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Light of the Nations We use art, music and creative expression to share the values Judaism has to offer for improving the health and quality of people’s lives and our world.

SHABBAT SHALOM, AM YISRAEL CHAI and L’CHAYIM! Even as in this week’s Torah portion, where Balak seeks to destroy our peo...
06/25/2026

SHABBAT SHALOM, AM YISRAEL CHAI and L’CHAYIM! Even as in this week’s Torah portion, where Balak seeks to destroy our people, may G-d defend and save us from our enemies and those who mean us harm. Always standing up for Israel and our Jewish family!

This original hand-pulled serigraph, by Bruce David, is based on the tale of the prophet Balaam and his talking donkey (Numbers 22). “WATCH AS THE HIDDEN BECOMES REVEALED!”

WHO SAYS A DOG IS MAN'S BEST FRIEND? Don't forget about the TALKING DONKEY! Say what???
GOD’S BETTER BUSINESS “BURRO!”

*** CHECK IT OUT and SEE THIS PICTURE IN THREE DIFFERENT WAYS!

In this week's Torah portion, a TALKING DONKEY lets the prophet Balaam know that his greed is leading him astray, and that he should not curse the Jewish people for the King who hired him; for the king’s goal is to destroy the Jews!

WATCH AS THE HIDDEN BECOMES REVEALED!
*** Look closely at the art meme, and you can see three levels of multi-dimensional symbolism depicting three different things related to the story.

#1 -The design contains a large profile of the prophet, Balaam, with outstretched arm, having a vision of a redeemer coming to save Israel.
#2- Look again, and see the large head of the donkey, helping shape the body of Balaam.
#3 - Within the donkey's head are scenes from Balaam's journey, including his three encounters with the angel.
Like Balaam, we all will encounter obstacles on our paths, and can benefit from help on our journey.
Because of what this lesson teaches us, some would even say that the donkey was the “mane” character in this story!!
May we also have Rabbis, teachers, family, friends and/or donkeys to help guide us on our path, and prevent us from going astray; and may our own journey be acceptable to the Source of life and lead us to our heart’s desire!

SHABBAT SHALOM, AM YISRAEL CHAI and L’CHAYIM!

*** For more info on Balaam’s adventure with the Talking Donkey check this out on our Light of the Nations web site at: https://www.lightofthenations.org/…/en…/detailed_explanation

*** Check out Light of the Nations Or Chadash PrayerSong sung by Orin Reynolds!
“Let A New Light Shine on Zion!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=589dcdUY_Fw&list=PLP8K0uoVInMr7aSC5-BUzgKz4_lFE37rY&index=2

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L’CHAYIM! L’CHAYIM! Shabbat shalom and Happy Jewish Anniversary to Us! Always standing up for Israel and our Jewish fami...
06/04/2026

L’CHAYIM! L’CHAYIM! Shabbat shalom and Happy Jewish Anniversary to Us! Always standing up for Israel and our Jewish family! AM YISRAEL CHAI!
Sunday is my remarkable wife’s, Diane, (Sarah Yael) Hebrew birthday, and Tuesday, she and I are celebrating our 42st Jewish Wedding anniversary! WOW! Who would have thought it? AMAZING!
It was over four decades ago that Shlomo Carlebach married us at his synagogue in New York! He sang his heart out until close to 3 am. So, so special!
Since we had not planned on being married at this time, we were totally unprepared. Fortunately, Shlomo’s congregation adopted us, and after providing us clothes and other essentials, walked Diane through Central Park by candlelight on her way to the chuppah!
Forty two years is a LONG time, although we have been together with each other for more than 50 years! And ... while it has been an incredible rollercoaster of a journey, we have had so many more peaks than valleys! We are so very blessed that we could find a way to work through life issues and challenges this long, while continually growing closer together!
But, more so, fortunately, we agree that together we are overwhelmingly way more, “blessed beyond belief,” as we say, in the most essential aspects, those that have positively impacted our lives!
Thank You God!
In gratitude we would like to offer up the Shehecheyanu Prayer (See our art/music video of this prayer below!):
“Bless You, Source of blessings, who has kept us in life and enabled us to reach this time and season!”

