Eh, Hhabibi!

ספר ואלה שמות
הוא
ספר יציאת מצרים
הוא
ספר הגאולה
פרק ג פסוק ג
(Moshe has just encountered the Burning Bush)

וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה
אָסֻרָה נָּא וְאֶרְאֶה
אֶת הַמַּרְאֶה
הַגָּדֹל הַזֶּה
מַדּוּעַ לֹא יִבְעַר הַסְּנֶה

vayomer Mosheh
asura na’ ve’er’eh
et hamar’eh
hagadol hazeh
madua‘ lo’ yiv‘ar haseneh


Yeah, I'm pretty sure that if I saw a bush that burned and was not consumed I would be going "eh..." or "uh..." too. There's a good song of that phrase vehaseneh einenu ukal that a friend of one of my Jerusalem apartmentmates used to sing. I thought it should be the theme song of JTS, since after all that's their motto. Now if only I could remember how the song went...