Eighth night, 2014

The last night of the Festival of Lights at the Beach House...

My new favorite hanukkiah...but it is a little difficult to capture.

The Seventh.

The Fifth.

too funny!

Fourth Night 2014

Hanukkah 2014

 Happy Hanukkah!

first night of Hanukkah - and first Hanukkah at the Beach House!

Hanukkah is so different, now.
New places, new traditions...new perspective.

But always with ghosts of the past.

I guess that is what traditions are all about.

third night

236/365

Love is like a friendship caught on fire.
In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce,
but still only light and flickering. 
As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals,
deep burning and unquenchable.

~Bruce Lee

Pesach 2014

Chag Sameach!

I am truly enjoying this time of my freedom!

Classic Newport

Boker tov.

190/365

Shalom Aleichem

136/365

97/365

You shall not eat anything leavened; 

in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.

~Exodus 12:20

Pesach

They shall know that I am the LORD their G-d 

who brought them out of the land of Egypt, 

that I might dwell among them; 

I am the LORD their G-d. 

~Exodus 29:46

87/365

In ancient Rome the "centurion" meant "captain of 100", and the Roman centurion was captain over 100 foot soldiers in a legion. The centurion was loyal and courageous, beginning as a soldier in the army and working their way up the ranks. They were noticed by the general for their skill and courage in battle, and were made officers.

The backbone of the Roman army were the centurions. The centurions were legionaries and they were clearly noticed because they wore a special helmet, and a more ornate harness of much better quality. They carried a short vinewood staff as a symbol of rank. They worked their way up the ranks as soldiers, and were promoted for their dedication and courage. They were the veteran soldiers who commanded 100 men each, within a legion of 6,000. There were thus 60 centuries in a legion, each under the command of a centurion. During the time of Augustus there were 28 legions.

The centurion received pay that amounted to more than 20 times the ordinary soldiers pay, about 5,000 denarii per year. There were actually five senior centurions in a legion who received 10,000 denarii per year, and the chief centurion (the first javelin) received 20,000 denarii in pay annually. The common soldier received around 200-300 denarii per year.

During the time of Yeshua (of Nazareth) the headquarters of the Roman army in Judea was located at Caesarea, on the Mediterranean coast.

61/365

And the king said to her: 

What wilt then, queen Esther? what is thy request? 

if thou shouldst even ask one half of the kingdom, it shall be given to thee.

~The Book of Esther

Douay-Rheims

33/365

For the LORD your G-d is bringing you into a good land, 

a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills, 

a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, 

a land of olive trees and honey...

~Deuteronomy 8:7-8

the eighth

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.
For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples;
but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you.
And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

~Isaiah 60:1-3

Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!
The LORD has taken away the judgments against you;
he has cleared away your enemies.
The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst;
you shall never again fear evil. 

On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: "Fear not, O Zion; let not your hands grow weak. The LORD your G-d is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. 

I will gather those of you who mourn for the festival, so that you will no longer suffer reproach. Behold, at that time I will deal with all your oppressors. And I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth. At that time I will bring you in, at the time when I gather you together; for I will make you renowned and praised among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your fortunes before your eyes,"
says the LORD.

~Zephaniah 3:14-20

the seventh

The Spirit of the Lord G-D is upon me, 

because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; 

he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, 

to proclaim liberty to the captives, 

and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 

to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor, 

and the day of vengeance of our G-d; 

to comfort all who mourn; to grant to those who mourn in Zion -

to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, 

the oil of gladness instead of mourning, 

the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; 

that they may be called oaks of righteousness, 

the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.

~Isaiah 61:1-3

the sixth

The LORD is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear? 

The LORD is the stronghold of my life - of whom shall I be afraid?

~Psalm 27:1

Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard... and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.

~Isaiah 58:8-10

After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; 

by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, 

and he will bear their iniquities.

~Isaiah 53:11

The shamash, the candle that lights all the others.

the fifth

Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart.

~Psalm 97:11

Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me; 

let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell.

~Psalm 43:3

For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, 

that I may walk before G-d in the light of life.

~Psalm 56:13

He spread out a cloud as a covering, 

and a fire to give light at night.

~Psalm 105:39