As Rabbi Jonathan Sacks said: “Shabbat is the day we stand still and let all our blessings catch up with us.” This is what we will be doing as we celebrate our lives! ENJOY!

SHABBAT SHALOM! Hope everyone has a wonderful Shabbat and a life filled with all the best of life’s blessings! L’CHAYIM! L’CHAYIM!

*** Check Out Light of the Nations Shehecheyanu PrayerSong - Giving Thanks for the Wonders of Our Lives! Sung by Orin Reynolds and featuring Bruce David’s “HeartSong Celebration” Glass Mosaic!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WvLRNzIsqQ&list=PLP8K0uoVInMryN1ZK3AFQnDQhRzi2YmqU&index=7

SHABBAT SHALOM, HAG SHAVUOT SAMEACH (Have a wonderful Shavuot festival), and L’CHAYIM (to life)! Always Standing Up for ...
05/20/2026

SHABBAT SHALOM, HAG SHAVUOT SAMEACH (Have a wonderful Shavuot festival), and L’CHAYIM (to life)! Always Standing Up for Israel and our Jewish Family!

(Meme – WATCH AS THE HIDDEN BECOMES REVEALED! "Heritage of Hope,” by Bruce David, is one of three large stained glass windows designed to share the importance of the covenants between God, the Jewish people, and all life. The city is composed of many items of Judaica. HOW MANY CAN YOU FIND? See details below)

SHAVUOT starts Thursday evening! On Shavuot, we recall receiving the Torah (Bible) at Mt. Sinai! This is a gift that keeps on giving, as valuable to us as to our ancestors!

“NOT ONLY WITH YOU DO I MAKE THIS COVENANT, BUT ALSO WITH THOSE WHO ARE NOT WITH US HERE THIS DAY!” (Deut. 29)

YES! We are still “receiving” the Torah after all this time! And, like the universe and existence, we have only begun to scratch the surface of its gifts!

The Torah is a treasure map for those who seek true riches and wealth!
To a sports person, it is like being given a playbook by the greatest Coach ever, telling how to win in the game of life!
Torah is filled with real life mystical teachings far beyond any book of wizardry!

Shavuot and Shabbat remind us to take the time we need to connect with our truest life essence and to celebrate our precious life gifts!

May your Shabbat and Shavuot festival be filled with light, love and gratitude of the amazing and miraculous in our lives! Blessed beyond Belief!

SHABBAT SHALOM, HAG SHAVUOT SAMEACH and L’CHAYIM!

Art meme - "Heritage of Hope,” by Bruce David, is one of three stained glass windows designed to share the importance of the covenants between God, the Jewish people, and all life. Touching on the past, the present, and the future, these covenants set forth the path to the fulfillment of our destiny, as they are seen being passed from generation to generation.
The goals of following the instructions of the Ten Commandments and Torah are symbolically represented both by the depiction of Jerusalem at peace, along with the word shalom, located in the lower bricks of the city.
Items of Judaica, such as the Torah scroll, tablets of the Ten Commandments, Shabbat candlesticks, havdalah items (candle, w**e cup, and spice box), tefillin, menorah, and mezuzah can be found woven into the city.
The connection with Shavuot comes from the depiction of the giving of the Torah/Ten Commandments at Sinai in the upper center section of the stained-glass window!

*** Enjoy Bruce David’s 30 second TEN COMMANDMENTS RAP!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ6dBTktewE...

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SHABBAT SHALOM, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY and L’CHAYIM (to life!)MOTHER'S DAY: THEN and NOW!!(***From bruce – Thanks for all th...
05/07/2026

SHABBAT SHALOM, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY and L’CHAYIM (to life!)
MOTHER'S DAY: THEN and NOW!!

