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I am my ♥‘s and my ♥ is mine אלול

Posted on 2009/08/20 by davka

wel­come to אלול As we begin Elul, the month before Rosh haShan­nah, prepa­ra­tions for the new year start. The Hebrew word אלול is con­sid­ered an acronym for the phrase from the Song of Songs: 6:3a… אני לדודי ודודי לי = I am my … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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for multiple transgressions of…

Posted on 2009/08/13 by davka

…it’s time to keep this more read­i­ly avail­able. The words of Amos, who was among the writ­ers of Tel Aviv, which he saw, con­cern­ing Israel in the days of Cas­tro, Sartre, Rus­sell and all the rest… The fol­low­ing text appeared in … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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