The Rabbi Who's Teaching My Intro To Judaism Class Told Us (while Talking About The Maror) That Bitterness

The rabbi who's teaching my Intro to Judaism class told us (while talking about the maror) that bitterness is necessary for transformative change and freedom and I've been thinking about that for an entire week

Little bit from My Jewish Year hy Abigail Pogrebin

Tumblr LOVES cameras, and my lovely model is holding a Polaroid 420 camera. I had to figure out how to open -- then close, which was more challenging -- the bellows, but no equipment was harmed in the making of this photo. This was produced 1971-1977 and you could still get film for it until 2016. The flash unit is really interesting because what you see at the top right is just a holder for a FlashCube, which filters the light more evenly.

1925 Dahlias table lamp by Charles Schneider. From My Vintage Dreams, FB.

I wouldn't call this ironic, but it is rather funny to me that the jewish idea of not proselytizing drew me to judaism in the very beginning of me thinking about judaism

Nash Didan Jews in Urmia, Iranian West Azerbaijan, 1905