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nue at november 13 2016 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest the proverbial woman vs 24 proverbs 31 24 she makes linen garments and sells them she delivers sashes to the merchants samekh sahm keh is the fifteenth letter of the hebrew alphabet the pictograph of this letter resembles a shield the ancient root work for samekh means to lean upon to uphold to support the sages say that samekh also represents the cyclical upward spiral of seasons it is also said to represent the sukkah a shelter that represented the omnipresence of god and his continual protection the hebrew word here in this verse is samakh meaning cloak or linen garment according to one translation of the hebrew the lexicon word used is cadiyn which means to envelop or wrap around digging thru the lexicon meanings of each of the words in this verse i get a sense of a much much deeper meaning for one thing the garments she makes are described as sheets or a sort of gown worn next to the bare skin the sashes are described in the lexicon as a girdle if you read about jewish funerary traditions the traditional burial clothing includes the sheets or shroud which envelops the body as well as a sort of belt that is tied about the waist the garments meant for death also are meant to represent the priestly clothing worn by the priests tradition was that only very pious women made the garments worn by the jewish dead two things i note in the study of this verse first we ve already established that this woman has a strong spiritual character is known for her devotion to god hence she is making funeral garments for the dead as befits jewish tradition she is seen as a pious woman in her community second i note that while we ve studied throughout these verses her impact upon the living in her community she also has an impact upon those who ve died funeral laws and services were sacred and strongly adhered to a funeral would be postponed if proper funeral garments were not available for some reason it was considered an honor to be in attendance in the rituals of preparing a body to meet god her preparations on the behalf of others though is not all there is to this verse i think this verse also refers to her own state of spirituality being such that at any time she is ready to meet the creator she has no unfinished business she has no reparations to make no tangles to continue to work out she has reached a state of spiritual preparedness at november 11 2016 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels shabat thoughts frugal friday my best efforts friday packed john s work lunch and made him breakfast before he headed out to work this morning i was planning my day when my guest s changed plans and announced he was arriving five hours earlier boy did that throw me into overdrive plans got tossed new plans were made and some things just didn t get done we ll do our best to manage without those things made a pan of gingerbread and a pan of brownies i hope that will see me through the company weekend but i m not convinced it will continue at november 11 2016 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest the proverbial woman vs 23 proverbs 31 23 her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land nun noon is the fourteenth letter of the alphabet the pictograph for nun looks something like a sprouted seed the sages say this letter represents both the faithful and the rewards of faith it means fish and represents life joshua was the son of nun and on his succession to moses as he entered the promised land was called the son of life i find it interesting that the letter mem means water and the letter nun represents fish what is a fish without water noda is our first word in this verse the lexicon does not have any word which begins with nun but another translation of this verse says that her husband sits with distinction i am thinking noda may well be an adverb that describes how he sits in the gates if he is sitting with distinction he has not only the right to sit there but is respected among the elders of the city young men might go to the gate but it was the seat of wisdom a place of judgement and settlements in the ancient city it was a place for business deals where reputable witnesses were party to contracts and agreements in other words it was a valuable part of any city to sit in the gates one had to have displayed many respectable and admirable traits earlier in proverbs we see this proverbs 8 1 3 wisdom is calling understanding is raising her voice on the heights along the road where the paths meet she is standing by the gates leading into the city at the entrances a man was appointed to sit in the gates he didn t just decide that was where he belonged deut 16 18 you are to appoint judges and officers for all your gates in the cities adonai your god is giving you tribe by tribe they are to judge the people with righteous judgement the reputation of a wife could absolve that of a bad husband remember abigail and nabal when david and his men were hiding from saul they watched over the sheep and shepherds making sure that no harm came to nabal s property in the wild fields they roamed david s men were sent to nabal and requested provisions nabal refused abigail hearing of how rudely her husband behaved ordered the servants to load up provisions and take to david and his men later when nabal died david remembered this remarkable woman and sent for her to become one of his wives i samuel 25 what might nabal have been had he realized the value of abigail s wisdom no doubt this husband is sitting in the gates as well because his wife is such an exemplary woman she has rightly seen that she is a reflection of her husband and his reputation is something she values as much as her own i believe again it s her example not just of her work ethic but of her spiritual wisdom her compassion to those less fortunate which elevates herself and her husband in their community at november 10 2016 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels shabat thoughts coffee chat sweet november hello dear do come in and have a cup of coffee with me there are those lovely spice cookies to go with our cups or the little danish butter cookies we have an abundance of sweets this week it s both my desire to have a little something and my thought of more impending company though i can t tell you anyone whose meant to be here until two weeks from now yes indeed the guest room has been booked once again we ll take coffee to the living room and sit by the window so we can watch the birds at the birdbath it s warmer by the window with the sun coming in less smoky than outdoors and isn t it lovely to at last have cool weather and find our hot drink such a comfort i was just sitting here smiling over a post i made many years ago on facebook one of those shared memories in it i proclaimed that henceforth november should be my favorite month of the year and i see no reason to change my opinion monday night i sat there across the room and watched the sun set i don t know just when the trees on the horizon went bare but there the branches were etched black against that lovely panoramic view of the sky highlighted by the beautiful blue and purple and coral of the setting sun i don t know why god allots us such beauty at the day s end and beginning but he does and i for one appreciate it a day can only seem more lovely when you