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In the year 5785…
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may our struggles transform us and the world for growth, blessing, repair,
and especially, for peace. 
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Genesis 32:29
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enjoying סֻכּוֹת
¡warning!
This site remains under considerable reconstruction.
Most pages should still be available in their original location. However, I will be moving the vast majority of the old site (static html pages) into the Web 2.0 (blog) site. If you experience any "link rot", please let me know.
When I initially created this site I organized the material into what seemed to be meaningful categories (in the days before "tags"). But the time came when, it was hard to figure out which link to click if you wanted to know about Sammy Levinger's ("who"?) death ("what"?) while fighting during the Spanish Civil War ("when"?), though we had visited Belchite the site ("where?") of the battle where he sustained his mortal wounds. The new tools should make this process easier.
`//rite on!
,\\ark Hurvitzsome sayings of ר‘משבצונה“ל
For many years I have worked hard, and struggled with mastering virtuous. Now, in addition, I’m working on becoming more virtual.
This is an expression of that effort.
* * * * * * *השיבנו ה‘ אליך ונשובה חדש ימינו
כעוד לא היו
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ומביא גאלה…
לצאצאיהם-
All photographs are by Mark Hurvitz unless they are obviously not (or credit otherwise is given).
The photos in the banner at the top (only a shallow sliver of a much larger photo) are either from our home or our travels and are offered for their beauty alone (though a brain-teaser for me: "Where was that?").
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Author Archives: davka
(ac)counting
let me count the (w/d)ays The period between Pesach and Shavuot was one of serious tension in ancient Israel. The barley harvest began at Pesach and the wheat harvest ended near the time of Shavuot. More was at stake during … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000s, blue, holiday, lapel buttons, omer, pesach, shavuot, torah, twitter, white
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jewish environmentalism and tu b’sh’vat
a thought regarding the history of Jewish environmentalism In January of 1970 I needed to make (what for me then was) a significant personal decision. I was born on January 22 on the Gregorian calendar. However, the year I was born, that date corresponded … Continue reading
Posted in family, from the archives, holidays, judaica, lapel buttons, politics, what, when, who
Tagged 1990s, black, environmentalism, family, green, holiday, Hurvitz, lapel buttons
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