Exciting but not surprising! Matisyahu: "No More Chassidic Reggae Superstar"

I want to be a part of this!

When you're down

You don't need THAT
Just look WITHIN


-Macklemore, The End

I don't live thinking, "On the cusp of death, it won't be me"

"It's gonna take me to crack this mirror to finally be myself again."
-Macklemore, Life is Cinema

inspired by Macklemore

Check it: tight music

I was put here to do something
Before I line that casket
"The world is a stage and we play a character"
I found her.
It took me 20 years
And a bunch of mistakes
Take all the things you want
I've found fulfillment

hip-hop

My love.
The soundtrack of my life.

Tears, joy, life

I have been crying every day since Thursday, December 1st.

I feel so alive.

I am so happy.

I am fulfilled.

I know the things that make me happy.

And sometimes, the joy of knowing that and the joy of them,

brings me tears.

Thankful to the Creator.

JB

Emotions

I have become so emotional
It's a part of life
And it feels so right
Because although I can't feel the blood in my veins
I can feel the tears swell
And wet my face

Breakfast

Beats, rhymes, life be the breakfast of champions.
-Blue Scholars
"Bayani"

#OccupyingCLICS

during finals.


FTW

Watts Prophets

America has its foot in your head
-"Celebration"

Friendship Quotes

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same”

“Those who do not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.”

-Elbert Hubbard

Dalai Lama Quote

May I become at all times,
both now and forever
A protector for those without protection
A guide for those who have lost their way
A ship for those with oceans to cross
A bridge for those with rivers to cross
A sanctuary for those in danger
A lamp for those without light
A place of refuge for those who lack shelter
And a servant to all in need.

Societal pressures

Tired of society telling me what I should look like, who I am, and what I should buy.

life

Life is goooooood.

The definition of me

Hip-hop, activism, food justice, friends, family, love, spirituality

Hare Krishna

Today I went to class 20 minutes late to find it canceled. I walked down library walk, putting on my usual I'm-busy-dont-talk-to-me face but someone still insisted on talking to me. We talked, I got a book from him, The Science of Self-Realization, and we'll see where it goes from there. Life is really quite interesting.

Today

I woke up with the sun, feeling whole and restored, and before my alarm went off. I was sleeping on my stomach on the couch and awoke to a warm and sunny light-filled room. It was 7:36. Feeling energized, I prayed, and it was a wonderful davenning. Then I took a run, showered, got dressed, listened to hip-hop and DJ Sabzi. Then I walked to Whole Foods, and as I walked in I smiled and said hello the a man at the homeless outreach table. He said "you've got a great smile!" I said, thank you. Gee, how I've missed that New York speak-the-compliments-on-your-mind-even-if-youre-across-the-street-and-have-to-yell energy. He lit up my morning.

I got some coffee and a vegan chocolate chip cookie, treating myself :), and am sitting inside now. I have class at 11 and it's 10:30 now so I ought to be heading out. Just want to share that life is going well. I saw The Dybbuk yesterday, a Yiddish play, and it was spiritually and mystically profound. I needed it. It's a push back on the right path, and yes, I believe in paths.

Lovingly, energetically, happily,
the girl named Jessica Baltmanas

I'm Ready

That's it.
I am ready to be happy again.
I am ready to prioritize myself;
my health.
My happiness.
My wants.
My desires.
My needs.
The things that make me happy.

I am ready for fulfilling life adventures.
I am ready for investing and being invested in.
I am ready to be valued.
I am ready to realize my value.
I am ready to be surrounded by the company of truly positive people.

That's it.
I've had enough.
And I can't take it no more.
I am ready to value myself.
Love myself.
Live free.
Be happy.
And show love to all that comes in my path.

It's a new and bright day!
Let's all shine!

turn in life

"We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others."

Just at that point in life, where i'm trying to return again to me.. who I want to be.

Silence

I've missed you, my personal blog, the place for me to share my thoughts.
I've been too busy and troubled to write, but I hope to meet again soon.
I'm sorry for neglecting you, because it also means I've been neglecting myself.

JB

this country

This country cannot be great just by comparison. I think it's easy to love a place where one has the privilege to enjoy those very freedoms, but ask the immigrants that don't make it and the middle class that is shrinking, and those that live paycheck to paycheck how they feel about these American "privileges" they have no actual freedom to enjoy. If you don't "make it" in the system, life leans toward labor and struggle and therefore all the privileges and benefits of American citizenship turn shallow.

