Yakira Shimoni Fulks Art

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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The Gift of Shabbat

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:09:06 +0000

This week’s Torah portion, Re’eh, רְאֵה, “See,” begins with a choice: “See, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God… and the curse, if you do not obey…” (Deuteronomy 11:26–28) The message is clear: our choices have consequences. The way we […]

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Moon Over Citrus Hills

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 08:30:07 +0000

Last night, the beautiful full moon hanging over Citrus Hills brought back memories of my beloved brother Ehud and the years I spent at his home high above Lake Hollywood, watching the moon glisten on the water and light up the hills. Inspired by a post by David Proud and by the verse from Proverbs, […]

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A Poetic Gift

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:25:36 +0000

What a beautiful gift arrived in the mail today from far across the sea: a thoughtful collection of poetry from my dear friend Jasper Kesteloo, an aviation psychologist from the Netherlands. Jasper’s poems reflect on love, faith, spirit, and the deeper ties that connect us as human beings. The spaciousness between the lines gives each […]

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