(***From bruce – Thanks for all the caring that people showed me when I was going through a challenging health situation recently. While not out of the woods, I am doing better now, and I am so grateful for all the love and prayers! Love my fb peeps! Onward together! L’chayim!)

Meme - Bruce David’s “Rainbow Blessings” is a large glass mosaic (11’ x 6’). It portrays the blessing of our daughters, which parents do after lighting the Shabbat and festival candles. Part of the symbolism contained within the imagery is that our daughters should be blessed with the characteristics and special attributes of great Jewish women throughout history.

As we celebrate our own mothers, it is good to remember the mothers/matriarchs and other incredible women who had such an amazing impact on our lives and our people!

In other religions of the time, women were mostly treated as property and/or second-class citizens with no rights. But in Judaism, women have always held positions of esteem. Jewish women have been Prophetesses, Judges, Prime Ministers, leaders, and heroines throughout Jewish history.

In Bruce David’s “Rainbow Blessings” mosaic, the way the Matriarchs are woven into the center of the tree of life is meant to show their indispensable nature to the existence of our people. Miriam the prophetess, Queen Esther, Ruth, Hannah, Yael and Deborah, a great leader and judge, are also portrayed.

These outstanding women helped carry the message and understanding of Judaism to new lands and places, and it was their leadership and courage that helped shape our past and future. By learning from those who came before us, may we also find meaning and wholeness in our lives and be worthy of our special heritage.

Women have always been celebrated in Judaism, and now, we celebrate them again!!

L'CHAYIM to all the wonderful mothers and women who have positively impacted our lives! We are blessed to have you as such a special part of who we are, and wouldn't be who we are without you! Blessings galore for all you amazing women!

Shabbat, as always, is our conduit to another spacetime dimension of opportunity for celebrating our lives and growing into our most consciously aware and enlightened selves! Onward together!

SHABBAT SHALOM, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY and L’CHAYIM (to life!)

May Light of the Nations art/music video of the Priestly blessing for peace, from the Torah, apply to Israel, our mothers, families and loved ones on Shabbat, Mother’s Day and always!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJm1V6p3L9I&list=PLP8K0uoVInMryN1ZK3AFQnDQhRzi2YmqU&index=11

*** A SPECIAL SHOUTOUT to the lovely Lady Diane, Sarah Yael, an exceptional woman and mother! So blessed to have you in our lives!

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(From Bruce – Sorry for being missing in action lately. I am dealing with a recurring health issue that leaves me very w...
04/16/2026

(From Bruce – Sorry for being missing in action lately. I am dealing with a recurring health issue that leaves me very weak. I do love my fb family of friends, and enjoy engaging when I can, but haven’t been able to do so recently! Hope things will improve soon! LOVE!)

SHABBAT SHALOM, AM YISRAEL CHAI and L’CHAYIM! Always standing up for Israel and our Jewish family! At this time of extreme challenges, may we bring love and light to dispel the darkness threatening Israel, our Jewish family and the world.

“NEW BEGINNINGS” – Based on a six-foot-tall stained-glass window by Bruce David.
Just like with Noah, we are always being given a chance for a “NEW BEGINNING.”
WATCH AS THE HIDDEN BECOMES REVEALED! The word "SHALOM," woven into the animals disembarking from Noah’s ark in the lower left corner of the design, underscores the fact that this covenant was made with all life. This stained-glass design includes the Hebrew version of the quote: For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea… Isaiah 11:9

WE CAN’T SAVE the WORLD, IF WE CAN’T SAVE OURSELVES!
One can only throw themselves into the strong currents of a raging river so many times to try to help those who are drowning. Eventually, they will also tire! If they don’t take the time to rest and recharge, it is only a matter of time before they, too, wear out and drown.
We all need time for our physical bodies to rest and recharge, and to strengthen our life connection. THIS IS SHABBAT!

