spiritualinspiration:

“…those who hope in me will not be disappointed.” (Isaiah 49:23, NIV)

unypl:

“The Torah with Rashi’s Commentary: Vol. 1, Genesis,” Edited by Rabbi Yisrael Herczeg

Borrow I Read

I went up to him after I took the picture, to find out what he was reading. He welcomed my interruption seamlessly; it was like he had been expecting me. He showed me that he was reading commentary on The Book of Genesis. Then he asked me, “Do you want to hear a great idea?” I said yes happily. He said he was concentrating on the very first sentence in Genesis, where it mentions what was created in the world first. He pointed at the sentence in his book and said, “If you read the full sentence, it says that the sky and the earth were created first. But, if you read just the first half of the sentence, the Hebrew word in the middle reveals that it was actually the alphabet that was created before anything else.” He took his finger off the page then, and he pointed at the subway doors. “You see these subway doors,” he told me, “they really are made of metal.” In a quieter tone, full of meditative curiosity, he continued. ”At their foundation though, they’re really made of letters.” He lowered his hand then and looked around the subway car, in a way as if he was literally reading the atmosphere. 

thenovellaspodcast:

Listen NOW to The Novellas very FIRST episode! Join Elyssa and Sarah as they talk about their favorite books, life, and this week - The Perks of Being a Wallflower. You won’t be sorry (or maybe you will be - but hey what’s the worst that can happen). Listen to this episode OR Download this episode (right click and save). Coming soon to iTunes. Love it or hate it let us know what you think in the comments or at thenovellaspodcast@gmail.com. 

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teawithcharlie:

oh my gosh

This is just too Poe

teawithcharlie:

Coming soon to a podcast near you… @elyssa5410

npr:

Faith in the Five Boroughs documents the role that faith and religious communities play in the lives of immigrants and their children. It takes you inside New York’s churches, synagogues, mosques, temples and spaces for private prayer. It examines how the city shapes these religious communities and how, in turn, faith shapes the city.

sayingimages:

(via Dear November, please be awesome)