After the whirlwind day, the couple is whisked off to their ‘tent of seclusion’. For 15 minutes the newlyweds enjoy their first moments of intimacy, their first meal together, or maybe just some peace and quiet and husband and wife before the big party start. ADVERTISEMENT Protestant Weddin...
Along with Gokayama,Shirakawa-go is among Japan's most famous UNESCO Heritage sites. The historic village features Gassho-style farmhouses spanning Gifu to Toyama, and whose slanted thatched roofs resemble hands in prayer. The houses look fascinating in winter when they are covered i...
’ I’m challenging that. I’m telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the supple moves of prayer, for then you are working out of your true selves, your God-created selves...
RASHI: This will encourage the children to ask the question: "Why are we pouring a second cup of wine before the meal? We don't normally do that" (Pesachim 116a). ALTER REBBE'S SHULCHAN ARUCH: The children's inter- est will thus be aroused, leading them to ask the Mah Nishtanah ...
In the midst of the prayer a fly had lit on the back of the pew in front of him and tortured his spirit by calmly rubbing its hands together, embracing its head with its arms, and polishing it so vigorously that it seemed to almost part company with the body, and the slender thread...