see the rising sun and the glory of it and no matter how awful it s been beauty at the end is soothing and reassuring somehow it s something too to see you through those long dark hours in between when it s sandwiched between glories over the past weekend we saw our oldest son and his three children we so seldom get to see them these days but i did enjoy them i watched them scuffle their feet through the fallen leaves and john and i stood smiling at the kitchen window watching the twins stroll slowly back up the driveway as they chatted five and seven are vastly different than four and six they are more independent in their play which is a blessing it meant i could sit by and listen though i appeared to be busy on my own i love listening to the imaginings of children as they play they were satisfied still with the same toys we ve had here since their own infancy and they loved the freedom of being able to head outdoors when they wanted and run downhill and back up again i was grateful once again for what i was able to pass along to another generation of children the same joy i d had visiting here while i was growing up i think it s important children have a place to be free and safe at the same time how fortunate i am to have that here it s a sort of living legacy of granny s to have bought this place for her children and have wanted her children s children to have it now it s my children s children this place has been a generational blessing thus far it was a good visit i planned and prepared well and so there was no exhaustive work to do on top of the visit the children ate every bite put before them and nary a complaint nor whine over what they didn t like our only squabble was a constant request for juice we had juice and we had chocolate milk but just one serving of each and then we also had plenty of good well water we don t get to see these children often any more and it s hard for us and them too but it is the way things are i guess now they are older they ve been thinking and talking about it daniel asked me quietly one evening as he played on the floor near my chair gramma do you miss us all of the time i replied we think about you and talk about you and we look forward to when we can see you again later while i was brushing out hailey s hair she said i love you gramma i miss you i think about you a lot i miss you too hailey i think of you too and the next time you re thinking about me you just remember that i m thinking of you we re together in our thinking of one another and when you remember that i m thinking of you you remember that i love you very much it s a lot for a five year old to miss daddy for six months at a time and to miss grandparents too it s a lot for a seven year old there s not much that can be done about it except trust one another s love i ve had time to think about this business of missing grandchildren and grandparents too i shared with you about how seldom we got to spend time with grandaddy and grandmama yet i knew without a shadow of a doubt that they loved us it was plain in the way they smiled when they saw us in the way little things we each favored was remembered we saw the three children then we spent the day with katie and taylor we could only visit mid week this month with all the comings and goings and work schedule we missed seeing matt but we did get to watch zoey the 100 pound german shepherd lay herself in adoration at john s feet and roll over to expose her belly she s a lap dog for all she s 100 pounds a very sweet natured doggy and so gentle with taylor taylor has learned that zoey s paw pads are sensitive and ticklish so she ll gently poke at them and laugh out loud as zoey snatches her feet back out of the way zoey in her turn will give a ticklish swipe of the tongue to taylor s toes and make taylor snatch her feet away at one point when zoey was sleeping on the floor taylor lay down with her head resting on the thigh of zoey s leg and played with a book while she rested against her dog this will be a rare month for me i ll see josh next weekend when i go down to see his daddy baptized now there s an answer to years of prayer sam was the one child who has never had a desire to admit he needed salvation for whatever reason he truly believed it was enough to be a good person and do good things it s hard to explain surrender to someone who sees themselves as strong and able and decent and in the end it s something one must experience for oneself it s that personal relationship with god thing i am forever going on about i ll see josh that weekend and on thanksgiving day for the first time in years i shall spend the day with my three of my children and their children rare indeed john shall have to work and will miss it but this is as near together as we ve all been on thanksgiving in nearly 10 years i think i ve thought of granny a lot these past two days for one thing it s her birth month and that date is drawing near for another i recall a november day when i was off work when we d been here just a year and granny came up the back steps no deck or porch then and knocked on the door it was a glorious day the trees were bare the sedge grass in the fields golden as ripe wheat the skies bluest of blues above and the air brisk i had all the windows open and was letting the house breathe as we say it when we re giving the house a good airing i d been busy all morning and had just sat down when granny knocked on the door i wasn t in the least surprised to see her come with me she said and we walked the place from front to back not such a lot of walking really but interesting walking with sights to admire and fresh air to blow the cobwebs from our mind and hawks and geese overhead and crows cawing across the fields i don t recall a word of conversation i recall feeling happy and as though every single thing was right with the world i am sure we did talk talking was something we always did with granny she was that sort the sort that inspired confidences and deep heart to heart talks and soul searching i don t recall the conversation but i recall the peace of that day and it s stayed with me in some depth ever since granny had a way about her that made you feel peaceful and at rest somehow shalom peace is what she had i realized this week that it s been five years since she passed on i i can t say i miss her i do in many ways but i wouldn t be her granddaughter if i didn t have the gumption to move on with my life she did it over and over again she lost children and a husband and a grandson she lost her parents and a sibling or two she went on missing is something you just carry with you aware there s not a thing you can do to change it missing and remembering and appreciating the time that was missing and using every bit of knowledge and wisdom ever imparted missing and knowing that one day we ll meet again i said no projects for these two months except to finish those we ve started i bought enough landscape block to finish off the one flower bed this week the truth is i m bored i ve grown accustomed to being busy there is still painting to be done there are plants a start for those pretty pots of winter blooms i hope to have i promise myself i shall not do any more big projects until the new year there are holidays ahead and taxes and insurance just paid so money needs to be built up once more there s plenty of little household tasks that need to be 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