Peeling a Pomegranate

I found this on the soferet’s site. (yes, “the” she’s really the only one)

ב תִּכּוֹן תְּפִלָּתִי קְטֹרֶת לְפָנֶיךָ; מַשְׂאַת כַּפַּי, מִנְחַת-עָרֶב.
Let my prayer be offered as incense before You, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Psalm (Tehillim) 141

I think this is a great way to introduce a new feature that I’m adding to this site called “V’Chesed”. Chesed is the idea of loving acts with no thought of a return. They are just things you do out of love. I will be using this section to share with you some of the people who inspire me. People and sites that I just feel compelled to give a little “shout out” to.

I’m starting with Aviel, because the post she wrote that that line came from, was deeply moving and inspired me to do this already. Her work is a constant inspiration. When I recently was whining to myself about typing in the nikudot (vowel points) in the Hebrew of the new edition of my Haggadah — I suddenly thought of her and everything she has gone through to become a soferet. I also thought about everything she must concentrate on while writing a sefer torah. Suddenly, the keyboard twister I was playing wasn’t a burden. It was fun.

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