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women fighters and sho’a nightmares

I think every teenage Jew­ish child ought to have a week of Sho’a relat­ed night­mares. If we can reen­act the Exo­dus and liv­ing in Sukkot, why not the Sho’a? Con­tin­ue read­ing

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counting the omer to climb over the rainbow from slavery to royalty at Sinai

Count­ing the Omer Imag­ine a 7×7 grid. royg­biv Each row, from right to left, is a dif­fer­ent col­or of the rain­bow at 25% con­cen­tra­tion: red, orange, yel­low, green, blue, indi­go and vio­let. Each col­umn, from bot­tom to top, is also a dif­fer­ent col­or … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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