Showing posts with label Holy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holy. Show all posts
October 2, 2024
September 8, 2024
On The Wings of Eagles
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(AI generated image via Designer)
April 7, 2024
BRING THEM HOME NOW!
January 14, 2024
Amazingly Beautiful Prayer for the IDF
December 29, 2023
December 8, 2023
July 27, 2023
July 15, 2022
An Army That Sings and Dances
Please see my new poem in The Times of Israel called "An Army That Sing and Dances."
In joy and tears.
By song and dance.
With an uplifted heart and a yearning soul.
Soldiers of the Holy Land.
They stand before G-d Almighty.
Ready to lay down their lives in complete faith.
The Redemption is here.
Just open your eyes.
Oh L-rd, return us to the Promised Land.
In joy and tears.
By song and dance.
With an uplifted heart and a yearning soul.
To serve You, and only You.
May 7, 2022
Playing The Odds
I thought to myself while Jews don’t take those wild odds (1 in a 100 of paralysis), why do they play the odds with their souls by pretending to be religious on the outside, but on the inside and away from human eyes doing evil? Surely, we all know that G-d sees everything and that a faithful judgment awaits us all. And it all made sense not to play the odds not only with our physical health, but also with our spiritual wellbeing.
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
July 7, 2021
Remember To Always Be Kind
February 24, 2020
Getting Tefillin Checked
I learned that if there are questions about the legibility of the holy scrolls, they are given to a child to read to see in their innocence whether the tefillin are kosher or not.
Something felt very good and important about performing this mitzvah.
In the meantime, while mine are being checked, I have a loaner pair of teffilin to use and daven with.
Yet to be seen whether it is time for a new pair or not--like a bar mitzvah all over again. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
February 16, 2020
Israel 2020: Day 7
Today, we went to the Kotel (Holy Western Wall) in Jerusalem.
We went on a special tour of the Kotel Tunnels.
Got to see the foundation stones under the Temple Mount where legend has it that G-d created the world from and where Abraham went to sacrifice Isaac.
This is also the place where the first and second Jewish temples stood.
We literally got to see so much of the ancient underground building stones, pillars, arches, bridges, waterways, and even learned how they think that these mega limestones (weighing over 520 metric tonnes) were moved into place so many thousands of years ago with pulleys, gears, and levers.
It was a fascinating and fun tour.
Thank you to my son-in-law and daughter for getting us tickets to this.
Lovely time by all. ;-)
(Credit Video: Andy Blumenthal, and sorry about turning it sideways once it gets to the underground waterway)
February 12, 2020
Israel 2020: Day 3
Saw the beautiful 15th century Abuhav Synagogue, the Candle Factory, the artist colony, and the of course, the holy graves of the Tzadikim to pray.
It was a marvelously spiritually uplifting experience (as well as being up high in the mountains) and is an overall beautiful and unique city of ancient winding alleys and treasures at every turn.
So grateful to have had this opportunity to visit there, thank you Hashem! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
December 27, 2019
December 26, 2019
December 13, 2019
November 5, 2019
Hearts and Stones
There are people with hearts of stone, and there are stones with hearts of people.The people know who they are, and the stones reside where has G-d set them.
In the final redemption, the peoples' hearts will turn back to Hashem and the stones with hearts will rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
March 2, 2019
Jerusalem Center of The World
This beautiful artist and thoughtful map was published in 1581.
It shows the 3 continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa as 3 leaves of a clovers with Jerusalem at the center.
Jerusalem, Israel is the focus, nexus and crossroad between these 3 worlds of Western, Asian, and African civilizations.
Israel is so multi-cultural and holy to the 3 major monotheistic religions of the world (Christianity, Islam, and Judaism).
Light, healing, peace, and prosperity should emanate from Jerusalem to the whole world and G-d should bless us from his heavenly abode. ;-)
(Source Photo: Wikipedia)
December 5, 2018
Stained Glass Majesty
It's not only artistic and colorful, but also it's a magical combination of opaqueness and translucence.
It provides cover and privacy from the outside world, yet it plays with the light that comes in through it to give a wonderful effect to any room.
If I could, I would make every room in every building with stained glass.
I would bask in the light and the color.
It would feel warm and holy--the light of G-d on me.
It's as if G-d and His holy host are streaming in from the Heavens, and surrounding me all about.
I feel lifted up in space and time stops, all is safe and wonderful in the world.
Beautiful and holy spiritual energy celebrating, dancing, and singing all around me. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
February 3, 2018
Good People And Bad
There are really good and holy people out there, but there are also truly bad and evil ones.
It's not such a difficult concept, except if you just don't think that way.
I think some of us just want to believe that at the heart of it all, people are fundamentally good--or at the very least they struggle in order to fight off the evil impulse.
They are created by G-d.
They have parents and families.
They have challenges and disappointments.
They have a good soul.
Or do they?
Perhaps like everything in life--G-d created everything and it's opposite.
- There is life and death.
- There is light and dark.
- There is cold and hot.
- There is land and water.
- There is male and female.
- There is pleasure and pain.
- There is work and rest.
- There is holy and profane.
Everything has it's counterpart.
- In this respect then, there are good people and there are bad.
Not that there aren't people who are both--they do some good things and some bad.
Just like with everything, you can have greys or mixtures--some of this AND some of that.
But still, G-d created everything and its opposite.
- Again, there is heaven and hell.
And yes, there are some people that are perhaps truly good and others that are very bad.
The really good ones--they are holy, they give, they love, they inspire.
The really bad ones--they are vicious devil wolves.
That doesn't mean anyone is completely perfect or imperfect, but as with everything, there are people as there are inanimate objects that function at the extremes.
Most of us don't live in the extreme, yet we do see those that we know are examples of each:
We recognize the best and these are people with a heart of gold and a soul that shines light, love, and gives to others.
Similarly, the worst ones are with a heart that is selfish and greedy and a soul that is dark, hateful. and violent.
We don't like to think of the extremes.
They either are too perfect or too frighteningly evil, but yet they do exist and we know it just as we know life and death, light and dark, cold and hot, land and water, male and female, pleasure and pain, work and rest, holy and profane, and even the destinations of heaven and hell. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
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