“I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.” (Golda Meir)

Practically everyone I know lives somewhat busy, stressful lives! Maintaining demanding, intense levels for extended periods can wear us down, negatively affecting our quality of life and leaving us struggling to function at our optimal level!
SHABBAT is the ultimate picker upper!

“The Sabbath is the most precious present mankind has received from the treasure house of God.” (Abraham Joshua Heschel)

Shabbat is our weekly reminder of the benefits of Judaism towards leading higher quality, and meaningful, lives! It inspires us to makes our lives more fun, and enjoyable, by celebrating our precious life gift! It also provides us meaning, and sense of purpose, by encouraging us to partner together with others, in positively contributing to creating a healthier, better future for us all.

Shabbat is the Ultimate L’Chayim! To Life!

Shabbat blessings coming your way! LOVE and SHABBAT SHALOM!

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Enjoy Orin Reynolds sharing Light of the Nations Todah La’El song of gratitude:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq6HIDAcAAw&list=PLP8K0uoVInMr7aSC5-BUzgKz4_lFE37rY&index=8

CHAG PESACH SAMEACH, (Happy Passover), SHABBAT SHALOM, AM YISRAEL CHAI and L’CHAYIM! Meme – Bruce David’s “The Way Home”...
03/26/2026

CHAG PESACH SAMEACH, (Happy Passover), SHABBAT SHALOM, AM YISRAEL CHAI and L’CHAYIM!
Meme – Bruce David’s “The Way Home” Metal Sculpture (Jews entering the Sea), and “HeartSong Celebration” Glass Mosaic (Celebrating our Freedom on the other side). Just like in life, each day we are heading into the unknown and hoping to come out the other side celebrating!

MY ONLY FB POST FOR PASSOVER! Everyone have a wonderful, spiritually connecting and meaningful Passover and Shabbat!

"SEDER FOR THE JEWISH SOUL” An Art/Music Haggadah”- Created by Bruce David and Orin Reynolds for Light of the Nations
This video can help you prepare for the Seder, or guide you through it.

Our 1-hour art/music video is a virtual Seder and covers the Haggadah (Passover Seder Prayer Book) in a uniquely creative way. (And, it’s FREE!)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP8K0uoVInMqgDN1JUnnSL-Hn2x7bDah7

“The JEWISH SOUL HAGGADAH … Where Heaven and Earth Touch” by Bruce David includes:
A project decades in the making, this Haggadah is the culmination of more than thirty years of work. It is David’s life efforts with his art to reach others with the values and importance of the Jewish legacy.

Besides the art, the Haggadah contains contemporary stories, poems, prayers and meditations which David has written throughout the years. It combines relevant modern issues, along with the understandings of our historical legacy, in totally unique ways of sharing the Passover story.

This approach is designed to offer a Passover guide that all can benefit from on different levels. It will hopefully inspire, educate and entertain those who read it.

CHECK IT OUT:
https://www.lightofthenations.org/programs/book-haggadah

The Seders are just the beginning, not the end of Passover! The reason for the PASSOVER CELEBRATION, the march of the Jewish people to their redemption, is still happening today! May the remembrance of our special Passover gifts, the knowledge of our LifeSource, the preciousness of freedom, and the roots of our heritage, be among those we carry with us always and pass on to our own children! HAPPY PASSOVER!

Shabbat is also a pathway for merging with our soul connection, and for all who accept this opportunity as a means to advance in our life growth process. May your journey guide you towards spiritual enlightenment and embracing the music of your soul!

All thanks to the One who protects Israel and our Jewish family! Thanks to the IDF, and all who stepped up to help us in our time of need. Blessings for love, life, health, safety, wholeness and peace for you and yours, Israel and our Jewish family coming your way!

LOVE, CHAG PESACH SAMEACH (HAPPY PASSOVER), SHABBAT SHALOM and L’CHAYIM!

