About Psalm 90 (2008)

From Psalm 90: You have been an abode for us in all generations; For even a thousand years in Your eyes are but a bygone yesterday, Teach us to count our days,
then we shall acquire a heart of wisdom,
then we shall sing out and rejoice.

Bethel (2008)

Cat Is To Lion As (2008)

Common Internal Tangents are Equal (2008)

They are--that's a fact.

This picture is influenced by watching the people in a very nice Pilates/Yoga class taught by Teresa and by the Teaching Company lecture series on ancient religions and civilizations.

Communication Between Worlds of Action and Formation (2008)

In the classic book of Jewish mysticism "Thirteen Petalled Rose" author Adin Steinsaltz describes the 4 intersecting worlds--Action (where we are), Formation (where the angels are), Creation and Emanation. Sometimes some people can sense t ... Read more »

Days of the Heaven (2008)

In my mind, heaven involves some translucence.
From Deuteronomy 11:13-21, "And it will come to pass that if you continually hearken to My commandments that I command you today,......in order to prolong your days and the days of your child ... Read more »

Deut. 30:11 (2008)

This is one of my favorite passages from the Torah. Happy Rosh Hashana 2008.

Garden Outside the Ruins of the Hittite Empire (2008)

These ruins are actually in Turkey, but the Hittite empire which fell apart around 1200 BCE stretched all the way down to Egypt.

Goodbye Lamb (2008)

In Numbers 22:22, Balaam's donkey sees the angel sent by God to prevent their passage on the road. Rashi suggests that animals are allowed to see spiritual beings that are blocked from the human eye, because human intelligence would cause people to ... Read more »

Jeremiah 7:23 (2008)

Inspired by Jeremiah 7:23

Rather, I commanded them regarding only this matter, saying: "Hear My voice that I may be a God unto you and you will be a people unto Me; and you shall follow along the entire path in which I command you ... Read more »

Land Between the Hittite and Assyrian Empires (2008)

The 12th century BCE was a period of renewed ethnic migrations at the end of the Bronze Age. The Hittite empire mysteriously collapsed allowing a period of time from 1200 BCE until the rise of the Assyrian Empire in the 9th century BCE without a majo ... Read more »

Liora & Rodney's Wedding (2008)

Mazel Tov to the lovely couple.

Measure of Inscribed Angle (2008)

The measure of an inscribed angle with endpoints on a diameter equals 90 degrees.

Find the inscribed angles.

Open My Heart to Your Torah (2008)

I love to watch the Persian women praying. They scoop the holiness of the Torah into them as it goes by and bury their faces in prayer books during the silent devotion. They pray with a fervor and trust that I, as a novice, can not approach. ...The ... Read more »

Other than You we have no king (2008)

From This World to the World to Come, You are God, and other than You we have no king, redeemer or savior.

Plant Us Within Our Boundaries (2008)

From the Mussaf prayer: "May it be your will Hashem, that You bring us up in gladness to our land and plant us within our boundaries." I like the idea of asking for boundaries.

Prayers (2008)

Hope that prayers ascend from our mouths to the throne of heaven.

Psalm 111 (2008)

The fear of Hashem is the beginning of wisdom; good understanding to all their practitioners. His praise endures forever. Psalm 111. And you can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes....

Sarah Laughed (2008)

Based on Parasha Vayera in Genesis.

The ceremonial food in the front is wine, wheat for bread and olive for olive oil.

Sine Curves (2008)

We are studying sine curves and although we are finding the math difficult, they are very pretty.

Throne in Hand (2008)

Isaiah describes his vision of the Throne of God. It involves four faced four winged angels and other hard to visualize aspects.

Yoga & Hittite Chariots (2008)

Those are Hittite Chariots coming down from Asia Minor deep deep in the past. A little birdie told me.

Yoga Twist (2008)

Measure of an Inscribed Angle is 1/2 of the Arc it creates.

A painting influenced by the Pilates/Yoga class taught by Brigit and the Teaching Company's lecture series on the Axial Age. Those are the Hittite Chariots, bringing empire a ... Read more »

Your Threshing Will Last (2008)

From Leviticus 26:3-26:5

"If you follow My decrees....then Your threshing will last until the vintage, and the vintage will last until the sowing; you will eat your bread to satiety and you will dwell securely in your land." ... Read more »

Announcing a New Moon for Rabbi Benzaquen (2007)

Rabbi Benzaquen taught that the first requirement for the Jewish people was to announce the new moon. This allowed the counting of time and the following of the other requirements. This was one of the acts forbidden by the Romans when they conquere ... Read more »