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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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time for pruning
the days grow short, the moon fills and begins to wane. The date clusters hang ready. Come with me to the oasis. The late summer harvest has begun. I sort the fruit of my past year’s labor. The fruit is full and sweet. I look … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000s, black, green, holiday, lapel buttons, liturgy, ritual, yellow
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6 on a scale of 1 to 10?
judge everyone, how? In Pirke Avot 1:6, R. Joshua ben Perachiah says: והוי דן את כל האדם לכף זכות The phrase is variously translated as: judge every man in the scale of merit judge every man towards merit Judge every person favorably Give … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, 1940s, blue, hebrew, holiday, ritual, white, yom kippur
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