Yakira Shimoni Fulks Art

Rainbows and Renewal

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 03:04:47 +0000

This week’s Torah portion is Parashat Noach and the story of the Great Flood. And what a coincidence that Southern California was swept by the remnants of Hurricane Rachel earlier this week, bringing heavy rain, gusty winds, and powerful waves that caused flooding and erosion along the coast. As I watched the storm from my […]

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October 7, 2026

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:54:29 +0000

Three years have passed since a joyous Shabbos holiday morning turned dark. Three years of pain, courage, and determination that have changed each and every one of us. And while time moves forward, we do not leave that day behind. In 1955, my father, Haviv Shimoni ז״ל, wrote a poem in Jerusalem called A Monument […]

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Simchat Torah—שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:22:37 +0000

This Saturday evening begins the holiday of Simchat Torah, שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה, “the joy of the Torah.” On Simchat Torah, we read the final words of Deuteronomy and immediately begin again with Genesis, Bereshit. There is no pause between ending and beginning. The cycle is never-ending. There is a beautiful meaning hidden in this cycle. The […]

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The Season of Our Joy

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:33:16 +0000

Only five days after Yom Kippur, we enter Sukkot, one of the three pilgrimage holidays. Sukkot is the harvest festival and recalls our ancestors’ journey through the wilderness. Rosh Hashanah asks us to awaken.Yom Kippur asks us to return.Sukkot asks us to rejoice.וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם לִפְנֵי ה׳ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם שִׁבְעַת יָמִים“You shall rejoice before the Lord your God […]

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Shabbat Shuvah

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:24:19 +0000

This Shabbat we read Parashat Ha’azinu: Listen. It is Moses’ final song to his people, calling them to remember who they are and their covenant with God. It is also Shabbat Shuvah, the Shabbat of Return. As Shabbat ends, we stand at the threshold of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Shuv means to return, […]

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Rosh Hashanah 5787

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 02:59:44 +0000

Shabbat Shalom, Shana Tova U’Metuka to All 🔯🙏💐שבת שלום ושנה טובה ומתוקה 🍎🍯❤️ On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, September 9, 2018, Asaf and I released our song “13th Sphere.” In 1999 I had a dream. I was walking at night on a hill facing the Wailing Wall. The night was dark, but the mountain […]

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Happy Labor Day

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 02:44:12 +0000

Happy Labor Day to All! 🇺🇸 It’s a rainy Monday in California, remnants of Hurricane Marie. Rain just before Rosh Hashanah always feels like a blessing. “Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase.” –Leviticus 26:4 And rain on Labor Day reminds me of an old Israeli […]

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Standing Before You

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:05:48 +0000

Shabbat Shalom and a Peaceful Weekend to All 🙏💐🔯 Tomorrow, on the last Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah, we read Parashat Nitzavim–Vayeilech, ניצבים–וילךDeuteronomy 29:9–31:30 After forty years in the wilderness, the Israelites stand at the threshold of the Promised Land. Before they enter, Moses gathers the people to reaffirm the covenant and remind them of the […]

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First Fruits

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:34:18 +0000

“You shall take from the first of all the fruit of the earth…”— Deuteronomy 26:2 וְהָיָ ה כִּי־תָבוֹא אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ נַחֲלָה וִירִשְׁתָּהּ וְיָשַׁבְתָּ בָּהּ׃וְלָקַחְתָּ מֵרֵאשִׁית כָּל־פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר תָּבִיא מֵאַרְצְךָ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ וְשַׂמְתָּ בַטֶּנֶא This week’s Torah portion, Ki Tavo, begins with the mitzvah of bikkurim: bringing the […]

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I Love It Here

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 01:27:18 +0000

Last week we drove up to Hollywood for my oral surgery with Dr. Daneshgar, whom I’ve known and trusted for 25 years. I’m still not sure what was harder, the procedure or the three-and-a-half-hour drive through heavy traffic. But I’m deeply grateful for Dr. D’s tender loving care and to be wearing my smile again. […]

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