Comments on: TrekMovie.com wishes you a “g’mar chatimah tovah” for Yom Kippur

By: April Wootten

April Wootten — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:49:30 +0000

I was just wondering–what does the Hebrew word “g’mar” mean exactly? I can only find translations of it with other words in a phrase.

Thanks.

By: Greg2600

Greg2600 — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:58:23 +0000

May the Schwartz be with you! Oops, wrong movie.

By: JC

JC — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:27:26 +0000

Shalom

By: JamfoFL

JamfoFL — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:03:09 +0000

#8 – Actually, the hand sign was derived from the ancient “Kohane Blessing Ritual.” During this ritual, the Rabbis hold their hands in front of them, during the blessing, with their fingers in the same manner that we also associate with the Vulcan Hand Salute.

The position of the fingers in this manner approximates the Hebrew letter “shin”. This stands, in turn, for the Hebrew word “Shaddai” meaning “Almighty G-d”. (The Hebrew letter “shin” is the equivalent of the English “sh” sound and is the first letter in the Hebrew spelling of “Shaddai”.)

Nimoy saw this hand gesture as a boy during services, and when a salute was needed for the episode “Amok Time,” he remembered it and used it.

By: Harry Ballz

Harry Ballz — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:35:52 +0000

Yowza! I’d say you like to go for the jugular, but my anatomy would be off…….hmmm, I could be nasty and point out that a “sober Russian” is both an oxymoron and a contradiction in terms…..but, no, I won’t go there!

By: VulcanBabe

VulcanBabe — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:07:03 +0000

“I thought Fuzzy Nutz was too subtle!”

For fear they’d be confused with acorns…

By: Harry Ballz

Harry Ballz — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:40:15 +0000

#25

Thanks for sharing with a bit of your background. I see what you mean regarding my username, but I thought Fuzzy Nutz was too subtle!

By: VulcanBabe

VulcanBabe — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:57:58 +0000

#24

The irony is actually very fitting…since Spock also has a devil’s ears.

By: VulcanBabe

VulcanBabe — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:56:34 +0000

At #23
With your username…could I logically infer anything else?
Try drinking some of that vodka, and see what you can make of my name. ^_~

On a more serious note, you did hit half the mark (*figuratively* speaking), as I am a sober Russian, and of partially Jewish descent, although I myself am not religious.

Ah, and a question that I have been wondering about for a while….I understand that Nimoy says Judaism ideals are present in Star Trek…

But how have Shatner and Nimoy’s Judaism roots affected their acting…for example, if anyone has seen “Patterns of Force”, how did they manage that one?

By: Admiral Harry IV

Admiral Harry IV — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:52:09 +0000

one problem the Vulcan salute is also featured as a Satanic salute on The Devil tarot card representing devil horns, which gave birth to the twofingered variant known as our peace sign which is also used in pranks as devil horns