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July 27: The Most Perfect Art

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Natasha Shabat

“Language is the most perfect art in the world. The chisel of a thousand years retouches it.” Continue reading →

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Awaiting Hurricane Sandy with a Hebrew Sentence

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Natasha Shabat

A blessing for Hurricane Sandy. Continue reading →

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Starting Over in a Different Frame of Mind

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Natasha Shabat

Not only different objects are presented to our attention at different seasons of the year, but we are in a different frame of body and of mind to appreciate different objects at different seasons. I see one thing when it is cold and another when it is warm.

Journal, November 17, 1858.

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