The 9th of Av, which marks the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash, the High Temples in Jerusalem, fell on Shabbat this year. But since Shabbat is a day of joy, prohibiting any sign of mourning, the fast of Tisha B’Av is postponed from Saturday evening thru Sunday...
I have been practicing Hebrew Calligraphy. This tetragrammaton, יהוה YHVH, is the most sacred name of God. It’s derived from the root הוה meaning: Was, Is, Will Be, referring to the eternal being of God. As it is said: “And they shall know that you are your name,...
Wild wishes flew like mustard seeds over plateaus and ocean reeds as wind swept leaves with gust and thrust a stolen kiss some lovely lust a Drama Queen in hot couture and Flannel Gray who was her cure — her streetwise candor his wizard potiona sweet spiced...
The charismatic sky turned red like Kalahari Desertand yellow saffron strands glistened on the waves the giant sea laid peaceful blue and quiet holding treasured secrets in its bottom caves. Inside, my heart raged in shades of thundercloudsabove sandy bluffs with...