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weight the scale to the positive

Posted on 2021/09/20 by davka

In this New Year espe­cial­ly, may we judge every­one with the scale weight­ed to the pos­i­tive. On this linoleum block print, the old-fash­ioned bal­ance scale the word כף forms its shape. The pans of the scale hold pos­i­tive and neg­a­tive … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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

Posted on 2021/04/02 by davka

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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