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[Prayer] on the Los Angeles Earthquake, by Rabbi Norman M. Goldburg (12 March 1933)

“On the Los Angeles Earthquake” by Rabbi Norman Michael Goldburg, was offered before the California state legislature on 12 March 1933, and published in California Legislature 50th Session 1933: Prayers Offered at the Daily Sessions of the Assembly, pp. 44-45. The earthquake, now known as the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, registered 6.4 on the Richter scale. . . .

Categories: Earthquakes & Tsunamis, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

Tags: California State Legislature, 1933 Long Beach earthquake, 20th century C.E., United States, 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Los Angeles, Prayers of Guest Chaplains

Contributor(s): Norman Michael Goldburg and Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

ברכה לסבוב הסביבון | A Blessing for Dreidel Spinning, by Lieba B. Deutsch

Every Jewish holy day, even Shabbat and the highest ones, we call forth all the 22 Hebrew Letters to join us in celebration. For those of us who study Kabbalah from within the realm of the Alef-Bet, Ḥanukkah is unique in that we are given a magical tool with which to activate these signs and wonders. . . .

Categories: Ḥanukkah

Tags: Los Angeles, neo-lurianic, four worlds, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., dreidel

Contributor(s): Lieba B. Ruth