When the country went bankrupt the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister said they were going to send food to the Tamils of Sri Lanka. One of our Tamil youths at theGotagogamatold him; “Mr Chief Minister either send food to Sri Lankans or don’t send at all.” What a beautiful and proud retort...
In the case of shalom,salam w’alay-kum, and peace be with you what was originally meant by the Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic is an idea of oneness, or wholeness. Something akin to “peace of mind.” So a much more accurate translation would be may you be made whole, or interpreted w...