rabbifleischmann.blogspot.com: July 13 Times 4

One year ago today I posted the final instalment of a poem by Rabbi David Ebner. He is a great poet and this is one that struck me. It's called Poemparts.com. Here's an excerpt:

Rabbe Nachman said:

Somewhere,a man is asking a question

but has no answer.

Somewhere,a man is giving an answer

but has no question.

When will they meet?

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Two years ago on July 13th, I posted about the parsha, which is not this year's parsha till next week - so I'll link to July 12, 2007 - an eclectic post, which touches on Billy Joel's German Jewish heritage and books by Judith Guest.

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On this date in July, 2006, I did not post. On July 14, 2006 I wrote about how we all have a G-d shaped hole inside us that nothing else can fill because it is a G-d shaped hole.

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Four years ago today I posted this original poem (when I don't attribute credit elsewhere it means I wrote it):

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From Blue to Purple

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Sometimes you sigh

Have a good cry

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Sometimes it's great

Fulfilling fate

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Soar through what's hard

Straight to the stars

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That post received a nice comment from a student from 1996, which has a place in my nachas box.

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As for 2008, I may post more in time - that's it for now.