Sickened By Russian Atrocities!
What happened to genuine faith in G-d, belief in the holy Torah, our duty to abide by the 613 commandments, and generally doing right in this world by our fellow man and before G-d Almighty? Maybe I’m being too literal here but being a “good Jew” has got to mean something important. We are keeping alive the tradition of our parents, grandparents and great grandparents, spanning back thousands of years to our Forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to G-d delivering us from Egyptian servitude, and His giving to us the Torah on Mount Sinai, and to His bringing us to Israel, the Land of Milk and Honey, and keeping us from being wiped away by one great empire after another. Being a Jew means being part of an important important and yes, “chosen” for a special mission of being a “light unto the nations” and that means action on our part: thinking, saying, and doing what’s right all the time!We are tested daily to do what’s right, even when it’s not convenient, easy, enjoyable, or popular. What is a Jew? We need to really ask ourselves that question. It’s not trivial and neither should the answer be. Our lives in this world and the next are depending on how we live up to the high bar that is set for us each and every day of our lives that Hashem mercifully grants to us.
Teaching Our Children To Be Good Jews
Maybe these ladies should take the escalator! ;-)
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Stairs Without Legs
He looks like he had too many puffs. ;-)
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Puff The Magic Dragon
Especially together as a series.
Blue, green, Red.
Cycle of life.
To everything: Turn, turn, turn. ;-)
Wheels of Fortune
“Talk less and do more.” Unfortunately, Putin apparently didn’t learn this lesson as a child and is now, as they say, having to learn it the hard way later in life. He and his henchmen signaled to the world how they would bring Ukraine to its knees, surround and capture the capital, Kyiv, overthrow the leadership and install a pro-Kremlin puppet, and demilitarize the country. However, Putin spoke very big, but after a whole month of fighting now, things haven’t turned out the way Putin had counted on. With Russian casualties, wounded, captured, and missing now estimated at up to 40,000, and with the Russian forces on the retreat, no one in their right minds could’ve imagined such a modern David and Goliath scenario playing out with Ukraine as the David.
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Putin’s Ukrainian Hogwash
But the oversize wheels and good-looking rims are quite fine!
What's more important the car or the tires? ;-)
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Nice Wheels and Rims
It's filled with rainbow tie dye bags.
The outside of the suitcase is also rainbow tie dye pattern.
So the inside and the outside matches.
Someone loves colorful tie dye everything. ;-)
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Tie Dye Rainbow Bags
Right out of the frying pan.
That is hot and so oh good to eat! ;-)
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Presenting Chicken Schnitzel
Parents looking on.
"Come down please before you get hurt!"
Every parent worries. ;-)
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Boy in Tree
This Is The Way We Make Our Hummus
It is time to finally and fully acknowledge the growing threat especially from Iran and take the necessary preemptive action to stop them before they follow Russia’s dangerous playbook to even greater global malice and consequence.
(Credit Photo: blueforce4116, https://www.flickr.com/photos/blueforce4116/1393622639/in/photolist-389)Russia’s Aggression Proves Iran Must Be Stopped
Because I don't eat gluten, my son-in-law made me eggs as the bun for the burgers!
Healthy, good-looking, and delicious eating.
Also, had some tasty spicy mayo to top it off.
Thank you for the beautiful, festive holiday meal. ;-)
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Delicious Purim Seudah
Butterfly.
Spreading its wings.
Flying gently.
Colorful.
Healing.
Happy.
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Beautiful Purim Butterfly
Lots of beads.
Bright colors.
An end to Covid blues. ;-)
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Fashion 2022
Mental calisthenics.
It takes discipline.
Got to work those neurons! ;-)
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Read, Read, Read
Is This The Coming of Gog and Magog?
Who wants to clean that pot? :-)
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Who Wants to Clean That Pot
All the greedy and corrupt power players at the table with their fancy suits, money, gold, and properties around the globe.
And their game is sustained up on the bent backs of the simple people with nothing (not even clothing).
But a Seeing Eye (and a Hearing Ear) in Heaven is watching the evil perpetrated.
Eventually, faith tells us that the game will be over and the simple hard-working people will be fully restored and the corrupt will suffer their just desserts. ;-)
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Stand Up!
As well as with their communications management.
