HIST 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Chad Gadya, El Lissitzky
20 Sep 2016
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Hist 221 jewish history; september 20, 2016. Watch ushpizin : will be on test. Fratricide: killing of one brother by another, story of cain and abel. Noah"s ark: god makes a covenant with noah and his descendants and every living creature. He will never flood the world again. God leaves the signature this time because it was his action that started the covenant. God says humans must respect themselves and each other because they are made in his image. God does not like murder, but the flood was necessary to show humans they must be benevolent. God claims at the beginning of genesis that he is proud of his creations, but he expects them to be proud as well: symbol of the rainbow. Jewish song had gadya ( one little goat ) Very last moment of the jewish passover. Illustrated in russia in 1917 by el lissitzky.