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SHABBAT SHALOM, AM YISRAEL CHAI, HAG PURIM SAMEACH (Happy Purim) and L’CHAYIM (to life)! Always standing up for Israel a...
02/26/2026

SHABBAT SHALOM, AM YISRAEL CHAI, HAG PURIM SAMEACH (Happy Purim) and L’CHAYIM (to life)! Always standing up for Israel and our Jewish family!

DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?
EVEN for PURIM, this is CRAZY! It is the beyond of the beyond!!
GENUINELY MINDBLOWING … but TRUE! (CHECK IT OUT!)

As we celebrate Purim this year, we should remember that there are things happening on levels beyond that which we can even begin to comprehend, and that we are so fortunate/blessed to be part of this amazing life adventure! Purim is also a reminder that when things look bleak, something we are all facing now on a world scale, that they can still turn around for the better!

*** CHECK OUT THIS SUPERCRAZY, SEEMINGLY MIRACULOUS ASPECT OF THE MEGILLAH (Purim scroll), which recounts the Purim story! In this remarkable tale, Queen Esther steps up to save the Jewish people from imminent destruction! Even today, Jews celebrate the occasion with unbounded joy!

The ULTIMATE L’CHAYIM? There are those who believe that you should celebrate Purim by drinking so much booze that you can’t tell the difference between “Blessed be Mordecai!” (Esther’s uncle, and also a hero), and “Cursed be Haman,” the evil adversary who sought to destroy the Jews and who gets “BOOED” repeatedly during the retelling of the story every time his name is mentioned!

*** In the scroll’s narrative, there is a separate paragraph with a list naming each of Haman’s ten sons when they are killed by hanging. Here, peculiarly, there are also several half size letters and a large one. Based on gematria, when each Hebrew letter is assigned a numerological value, these letters correspond to 5707. (Detailed explanation below)

*** In the latter part of the Purim story, Haman and his sons had already been killed. The king then asks Queen Esther what he can do for her for helping save the kingdom? Surprisingly, her request is to hang the ten (evil) sons. Doesn’t seem to make much sense since they are already dead!

*** Jump forward to modern times, and the Nuremberg trials, where eleven N**i war criminals are sentenced to be hung for their crimes. (This in itself was unusual, since at that time, societies were no longer hanging people.) Goring commits su***de, which leaves ten of these evil men to be hung. The year is 1946, which is the equivalent of 5707 on the Jewish calendar. 5707, the same number referenced to hanging the ten evil ones! CRAZY!

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE! Julius Streicher, the last of the N**i war criminals to be hung, right before his death, cries out: PURIMFEST 1946! SAY WHAT?

*** Really, what are the odds that a N**i war criminal would invoke an obscure Jewish holiday with his last breath? Amazingly ridiculous!

*** And how incredible are the odds that the different size letters in the Megillah, referring to the hanging of the ten sons, would correspond to a date in modern times when ten more evil ones were hung? Beyond of the beyond! MIRACULOUS!

*** God is not mentioned at all in the Megillah, but a hidden Force definitely seems to be working behind the scenes in the amazing way everything comes together. And if we look closely enough, we can see this same incredible Power still manipulating events in our own lifetime.

As we celebrate Purim this year, we should remember that there are things happening on levels beyond that which we can even begin to comprehend, and that we are so fortunate/blessed to be part of this amazing life adventure! Purim is also a reminder that when things look bleak, something we are all facing now on a world scale, that they can still turn around for the better! Ken Yehi Ratzon! (Let it be so!)

(Purim lesson for all times! – Stand with peaceful, democratic, freedom loving people against evil, bullying tyrants! Stand with Israel and the Jewish people!)

Hope you and yours have a spiritually connecting, meaningful and recharging Shabbat and a wonderful Purim celebration!

SHABBAT SHALOM, AM YISRAEL CHAI, HAG PURIM SAMEACH (HAPPY PURIM) and L’CHAYIM!

