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InteGRATion into
GRATeFULLness
Singing&Sounding keeps me Sound
Laugh, laugh about the dreams, it's me the Dreamer
speaking
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lyrics:
Shaul Tchernichowski 1875-1944 |
tune: Tuvia Shlonski |
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See a Communication
with Deity on Jan. 22, 2010, concerning the lines:
"I still believe in Adam (meaning
the human being),
in his spirit, his strong spirit "
2010 - Mika's and My Heaven-on-Earth
 Mika "gives treatment" - she says - to our "old" olive-tree on "Crane-Piazza" |
 Mika seems to remember Re'i Benjamin, Tamir's and Hilah's baby, from beyond ... |
| 2010_11_13
Heaven-on-Earth
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Still: Shabbat in Jerusalem
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Trying to leave behind my judgments about the Wailing
Wall and all the political upheaval it causes,
I enjoy the merging of Herodian stones and present shrubs that grow out of
it, with a dove above!
[I discerned an
entry in "Google" on November 15, 2010 !! "What is the Wailing
Wall"]
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On the plazza of the Wailing Wall: Little Mika on her father's shoulder and a little boy also with his father, but in a stroller
In this "Holy" City, which I hardly visit and in which I don't feel comfortable,
I - on this day - constantly remember my beloved prophecy of "boys and girls will play in the streets of Jerusalem"
We merge with the formidable human crowds in the market-lanes, and pass by this fantastic pyramid of spices with the Golden Dome on top.
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Efrat tries to protect Mika, when the shoving and
squeezing becomes frightening.
This wasn't the worst situation!
In the most crowded spots I had to protect myself and could not use my camera...
Finally we reach the place, where we can order the
famous "Knaafeh".
Again - I remember the first weeks
after the 1967 war.
My husband - as the local assistant of the Agricultural Attaché of
the USA -
had to explore the occupied Westbank.
Sometimes I, or even the children, accompanied him.
That's why my first Knaafeh I ate in Nablus,
the Hebrew Shkhem (Sichem),
a town, which no Israeli would visit today for fear of .....
That's the situation after 43 years of occupation....
If it would belong to a Palestinian State, we probably COULD visit it....
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"Mika!
This is one of the most delicious foods I know: Knaafeh! At least try it!" instead she buys a card of Jerusalem for kindergarden 
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I dared to say: "What do you expect? This part of Jerusalem belongs to them, not to us."
One of many ironies in the "Holy City":
next to Mika holding the card - a bunch of Jewish shofars is exhibited for sale...
A symbolic image: across two barriers (actually
the entrance to a road tunnel): the religious people of Jerusalem
When we are close to our parked car, Mika walks on
the edge of the sideway,
we pull her back and not only Abba and Imma - even I'm pushed to warn her:
"Mika, I know that you would never run into the
street, but I told you:
You are scaring the drivers who are afraid that you might actually run.
This confuses them and they might cause an accident."
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Though our way back is short (perhaps 40 min.) and it's daylight, Mika is exhausted by the immense input she received in Jerusalem.
Since no cushion is comfortable enough, she wraps herself in her blanket and tries not to let her head fall forward
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Continuation of Mika's
"Heaven-on-Earth" in November 2010 - in
SongGame July 18 , 2007 [the free space on the SongPage of July 17, 2007 "Oh Heaven on Earth" I left open for entries I don't know yet] |