Muse

Jewish mysticism assigns a color, a name and certain attributes to each sefirah, or manifestation of God energy in the universe in general, and the human body in particular. As part of a group made up of spiritual seekers, I wrote a poem in response to the evening's prompt...

What to do about Grandma? Many of us have had this discussion with our families. Should we build an addition onto the house: a “Grandma apartment”, if you will? Fill it with some, but not all, of her treasured memories? And what to do with the myriads of  family pictures, some of which were taken during the early days of photography, when the camera employed to collect those memories was, itself, nearly as big as an apartment?

Now imagine what Moses must have felt like when shown the plans for God’s apartment: the Mishkan, wherein God’s presence would be concentrated when the Israelites camped in the desert! An involved commission from the One who created the entire world? NO PROBLEM!! (Not.)

Are blue and white the ONLY Jewish colors?

https://renaissancewomankippot.org/blogs/muse/are-blue-and-white-the-only-jewish-colors

July 4 is almost here,so red,white and blue are everywhere. If you ask most people,"What are Jewish colors", they will probably answer,"Blue and white, of course, like the Israeli flag." But before that,what other colors represented the people Israel?