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https://www.facebook.com/lightofthenationsexperience/?ref=bookmarks

*** Check out Orin Reynolds sharing Light of the Nations deeply meaningful PrayerSong: Adon-I, Adon-I, ELRachum, v’ha nune -The 13 Attributes of Mercy *** “The LORD, the LORD, is a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin, and acquitting the penitent.” (Adapted from Exodus 34:6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2vY9E18Rb8

Explanation:
“Megilat Esther lists the names of Haman’s 10 sons and according to the Halacha, three of the letters in these names are written in smaller font than the rest of the text – a tav, a shin and a zayin – and one letter is written in larger font – a vav. What do these unusually sized letters signify? For generations different explanations have been offered. In the 20th century, however, another amazing meaning was discovered. The large vav is numerically 6, corresponding to the sixth millennium; the small tav, shin and zayin are numerically 707; together, these numbers refers to the 707th year of the sixth millennium – in other words, the Jewish year 5707, which corresponds to 1946, the year in which these 10 high-ranking N**is were hanged. Thus, the unusually sized letters – vav, tav, shin and zayin – found in the names of Haman’s 10 sons allude to the year of the ex*****on of these 10 N**i war criminals.”
SHABBAT SHALOM, AM YISRAEL CHAI, HAG PURIM SAMEACH (HAPPY PURIM) and L’CHAYIM!

SHABBAT SHALOM, AM YISRAEL CHAI and L’CHAYIM!THE JEWISH OLYMPICS! While the world completes at the Olympics, our Jewish ...
02/12/2026

SHABBAT SHALOM, AM YISRAEL CHAI and L’CHAYIM!

THE JEWISH OLYMPICS! While the world completes at the Olympics, our Jewish Olympics is a year-round opportunity to grow into our most talented and skilled selves! Our time on the world stage is all about being life champions!

In contrast to the Olympics, our team goal is far greater than winning a sports tournament or a medal. Its value is far beyond whether we are the fastest runner, swimmer or greatest diver or acrobat, or whether we can score more points or goals than another team. Our efforts have real, meaningful life value, because we are actively participating in the game of life!

Everyone on our team is an MVP, a Mitzvah Valuable Person, and our All-Star team is made up of those who take a universally “wholistic” approach to Judaism, one that recognizes the benefits Judaism has to offer for positively contributing to a better, healthier future for all life.

Our Jewish team welcomes all other individual players and teams whose members are caring life forms, and share in our common goal of improving all our places in the “life standings” by joining together to enhance the quality and health of all people’s lives and our world.

Time for Jews, and all good, caring people to come together to bond in our unique life experience, and to confirm the preciousness of our team legacy as one whose destiny it is to increase the quality of life for all people and our world.
This is the only “game” where our life team, and all of us, can come out winners!

SHABBAT SHALOM, AM YISRAEL CHAI and L’CHAYIM!

*** I LOVE the harmonies in this song! CHECK OUT Orin Reynolds sharing Light of the Nations, “ASHREI” PrayerSong for peace:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pklqZWc6bQM&list=PLP8K0uoVInMr7aSC5-BUzgKz4_lFE37rY&index=5

From Psalms
"Happy are those who live in Your house, they will praise You forever!
Happy is the people for whom this is so, happy the people whose God is God!"

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SHABBAT SHALOM, Hag Tu Bishvat Sameach, AM YISRAEL CHAI and L’CHAYIM!Meme - TIKKUN OLAM TREE – A Tu Bishvat “Celebration...
01/29/2026

SHABBAT SHALOM, Hag Tu Bishvat Sameach, AM YISRAEL CHAI and L’CHAYIM!
Meme - TIKKUN OLAM TREE – A Tu Bishvat “Celebration of trees!”
As depicted by the actions in the TIKKUN OLAM TREE of LIFE meme, Judaism instructs us to do tikkun olam, to actively contribute in a positive way to the wholeness, healing and repair of our world and people’s lives.
It instructs us to celebrate and enjoy our remarkable gifts of life, including trees, while striving to do so in ways that are beneficial, and the least harmful to other people and life forms on our planet.

