Category Archives: Jewish Alphabet

Stripping Down The Outer Husks

Posted on January 25, 2016 by jewishspectacles

Truth is all I want the kernel stripped of outer husks for You are within Another peel removed is another inroad to You.  {notes scribbled:  Klipot are the “husks” that block man’s access to G-dliness and revelation}  

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Through a Window – a Glimpse of Reb Moshe London A”H

Posted on January 13, 2016 by jewishspectacles

This story happened a century ago, at the time when bubbies and zaidies were but young children skipping along the streets. The place was Woodridge, a tiny village nestled in the foothills of the Catskills.  Beautiful mountains looming above it … Continue reading →

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Continuing w/ Hebrew Lessons — Cholom Nekuda

Posted on May 31, 2011 by jewishspectacles

CHOLOM NEKUDAH – וֹ (or just a floating dot on top without the line underneath) Cholom –dreamers from dreams will usually wake up with an OH! And when seeing reality, they’ll moan, “please say it ain’t so! And if you still … Continue reading →

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Two New Letters.

Posted on May 2, 2011 by jewishspectacles

[We haven’t done Hebrew letters for a while, so today, I’ll introduce two new ones] ג To act, Gemol, and perform Gemilas Chassadim, a good deed Gimmel, with her foot stepped forward, is ready to take the lead Gimmel will … Continue reading →

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New Nekudah Meets Mute Alef

Posted on March 24, 2011 by jewishspectacles

[continuing in our Hebrew language lesson…] When a doctor wants to see your tonsils well, he orders you to say AH And for that, you need to employ the Patach, as the vowel/ Nekudah And if ya’all Southern drawl, dahlings, … Continue reading →

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