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תפילה לבאסטאן | Prayer for Boston

"Seal of Boston, Massachusetts" (credit: John R. Penniman (1822, Public Domain)

May the One who spoke the world into being, and who blessed humanity created in God’s image, and who brought about the miracle of these United States to promote freedom and peace among all people — bless, guard, and protect all the inhabitants of the Boston area, and strengthen and encourage their leaders, representatives, police officers, and detectives; bring them out from the shadow of death to light, and from danger to relief; and may the verse be fulfilled for them which says, ‘God is good to all, and shows mercy to all God’s creatures.’ And let us say: amein. . . . → Read More: תפילה לבאסטאן | Prayer for Boston

פנים: An accounting of punny foods for the Rosh Hashanah feasts

Giuseppe Arcimboldo's "The Vegetable Gardener"

As חז”ל [Ḥazal] taught us, on ראש השנה [Rosh Hashanah] we elevate puns from the lowest form of humor to the highest religious experience. The foods suggested by our Sages had names in Aramaic or Hebrew that symbolized hopes for the new year — here is a list of foods with English names for those of us for whom English is our vernacular: . . . → Read More: פנים: An accounting of punny foods for the Rosh Hashanah feasts

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