Our bodies are similar to the trunk of the tree, the physical part that others see. Through our actions, people who view us determine who we are and what we are about.
In order to be able to answer these same questions for ourselves, we must turn to a part of us that is partially hidden, our roots. We must appreciate our history and heritage to understand where we came from, if we are to know where we are going.
Just as the roots are the tree’s connection to its life source, so are our roots essential to our existence. Like all of life, God created people for a reason. In order to have meaningful lives, we must understand that purpose. If we wish to reach our highest level of life, to eventually bloom to our fullest potential and bear good fruit, we must develop self-awareness.

ESSENTIAL JEWISH TEACHINGS:
The main understandings of Judaism that we hope to convey are:
To be a “Light of the Nations,” a shining reflection of light and love that will dispel the darkness of ignorance that threatens us all.
To do “Tikkun Olam,” to positively contribute to the healing and repair necessary to increase the quality and health of our world and lives.
To be “B’tzelem Elohim,” in the Creator’s image, partners with the LifeForce in tending to our garden home world and maintaining our planet as a healthy, life growth place.
To strive for the time when God’s House of Prayer, the sacred space for lovingly connecting, will be for all people.

At Tu Bishvat, we remember the value of trees and all life’s precious gifts of nature and love, including ourselves! Hug, a tree, Sameach! (Adapted for Tu Bishvat from Hag Sameach – Happy Festival!)

SHABBAT SHALOM, Hag Tu Bishvat Sameach, AM YISRAEL CHAI and L’CHAYIM!

“Torah is a TREE of LIFE (ETZ CHAYIM) to those who hold fast to it, and all of its supporters are happy.” —Proverbs 3:18

Check out Light of the Nations “Etz Chayim” (Tree of Life) PrayerSong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLfPN-hz_sY&list=PLP8K0uoVInMryN1ZK3AFQnDQhRzi2YmqU&index=21

SHABBAT SHALOM, AM YISRAEL CHAI and L’CHAYIM! At this time of extreme challenges, when we are currently confronted with ...
01/22/2026

SHABBAT SHALOM, AM YISRAEL CHAI and L’CHAYIM! At this time of extreme challenges, when we are currently confronted with our own plagues, may we not be like Pharoah in this week’s Torah portion, who hardened his heart and suffered major damage as a result. Instead, may we bring love and light to dispel the darkness threatening Israel, our Jewish family and the world.

(Ten Plagues original art meme by Bruce David)

From this week’s Torah portion: The TEN PLAGUES AS YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE!

The plagues hit with the destructive force of a hurricane. The land and livestock were all ravaged by this awesome power, depicted in the picture as a tornado sweeping through the land.
The purple/magenta colors used to compose the whirlwind funnel shape of the twister are symbolic to the dual representation of this image as a w**e cup.
The ten red drops of blood seen spilling over from the top of the w**e cup denote the act of removing ten drops of w**e from our w**e cups at the Passover Seder.
This is also a reminder that our cups can't be full when others suffer!
Starting with the boat in the top of the w**e cup, seen floating on the Nile River whose waters have been turned into blood, each of the ten plagues are portrayed within the shape of the w**e cup.

HOW MANY CAN YOU FIND?

May your Shabbat and life be filled with love, light, freedom, wholeness and peace, and may your Shabbat celebration set your soul free!

SHABBAT SHALOM, AM YISRAEL CHAI and L’CHAYIM!
“2BEAJEWBEAJEW”

Here is our original art/music version of the TEN PLAGUES … as you have never seen them before!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrUzCg9xqBs&list=PLP8K0uoVInMqgDN1JUnnSL-Hn2x7bDah7&index=15

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