It's as simple as an equation in America. Quality of life= income level, with room for exceptions?

the things you say

U r everything to me

10/22

FOOD WEEK (a dream come true for me @ UCSD)

Today

Muammar Gaddafi is dead.
Gosh..
mind processing... uploading..

What a time of history.

Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, the Arab Spring, Gilad Shalit released, OCCUPY WALL STREET, the world is changing.
The world is turning.

Let's try to hold on while we move on and on.

Life is so amazing

So many incredible things happen in the day.
I am usually one to write down these occurrences, but on a daily basis it gets overwhelming.
I am thankful for this life that I lead.
And that I have so much love in it that I am not really leading alone at all.

B"H on this day and always.

Sweet somethings

I love the things you whisper when you are tired...

"I'd protect you with everything inside of me if I had to."

10.2.11

Yes I am falling for you. And it's a beautiful thing.

10.1.11

Life has turned a new leaf. Love has come. And this is what the movies are like. The unity of souls in two bodies.

My life

is so interesting, and I am grateful for it.

Saudi King Gives Womyn Right to Vote!!!

What an incredible time of history!

Link here

Quote- nutrition

“One who takes medicine and neglects diet wastes the skill of their doctors.”

~ Chinese Proverb.

Beverly Hills

A little nosing around found me this information:

Of the 21,426 registered voters in Beverly Hills, approximately 50.3% are Democrats and 25.9% are Republicans. The remaining 23.8% are Independents or are registered with one of the many smaller political parties, like the Green Party or the Libertarian Party.
-link

confession

I am scared. Of certain things. And I rather not express them just like that. But I hope I will talk about them with a dear person.

-me

Travels

If you want to know about my 30 day travels, check out: yiskahbalttravels.blogspot.com/

:)

Grateful for today

I got a raise and my major got approved. UCSD now has a Global Development and Social Justice major :-)

when the heart dies

Somehow, perhaps by some grand design, when the heart dies, it comes to life at the same time.

life.death.

do they both hang on the same string?
what is this thing
pain and healing
light and darkness
it makes me want to stay inside
avoid the craziness of the world
which is really the craziness of people
we made these problems for ourselves
and nobody else
so we should take the first step and accept responsibility
then ask and live..

G-d light my lamp.
G-d light my darkness.

Teh 18. 29

Linda Vista Farmer's Market

I'll be here on Thursdays. Can't wait for this!!
Coming to you July 21st. 3-7pm

I know why I love hip-hop

because I relate to the struggle

Parents had a dream..

but they gave it up for me.

So now my dream: ensuring theirs are again free.

Love

Am I ready to give up my freedom?

This life...

is epic. and beautiful. And what I'm looking for is the meaning of it all. That's who I am. that's the people I attract. and that is what I want to marry. When words are not enough, music speaks. and why do I love music? because artists have treasures of knowledge, love, and meaning to share with the world that can make us better. i.e. you. i.e. me. they have something to offer that we don't know. and we have something to offer. let's all share.

peace.

life is so good

I want to share it with someone

reflection

it keeps me from going far from the center

Wow. This is life.

I can feel the pulse through my veins.

Confronting imperfections.
Wrongs.
Past mistakes.
That never seem to go away.

I am walking on a better path.
It is a path of resistance.
Difficult, laborious, requiring all of me, and the nearness or end is not clear.

It surfaces itself again.
I can see it.
Remember it.
And am reminded of it.

I push on.
Towards the light.
Illuminating the darkness in my heart.
Leaving behind the past, disconnecting from the things I have done, and letting it push me forward.

I must be honest with myself.
I have done wrong.

I have the courage to confront my flaws.
And the courage to change them.

There is always the risk of being judged for what I have done.
I have done wrong.

I must struggle on to live out who I am in its purity.
Until there is less struggle.

With reclaimed values, I live on.
I live on.

Tonight

I can sleep.

Healing

A compilation of things that get me back to the center:

1. Hip-hop music
2. Conversations with mom
3. Confessing and repenting
4. Holding onto those precious to me, expressing my love for them
5. Taking life slowly, absorbing, and responding as necessary
6. Reflecting***

My confession

These past six months have been my party phase. I have stretched my boundaries, lost boundaries, declined in my moral integrity, made poor judgments, let myself make mistakes, hurt others, abandoned my values. I acknowledge that and on this day vow to move forward.

I shall enter a new phase of growth, maturity, responsibility, and womanhood unlike any before. I shall cling to and maintain my values. I shall learn better in what I let into my life. I shall learn better in what I give. I shall learn better in what I let out of my life. I shall learn to live in a healthier, balanced, and more fulfilling way. I shall learn greater how to love.

