I am indebted to Rabbi Scheinerman for insights into the following lines.
בִּקְרֹב עָלַי, מְרֵעִים– לֶאֱכֹל אֶת-בְּשָׂרִי: צָרַי וְאֹיְבַי לִי; הֵמָּה כָשְׁלוּ וְנָפָלוּ
אִם-תַּחֲנֶה עָלַי, מַחֲנֶה– לֹא-יִירָא לִבִּי: אִם-תָּקוּם עָלַי, מִלְחָמָה– בְּזֹאת, אֲנִי בוֹטֵחַ
2 When evil-doers assail me to devour my flesh,
It is they — [...]
This week’s edition of Haveil Havalim is up at My Shrapnel. The Alyn Edition has been put together by Gila.
I’ve now got my school supplies; which is just as well considering I am going back to school on Monday. I went shopping this morning and got these. The big folder is for the students’ papers, the little blue notebook to put marks in and the other one is to note down what we’ve been [...]
… and two winks.
The Carnival of Overdue Thanks is up at Juggling Frogs.
The carnival as described by its creator: Thank-you-notes to the world: A chance to declare and acknowledge gratitude in public writing and blog posts. If not now, when?
I too am going back to school; it’s not just the kids. The problem is I can’t say I am very eager to go back.
For teachers too, a new year is synonymous with a lot of changes:
- a new timetable. Don’t underestimate its importance. A good schedule means a happy teacher.
- new colleagues. For so-called [...]
Skywatch Friday starts tonight. Find out more and join in by clicking here.
Just before we went away on vacation, I saw the colleague I was going to work with on the Holocaust project.
She had both good and bad news. The good news was that the six-day seminar on the teaching of the Holocaust in junior and high schools she had attended in July had been very enriching [...]
As mentioned in my first post about Psalm 27, I’ll only focus on a limited number of lines or will deal very quickly with some of them. So let’s start with the beginning.
יְהוָה, אוֹרִי וְיִשְׁעִי
The lord is my light and my salvation
A number of religions associate the divine with brilliance. For instance, Myanmar (Burma) is [...]
Like the brown rice recipes, this one comes from my friend Shimshonit. Even the introduction is hers.
Many years ago, my mother-in-law saw Leah Rabin on a talk show before Rosh Hashana, where Mrs. Rabin shared her recipe for honey cake. My mother-in-law managed to copy the recipe down and passed it on to me.
1 [...]
On Tuesdays, just post any photo you like (it must be one of your own) that contains the color RED and then link to this blog.
I took this photo in Sweden on a late September morning.
