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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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on being a bridge, a “compromise selection” in a “gorgeous mosaic”

David Dink­ins (who died yes­ter­day, Novem­ber 23, 2020) became may­or of New York after our imme­di­ate fam­i­ly left the New York area for San Diego. I had no direct expe­ri­ence of his stew­ard­ship of the city. The first New York may­oral can­di­date … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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