Jewish New Year

 

I decided to make another design with my mixed media painting from Lavender Acres in Meridian, Idaho. That was a great farm to visit. 

I also played with more acrylic paint in an expressionist style. I was tired of painting boring and realistic colors. This was fun. It is from Jump Creek Falls Recreation area in Melba, Idaho. 10" X 20".

Rosh Hashanah 2020/5781

 

I was thinking about the Jewish new year which starts in September.  2020 hasn't been a good year for most people so I am hopeful that 5781 (the Jewish year) will be better.  The verse is from the Haftarah reading last shabbat.  This is from a series of haftarot from Isaiah about consolation (after the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem (remembered on Tisha B'Av this month).  Isaiah is trying to console the people with hope for the future.  I can relate to that.

I will probably design something else for the holiday as I have time to think about it more. The photo was taken in Israel in 2012 when I was on an 8 week trip then. We were touring the Eilat area with a group and this was in a botanical park there. Eilat is at the southern end of Israel, after a long drive through the desert. While it is a big tourist area, I found something spiritual there too.

Pandemic Story

 

Pandemic Story

The synagogues are empty now

We only hear a little Torah on Zoom

We wear masks to go inside anywhere

take them off at the Y when exercising

 

Had my temp checked at the doctor’s

even though my follow-up visit

was unrelated to Covid

 

Missed my visit back east for Passover

Don’t know if I’ll see my family again this year

May even miss Gert’s 100^th birthday.

 

People are angry

I am sad, not angry

Politics are getting very nasty this year

 

How long will we wait for good news . . .

We’ve been praying for Moshiach for years

I keep hoping for some positive news

I know there are good people out there

 

Even after reading sci-fi books and stories

for many years, 

I did not see this disaster as happening

 

I’ll go back to my books and painting

keeping my imagination positive

grateful for what I do have now

 

©2020 Linda H. Feinberg