April 21, 2024
Seder table set for the Passover meal - with Star of David in blue over top
Published by Tanja Cilia at April 21, 2024
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Seder

Beitzah: check (the smell of the hard-boiled egg made her gag). Zero’ah: check. Charoset: check (and of course she scooped up some with her finger and licked it clean). In the centre hollow – maror and dates. I hope Irit and Mirele break a tooth on the seed. Expensive dentistry!
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February 26, 2024
like father like son - image of raccoon in grass with text: like father like son, fiction, Michael Fowler
Published by Michael Fowler at February 26, 2024
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Like Father, Like Son

The social worker in the office asked me how long I’d been homeless. I told him for two or three days. That was how long it had taken me to feel destitute on the street and seek help. His next question: Any relation to the man of the same name already in residence at the shelter? Can it be? I wondered.
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February 3, 2023
puja - celebration - candles lit for Diwali
Published by Megha S. Gupta at February 3, 2023
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Light Hues of the Soul

After preparing for the festivities and waiting for the puja, she sat on the chair near the gate. She watched the whole neighbourhood celebrating the festival with their families, and when she looked up, she saw the skies were filled with colourful sparks. The atmosphere was filled with the sounds of bursting firecrackers. In the midst of the noise, Sahitya prayed silently for the arrival of her children.
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December 11, 2022
gingerbread house
Published by Tandy Malinak at December 11, 2022
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Gingerbreading

Gingerbreading is crafting and creating, laughing and lauding. And when the holidays are over, it takes on one last, long-awaited meaning: smashing those beautiful little houses and feasting for a month (or more!) on all the melt-in-your-mouth pieces!
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