Together with western civilization, hopefully Russia will pay a heavy price for their aggression. ;-)
(Credit Twitter Post: Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Ukraine Effectiveness
A Dream and An Honor
Putin has gotten himself in quite a pickle!
By ruthlessly attacking Ukraine, unprovoked, and unleashing h*ll against a sovereign nation including its core infrastructure and civilization population and even threatening nuclear war, Putin has made himself into the world's enemy #1.
Will dictator Putin take Russia down the pickle hole with him or will the Russian people finally toss out this rotten pickle and act like respectable and civilized nation again? ;-)
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Putin's In A Pickle
On the world stage, hero Zelenskyy is kicking his as*!
Just maybe, the Russian people will overthrow their dictator. ;-)
Russian Dictator Is Having A Bad Week
Calling On The Vatican
With China up next to invade Taiwan.
With Iran and North Korea just waiting for their chances at evil.
With provocations, escalations, and threats of nuclear weapons.
The world is much worse today.
Peace is shattered.
There is no telling when or how this will all end.
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World Is Worse Today
The U.S. is sitting on its hands.
NATO is in total disarray.
The United Nations is a joke!
As Russia looks mighty, we look ever so weak!
Total body blow to world democracy and human rights.
Russia is free to murder, take what it desires, do whatever it wants.
And China is gearing up for Taiwan next. ;-)
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Our Deterrence Is Lost
Patience my dear, patience! ;-)
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Lots of Green Beans
Israel is a small, but powerful nation that wants to stop attacks before they get to their door, and indeed, their lives depend on that. We can learn from Israel's military doctrine of deterrence through overwhelming strength, unity, and disincentivizing the attackers to inform other security issues, such as ransomware attacks. I believe that the answer lies in a public-private security partnership financially backed by the government.First, companies voluntarily join a public-private security partnership in which they adhere to higher security standards and oversight as well as pledge not to pay ransomware. Additionally, these companies are placed on a public list and given a badge or seal of approval/logo like Brink's Home Security or ADT to display that indicates they are "fortified," and in this case, that they won't pay any ransom, and are backed by the government.
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Lessons From Israel In Stopping Ransomware
Can you feel it?
It's a nostalgia to get away from our big cities.
And to live in the land and nature at peace with ourselves and our Maker. ;-)
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Country Landscape
Blows up.
Has spikes.
And teeth.
Many are poisonous.
Some species are a delicacy in Japan. ;-)
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Crazy Blowfish
They have so intimidated Ukraine that Russia will be able to install a new government in Kyiv or just pull the strings on the puppets in place without ever firing a shot.
Moreover, Ukraine won't be considered by NATO for membership ever again knowing that Russia will go to the mat over it.
Scare tactics can work if you carry a big enough gun and have the gumption to hold it to your opponent's head! ;-)
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Russia Wins This Hands Down
Everybody's getting into Super Bowl Sunday.
Go Team Go!
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Super Bowl Sunday
While anti-Semitism and persecution for being Jews is horrible and should never happen, in a sort of obscene and ironic way, it ends up making us stronger as Jews. In short, testing our faith, ends up solidifying our faith!No one likes adversity, suffering, or persecution, and G-d only knows that we as Jews have known our deeply painful share. Yet whether from Egyptian slavery to the Inquisition, the Holocaust, and more, it’s our test as Jews to survive, and to learn and grow from it our faith in Hashem.
Overcoming The Inquisitor
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Beautiful Shabbat Flowers
Amazing how the hats and robes give them the oriental flair.
Not sure what the dirt is on the arm of the one on the left (maybe it just wipes off).
But they each cost $14,500! ;-)
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Oriental Glass Sculpture
Red fish, blue fish.
Swarms of the sea.
They swim and they churn.
How many can there be? ;-)
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Red Fish Blue Fish
Your goose is cooked.
Eat crow.
Proud as a peacock.
An ugly duckling.
The early bird catches the worm.
One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
Kill two birds with one stone.
What's with all the weird bird sayings? ;-)
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Don't Be Chicken
They are a perfect couple.
Look like brother and sister.
In the dark, with a flashlight on their faces, I think I'd take some fright.
And the pitchfork would give me a sharp little pause as well. ;-)
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Farmer Folk
