Category Archives: holidays

Queen Esther Helped Me Beat the Draft

Posted on 2020/03/05 by davka

In 1966 Tuli (Naph­tali) Kupfer­berg pub­lished “1001 Ways to Beat the Draft”. I acquired a copy, but it was of lit­tle use to me as I was (at least at the time) fair­ly safe with my 2S (stu­dent) defer­ment. A cou­ple of years lat­er … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Cosmic Illumination

Posted on 2019/09/29 by davka

May the Breath of the cos­mos illu­mi­nate us and be gen­er­ous to us. May we be strong as lions (ארי) full of awe (ירא) for the light that illu­mines (מאיר) us, reflects (מראה) from us, and that oth­ers see (ראה) glow­ing … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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