Gymnasia in an attempt to avert Shalmers eyes from the ritualistically impure meal; in Ancient Greece, nudity was an essential aspect to the sport which was looked down upon by the Jews; believing nudity in sports to go against gods mandate in Genesis. Simor being fully clothed, paired with Shalmers quiet derision frames this incident as an affront to priestly sensibilities, but only of mild distaste.

    • @ZellDincht-oo2fk
      @ZellDincht-oo2fk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@noriyakigumble3011
      interesting. Maimonides postulated that Simor was a negligent priest who bore false witness against Shalmer and who was lazy in his rituals

    • @martaleszkiewicz5115
      @martaleszkiewicz5115 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      It shall be noted that he only denied him the lesson on godly knowledge in order to protect him; for upon gazing into the heavenly light he saw the truth and saw all there is in the world, both good and evil, at once. And the visions of God's everlasting good overwhelmed him, and the visions of hell and the devil's doing terrified him in all their wickedness and made him to tremble down to his very core.
      Thus, he resolved to keep the vastness of the truth a matter sealed between him and the Lord, as to shield his neighbours from the curse of the divine wisdom, lest they lose their senses, for their minds be crushed under the weight of heavenly knowledge, that is only for the chosen ones to bear.

  • @internetkurator9256
    @internetkurator9256 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I am speechless and both delighted for this is a masterpiece!