Thank you for those who have been with me these past six months, and rather, these past two years. I have experienced and grown a lot. Thank you for your support, for learning with me, for teaching me, and for being with me. You have all affected my life. I hope to only do the same in a positive way for you.

I am sorry to those who have I have disappointed, hurt, and mistreated. I hope you can heal quickly and use what I have done wrong to push you forward in life. I hope we can be friends if you see that as beneficial for both of us.

I am using my past to push me forward in life. I am ready for a new season. With a spirit of reconciliation, gained experiences and lessons learned, and renewed commitment, I am moving forward.

Thank you for caring.

a facet of childhood

Sadness in the gut when people have to leave.

conversations with Mom...

are cleansing.

I am sorry to everyone I have hurt recently. I hope I can love you right.

Here's to a new growth.

-Jessica Baltmanas

College.

Wow. I'm starting to get what it feels like to be in college. Embracing how these four (sometimes 5, or more) years are so unique to the other ones in our lives. It is the time to embrace that unique place. All of the people and richness and diversity we otherwise may not experience, at least not with those people. G-d, it's just such an incredible time. I now get nostalgic when I hear those stereotypical college songs that bring me back to good times, but I still have two years left in this place. Before, I couldn't say I loved it, I couldn't call it beautiful, and now... UCSD, you are a beautiful place that houses incredible people. I love you.

music

G-d, music is so incredible. What a gift.

Planning events

is something I am learning I really like to do and enjoy and it's so much funn!!! So stoked for Thursday.

So happy

to be alive. I feel privileged to even be able to say that. I am alive, and I am ALIVE. Wow, thank you G-d.

I

don't mean to complain. But I wish people could just tell each other how they feel. I also wish people would appreciate each other more. Don't we understand that the people in our lives are precious treasures? hmm

why

is life so beautiful, why am I so blessed? Thank You G-d!

right now in life...

such an incredibly enriching and developing period. also a preparation period for the next steps in life.

understanding.
empathy.
compassion.
action.

food movement

At one eloquent and entrepreneurially-impeccably-credentialed end of the spectrum stands farmer Joel Salatin:

Don't let them confuse you. Organic farming is not an industry. It is a movement. It is part of a movement that began when the first indigenous peoples fought against the Conquistadors. It is fighting back against the modern Conquistadors, the multinational corporations, those who would patent and genetically modify life and destroy diversity.



Well, being stubborn, slogan-loving Americans, we could try to come up with names anyway: Foodie, locavore, vegan, localism, smallism, anti-GMOism, anti-Conquistadorism, anti-Twinkie-ism, raw milkism, school lunchism, ethical treatment of animalism, family farmism, urban farmism, farmers market vs. Walmartism, heirloom variety-ism, real foodism, slow foodism, indigenous culturism, nurture capitalism, biocharism, terroirism.

Or we can zoom out, and zoom down, and look for the broader and deeper process of which all this food related activism is a part. Here are some of the persectives of people who have been working for decades to transform the food system (or create new ones):

Think: Eliot Coleman's advice, "Feed the soil, not the plant."

Think: Gary Snyder's observation: "Food is the field in which we daily explore our harming of the world."

Think: Joan Gussow's aphorism, "I prefer butter to margarine, because I trust cows more than I trust chemists."

Think: Odessa Piper's insight, "Local is the distance the heart can travel."

This enterprise that we are a part of, with its new organic farmers and the host of small food enterprises that are emerging to bring their produce to market, is about an economy that does less harm. It's about rebuilding trust and reconnecting to one another and the places where we live. It's about healing the social and ecological relationships that have been broken by hundreds of years of linear, extractive pursuit of economic growth, industrialization, globalization, and consumerism. It's about pulling some of our money out of ever-accelerating financial markets and its myriad abstractions -- called, with more than a little irony, securities -- and putting it to work near where we live, in things that we understand, starting with food -- creating a more immediate and tangible kind of security.


This attention to and, even, celebration of the small, the slow and the local can seem, at times, rather precious against the scale of global economic, political, and environmental challenges. But it was agriculture that gave birth to the modern economy, and, as Paul Ehrlich recognizes, it must be agriculture that we fix if there is to be a postmodern economy:

The agricultural revolution led to a period of cultural evolution unprecedented in its rapidity and scale ... It is a story that starts with the obtaining of food but returns us to two aspects of human behavior that, although present in hunter-gatherers, became even more important in sedentary groups-religion and violence.


