VLVL2 (1): Annotations (pp. 10 - 11)

[Dave Monroe]

Cf. ...

"... 'tis Dixon's luck to discover The Rabbi of
Prague,
headquarters of a Kabbalistick Faith, in
correspondence with the Elect Cohens of Paris, whose
private Salute they now greet Dixon with, the Fingers
spread two and two, and the Thumb held away from them
likewise, said to represent the Hebrew letter Shin and
to signify, 'Live long and prosper.'"  (M&D, Ch. 50,
p.
485)

Proverbs 3:1-2

1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my
commands in your heart, 
2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring
you prosperity.

http://www.ebs.hw.ac.uk/EDC/StarTrek/gifs/3spock.gif

http://www.novelenterprise.com/episTOS2/2journey2c.jpg

>From David Gerrold, The World of Star Trek (New York:
Ballantine, 1973) ...

"The salute is given with the right hand, palm facing
the person you are greeting with the fingers spread in
the middle.  The gesture is very much like the
V-for-Victory Peace Sign.  When done with both hands
close together, it is an old and esoteric Rabbinical
gesture, used in certain types of Jewish blessings. 
The congregation is supposed to cover their eyes, but
Leonard [Nimoy] used to peek.  (Theological humility
prevents me here from speculating that Vulcan was
colonized by the ten lost tribes of Israel.)"
(footnote, p. 46)

"Nimoy delved in to his own Jewish upbringing to
create the Vulcan hand salute, first used in the
episode 'Amok Time'. The salute is derived from that
used by the Kohanim (Hebrew priests) when blessing the
congregation while forming the letter 'shin' with
their hands."

http://www.ebs.hw.ac.uk/EDC/StarTrek/spock.html

"... I discussed my ambivalence about going to Germany
with my wife's cousin John Rosove, our rabbi at Temple
Israel in Hollywood. 'Do young German fans know that
you're a Jew?' he asked. 'Perhaps a small number,' I
replied. 'Do they know that you introduced the Vulcan
hand salute based on the letter SHIN and that it comes
from your experience watching the kohanim (the
priestly descendants of Aaron) at synagogue services?'
'Perhaps only a small number would have heard about
it,' I responded."

http://uahc.org/rjmag/999ln.html

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0205&msg=66774&sort=date

--- Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 11.32  "Mr. Spock's Vulcan hand salute"   A
> character from the original Star Trek TV series
> (1966 - 1969), Mr. Spock was memorably (and
> logically) played by Leonard Nemoy.  The Vulcan hand
> salute is achieved by holding the palm out, and
> creating a "V" by splitting the middle and ring
> fingers (index-middle together, ring-pinky
> together).  Apparently, the hand salute was created
> for the character by Nemoy, and was based on hand
> symbols he'd observed as a child at the synogogue.
> http://members.rogers.com/nimoyleonard/nimoy_startrek.html

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