“But if he says to you, ‘I will not go out from you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he is well-off with you, then you shall take an awl, and put it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your slave forever” (Duet. 15:16-17). Shackled There is a chain…
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Creative Synapases
Creative Synapses My creative synapses will make sense to me someday. They will not sputter in chaotic release, release, yes, but that utterance of halting expression which I must tame and strengthen to the core will one day flow in order. Ideas that I must now systematize and pull and push into place, stuffing into…
Jerusalem Jaunt
I love a trip to the Arab market and the Jewish Quarter in the Old City. We hopped on a bus and took it to the Zion Gate and then walked around and finished with a great lunch in an outdoor cafe and a coffee and big cookie in a great coffee shop overlooking the…
patriotism
Jerusalem, Israel
Sunrise Glow over Jerusalem
Well, we spent the day yesterday in IKEA and an appliance store helping our friends get situated in their apartment. We came home late and fell into bed… so no Hanukkah lights! We did see plenty on the way home as we traveled from Netanya to Jerusalem. But this morning when we awoke, we found…
Festival of Lights: Day Four
I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth (Genesis 49:6). We had a feast last evening… friendship, stories, laughter, food, drink, prayer, and fellowship! On the fourth day of Hanukkah, we celebrated indeed.
Bonnie Saul Wilks 