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Hanging By A Thread

life cast, hand blown glass, linen

2026

Our Father is Calling Us.

The Time Has Come.
And we find ourselves quite literally Hanging By A Thread. All seem overwhelmed, as each dilemma is beyond human grasp, toleration, comprehension, and resolve.
Daily prayers begin with praise for restoring each of our Neshamas, נשמות'
, as we fully acknowledge You.We begin our prayers by acknowledging at least 100 blessings, for which we are thankful to G-d, and do not take for granted. Upon reaching a closeness to Him , it is a most opportune time to ask our specific requests.Toward the end of our Tefillos, תפילות prayers, we may then request our specifics. It is then that I have come to ask , “Hashem, please allow me to do your will, in this world.” We are all aware of micro-cosmic and macro-cosmic events that have escalated with the severities of horrific new realities. And though there are thousands of good souls organized to extend help in every way, the next day brings far greater tolls, demands, resources and strains on each of us.  No one is immune, outside, safe and secure on some far away secluded isle. Should the proverbial button be pushed, Burgess Meredith would have needed more than an extra pair of glasses to survive. What questions do we keep under wraps, or dare we ask out loud at the dinner table? Drills - Do we practice escape routes, as we did for 1950's fire drills? Food - What kind, how much, how long will the toxin-free stuff last? Water - Where is there some unlimited clean source? Hide - Up in Ann Frank's Attic, Osama's Cave, “THX-11” underground”? Money/Identity - Are we going, over the alps with Julie Andrews? What should be our next move in this ultimate Chess Game?  THE REAL STUFF – THE TUFF STUFF - DOING G-D's Will in being the responsible Jewish Neshamos - נשמות and ultimate examples because we have been commanded:  “TO DO AND TO LISTEN” 'לשמוע ולעשות,  We are literally hanging on to His, corner thread of techeiles, תחלת. as written in the “The Shema”, שמע, that we are commanded to say twice times, daily. But what is the ultimate meaning, mystery, significance and salvation we must attain  TO SURVIVE AND SURVIVE IN PEACE TOGETHER?  To know and believe we are not just the sum of our DNA, the calculations of cosmic dust imploding into a vast whole of darkness, a random colliding of micro-electrons forming Yo-Yo Ma's masterpieces and The Rebbe's Fabrhengen's. That even when I say, “I LOVE YOU”, it can't fit any proven calculation though my pheromones may be in sink with yours. There is much Kabbalah, קבלה written about the origins and meanings of the actual  Material, String and Color of the Blue Thread תכלת on The Tzitzit   What is the actual color? Have we really found it? Can we really wear it?  As each of our Neshamas, נשמות has been to Gan Eden, גן עדן we are aware of much more beyond the ante-room of our present existence. During the Havdalah, הבדלה service at the conclusion of Shabbas, שבת we breathe the familiar scent that takes us back, to The Garden of Eden. We reflect on the half-moon of our nails and remember, what we were and imagine what we could have been. And though we see, from wonderful nissim, ניסים miracles such amazing things with our eyes, colors that enable our beings to transcend beyond …. The TECHEILES , תכלת alludes us  Yet, it is by this mere TECHEILES תכלת THAT WE HANG FROM HIS HAND,  AND ALL THE 22 LETTERS OF THE ALEPH BEIT SYNONYMOUS TO THE 22 AMINO ACIDS OF THIS WORLD HE CREATED FROM THE LETTER “ י "  We have come to the end of the rope, and we must find 'בטחון, Trust, that He is watching over us. Where there is horrific pain, suffering, and seemingly no resolve, we must trust in HIM. He has given us all the cues that surround and fulfill us in our most pensive moments. Human beings innately relax in the sanctuary of blue skies and amniotic water. These are elements intrinsic to our beings  Upon praying The Shema - שמע'' one enters the core of his being back to THE SOURCE. MEDITATE ON THE BLUENESS OF SKY & WATER AND PRAY * "שמע ישראל יהוה אלוהינו והוה אחד" and we will live once again, in the Peace and Harmony we were Gift. פתיל תכלת * Psil Techeiles – Ordinal Value = 119 + 1 = 120 If you meditate on it , you will have LIFE </richText>
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