20 de maio de 2020

A. B. Yehoshua




יוֹצֵ֥ר אוֹר֙ וּבוֹרֵ֣א חֹ֔שֶׁךְ עֹשֶׂ֥ה שָׁל֖וֹם וּב֣וֹרֵא רָ֑ע אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה עֹשֶׂ֥ה כָל־אֵֽלֶּה
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

Isaiah 45:7

Qumran



18 de maio de 2020


"Ostatnia Niedziela", Mieczysław Fogg (1936)


What a great wonder that we should be able to
     draw so near to God in prayer
How many walls there are between God and human beings!
Even though God fills all the world,
     God is so very hidden!
Yet a single word of prayer can topple all the walls
      and bring you close to God.

Likkutim Yekarim, 22, 4b

Hassidismo


"Historical Atlas of Hasidism", Marcin Wodziński (2018)

13 de maio de 2020

Vida


Red-footed falcons mate near Tiszaalpár, Hungary

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik




"The Lonely Jew of Faith: Covenantal Connection in an Age of Quarantine", Rabbi Meir Soloveichik 


וּלְכֹהֵ֥ן מִדְיָ֖ן שֶׁ֣בַע בָּנ֑וֹת וַתָּבֹ֣אנָה וַתִּדְלֶ֗נָה וַתְּמַלֶּ֙אנָה֙ אֶת־הָ֣רְהָטִ֔ים לְהַשְׁק֖וֹת צֹ֥אן אֲבִיהֶֽן
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock; 

וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ הָרֹעִ֖ים וַיְגָרְשׁ֑וּם וַיָּ֤קָם מֹשֶׁה֙ וַיּ֣וֹשִׁעָ֔ן וַיַּ֖שְׁקְ אֶת־צֹאנָֽם
but shepherds came and drove them off. Moses rose to their defense, and he watered their flock. 

וַתָּבֹ֕אנָה אֶל־רְעוּאֵ֖ל אֲבִיהֶ֑ן וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מַדּ֛וּעַ מִהַרְתֶּ֥ן בֹּ֖א הַיּֽוֹם
When they returned to their father Reuel, he said, “How is it that you have come back so soon today?” 

וַתֹּאמַ֕רְןָ אִ֣ישׁ מִצְרִ֔י הִצִּילָ֖נוּ מִיַּ֣ד הָרֹעִ֑ים וְגַם־דָּלֹ֤ה דָלָה֙ לָ֔נוּ וַיַּ֖שְׁקְ אֶת־הַצֹּֽאן
They answered, “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds; he even drew water for us and watered the flock.” 

Exodus 2:16-19
 

12 de maio de 2020

Lag Ba'Omer



Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag Baomer
 in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem on May 11, 2020

10 de maio de 2020

Vida


Green Hairstreak Butterfly


וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה עֲלֵ֥ה אֵלַ֛י הָהָ֖רָה וֶהְיֵה־שָׁ֑ם וְאֶתְּנָ֨ה לְךָ֜ אֶת־לֻחֹ֣ת הָאֶ֗בֶן וְהַתּוֹרָה֙ וְהַמִּצְוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּתַ֖בְתִּי לְהוֹרֹתָֽם

The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and wait there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the teachings and commandments which I have inscribed to instruct them.” 

Exodus 24:12

Paris


A Trip through Paris (late 1890s)

7 de maio de 2020


"Moses sees the Promised Land from afar", James Tissot (1896-1902)


"Go out of the ark,
you and your wife and your children."
Take yourself out of the words of your prayers
Let your prayer not be for yourself
or for your household,
but only for the sake of God and His Presence.

Torey Zahav, noah

Retorno


"The War of Return", Einat Wilf (2018)

6 de maio de 2020

Bruno Schulz


(1935)

Vida


A female chacma baboon pays a visit to a house in Cape Town, South Africa


בַּסֻּכֹּ֥ת תֵּשְׁב֖וּ שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֑ים כָּל־הָֽאֶזְרָח֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יֵשְׁב֖וּ בַּסֻּכֹּֽת
You shall live in booths seven days; all citizens in Israel shall live in booths, 

לְמַעַן֮ יֵדְע֣וּ דֹרֹֽתֵיכֶם֒ כִּ֣י בַסֻּכּ֗וֹת הוֹשַׁ֙בְתִּי֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּהוֹצִיאִ֥י אוֹתָ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם
in order that future generations may know that I made the Israelite people live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I the LORD your God. 

Leviticus 23:42-43