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reflections on refractions
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Perils of not being trilingual
Throw a ball for the dog. Sentence in head: "Elle ratzah lakahat et ha'bal!"
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Ibexes!
Reading Historical Perspectives : From the Hasmoneans to Bar Kokhba in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls - 1999 Goodblatt, David Pinnick, Avital Schwartz, et al ( Read more... ) -
interns
I am a big softy sometimes, and when people don't have money, I swap them lessons for labour. Of course, there isn't much scribal labour someone in Boston or rural New Zealand can do for a soferet in Montreal, but ( Read more... ) -
Remind me not to do interviews, someone
I’m not going to link to the latest one, it’s just embarrassing. But.
I am the only soferet in Canada at the moment, yes, as far as I know. But only because the other Canadian sofrot are expatriate or dead. I am not proud of being the only soferet in Canada, okay? And I told him that and asked him very explicitly to mention the other Canadian ( Read more... ) -
Networking
Rachel 1 wants a soferet to do some repair on a Torah in Boston. So Rachel 1 asks her friend Rachel 2 to ask her soferet friend Rachel 3, in LA, whether she knows anyone in Boston. Rachel 3 asks me. I introduce Rachel 3 to Rachel 4, soferet in Boston. Rachel 4 writes to Rachels 1, 2, and 3, copying me in on the conversation. “Hi, Rachel, Rachel, ( Read more... ) -
language trouble
I`m trying to write in Hebrew, and all I can think of is French. Yarrrg.
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There is something quasi-orgasmic about working with real gold leaf. I may be launched on a New Plane of Deliciousness.
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YES HAPPY TIMES PEOPLE
We feed the dog on raw chicken carcass and dog biscuits ( Read more... )
