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Source(google.com.pk)A lot of fascinating research examines how ancient religious rituals still influence modern behavior. Praying people would be surprised to learn that the posture of hands in prayer may be a modern re-enactment of touching testicles. The ancient practice is known as the "Yarek Oath" and the new discoveries come from the work of the historian Dr. Rex Curry. It is based on some of the oldest descriptions of prayer (or oaths) in the Bible.
Wikipedia has helped to spread the news about Dr. Curry's discoveries. Recent articles at opinioneditorials.com report on the many references to Dr. Curry's research and discoveries on Wikipedia. Even Wikipedia founder Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales has publicly noted Dr. Curry's influence on Wikipedia. Some Wikipedia writers use Dr. Curry's work without attribution in apparent attempts to bolster their own credibility.
An amazing new theory asks if praying (kneeling with hands folded) symbolizes touching the testicles of a religious superior, or touching God’s inner thigh or Praying with hands together (steepled hands) is a posture with an origin that is virtually unknown. Most people, including members of the Jewish and Christian religions, do not know that the hands-in-prayer was a Jewish practice. It was done in Judaism and still is in at least one annual orthodox ritual in some temples.
A Rabbi stated "We kneel and bow during parts of the Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur prayer. We fold our hands in prayer of 'Shmoneh Esreh' (the main portion of prayer - the 18 blessings) - (source: "Code of Jewish Law" O.C. 95:3; MB 6 there). For Kabbalistic reasons, we do not interlace our right and left hand fingers together - (source: "Ta'amei Minhagim" 511)."
"The book of Jewish Knowledge" by Nathan Ausubel (p. 351) states “It has also been commonly assumed that folding the hands in prayer is exclusively a Christian custom. This is not the historical fact at all. As early as the post-Exilic period, when Jews prayed, they folded their hands, and they observed this custom for several centuries even after it had been adopted by Christians.”
The Talmud relates how the Babylonian Sage, Rabba (Abba ben Joseph, C. 280-352), used to pray with his hands folded.
During the time of Jesus, Judaism's postures for prayer included folding the hands. Being Jews, Jesus and his followers did so too.
Judaic practice was discontinued by Jews in reaction against their persecution under the Christian religion in the Holy Roman Empire. Rabbis decreed that Jews cease steepling hands in prayer because their oppressors used folded hands.
It was a deliberate disassociation according to Ausubel. And it has been forgotten by almost everyone.
The praying-hands mystery leads to an amazing new theory (farther down) about another forgotten prayer practice in the book of Genesis. Genesis contains passages in which a male takes an oath by placing his hand “under the thigh” of the male to whom he is swearing. It has sometimes been interpreted as swearing upon, or touching, the testicles.
The Book of Genesis (Ch. 24, verse 2-4, and also see verse 9) states “And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell...” Abraham’s servant swore that he (the man-servant) would not bring a wife for his son (Abraham's son, Isaac) from the land of Canaan.
The Book of Genesis (Ch. 47, verse 29) states: “And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt...” Israel had his son Joseph swear that he would bury him in the Holy Land and not in Egypt.
The Book of Genesis (Ch. 32, verse 25) appears to relate God seizing Jacob in the same part of the anatomy.
There is also an artistic interpretation of Issac blessing Jacob from the 1891 Gustave Dore illustrations of the The Talmud, an encyclopedia of Jewish life, contains numerous stories of devoted slaves. A model of the devoted slave is the biblical figure of Abraham's slave, Eliezer. Abraham found Eliezer starving by the road to Damascus. Eliezer was a runaway slave. After Abraham nursed him back to health, he told the runaway that he was free to leave, but Eliezer, who was born to serve, vowed never to leave Abraham, having finally found a worthy Master. When Abraham asked Eliezer to swear loyalty, he told him to “place your hand upon my thigh.”
The Hebrew word in some passages is ‘yarek,’ meaning ‘thigh’ in the Old Testament. That ritual might derive from the belief that the thigh is a center of power, probably because it is near the genitals. Some interpreters argue that it is a swearing upon the genitals, with "under the thigh" being a euphemism in Hebrew.
Dr. Lee Stone, in his book “The Power of a Symbol,” said that the “most ancient way of administering the oath was by placing the hand between the thighs, on the genitals. These were regarded as the Christian and the Jew regard the Bible, as being the most sacred of tangible things” (10, pg. 45).
Dr. P. C. Remondino, in his book “History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present” said that “It was partly this custom of swearing, or of affirming, with the hand under the thigh, by the early Israelites,” which led many to believe that their hand was being placed on the testicles (11, pg. 35).
It is likely that the passages above inspired the popular claim that the word ‘testify’ derived from ‘testicle,” but the claim is disputed with alternative derivations and interpretations.
A popular claim also alleges that Greeks and Romans would touch their own testicles while swearing, however there is no evidence in support. The "testicle" theory argues that the testicles were used for oaths because they represented virility, power, and represented the man’s future generations, and the source of life. If so, perhaps that is the true "ancient Roman salute" (grasping one's own testicles), as the stiff-armed salute is definitely NOT an "ancient Roman salute."
The new theory asks whether the “inner thigh” posture (the "yarek oath" or "yarek prayer" or "yarek pledge") acknowledged the man’s circumcision. In Judaism the circumcision is the male’s covenant with God and is also called the “Covenant of Abraham,” because it began with the Patriarch Abraham. Two references to the “inner thigh” oath (above) refer to Abraham, whose circumcision would have been new and revered. Abraham would have circumcised his slaves, who later performed “inner thigh” oaths to Abraham.
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