Can we imagine a pro-soil, pro-earthworm, pro-small farmer, anti-fiduciary-razzmatazz, pro non-capitalist-pig movement that becomes as robust in this second decade of the 21st century as the anti-war movement was in the 1960s?

Peace Now. Fertility Now. Food Here Now. Slow Money.

From: Will the real food movement please stand up?
http://www.grist.org/sustainable-food/2011-05-02-will-the-real-food-movement-please-stand-up

wabbit and fruit trees

Today was a nice day. I had a wild widdle wabbit run up and stop a foot away from me and bought three fruit trees. Life can be quite swell.

WE ARE LIVING AT AN INSANE TIME IN HISTORY

Bin Laden March 10, 1957- Announced dead May 1, 2011 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42852646#42852646

The weapon

is my tongue.

PEACE

G-d, is that what I am to live my life for?
Advocating for justice,
respect,
love,
and unity?
Why am I considered such an idealist,
optimist,
disregarded,
cast off as a dreamer,
advocate for unreachable goals?
but I say NO!
Peace is the direction all life leans toward
It is the most natural thing I know,
and breathe.
This is my reality,
my brain,
my blood,
my breath,
and I will breathe in and out,
for it makes me who I am.

We're all just human beings

let's not forget that. On that note...

it's easier to love..

when it is received

hip hop

Expression and expression.

songs that remind me of New York

to be added to.

Chasing Pavements- Adele
Empire State of Mind- Jay-Z and Alicia Keys

Creating my own major...

because if I don't fit the system now, I'll make my place.

Absolutely incredible video. I really recommend watching it.

‎"All my writing is about the recognition that there is no single reality. But the beauty of it is that you nevertheless go on, walking towards utopia, which may not exist, on a bridge which might end before you reach the other side." -- Marguerite Young

Do not worry about being liked, do not mind being hated -- just yearn to be heard

http://www.facebook.com/peop1e

A rant!

Do you remember childhood? How anger consisted of not putting enough milk in the cereal or you thought of someone with less brownie points because they liked crunchy and you liked soggy cereal? Oh wow, the good old times. I mean that's not to say all is well and dandy. Well actually, all is not well and dandy. But as a kid I think we get that a little too. Just, when we grow up we gain more awareness that there is more to life beyond the playground and Spongebob. We learn that there is suffering around the world, and sometimes in our homes. And maybe greater awareness, I would argue, develops maturity. Anyway, it's fun to relive the good old days by wearing pig socks and eating cereal.. oh wait, I do that all the time.

Point of View Interview

I got interviewed for the Chancellor's Office Point of View bi-weekly interviews.

I used it to speak for the food justice movement. Please read here: http://www-chancellor.ucsd.edu/pov_Jessica_Baltmanas.html

Cool organization Take Two

Shared with me by Lior A.

We, Kobi Skolnick and Aziz Abu Sarah have partnered together to provide concrete analysis on the Israeli Palestinian conflict and explore practical ideas to end it. Together we work to demonstrate that partnerships across the divide of entrenched conflicts, when based in dialogue and mutual respect, can help build new ways of coexisting together within communities.

Through our work, we hope to build new bridges between Jews, Muslims and Christians and inspire less polarized perspectives in relation to the conflict in Israel and Palestine.

http://conflictingpeace.com/site/Home.html

What I like: "We together present an example of two extremes that met in the middle with hope and vision for a peaceful Palestine and Israel. Our experiences have taught us that all sides must stop embracing radicalism in order to achieve a real peace."

"We also hope to bridge the divide by fostering new ways of thinking accompanied by alternative new behaviors. Together, we strive to demonstrate that partnerships across the divide of entrenched conflicts, when based on dialogue and mutual respect, can help to build new ways of being together in community."

Cool organizations

so I was thinking how I hear about so many cool organizations. I think I'll start compiling them here so I won't lose track and spread awareness to anyone who reads.

Take One:

--

The Amir Project

Building an environmentally conscious and socially just future

Our Goal is to create a cultural movement, starting with youth, that is dedicated toward serving those in need and building an environmentally sustainable future.

Our Mission One of Amir’s educational goals is to teach children that environmental sustainability is in itself a social justice issue; if they overuse resources, they are directly affecting others

http://www.amirproject.org/index.php

What I like: Amir Project connects environmental sustainability with social justice. By overusing resources, they teach we affect others. Not only is this important for children to learn, I also believe in the incredible power of gardening as an activity for conflict resolution.

Retreating inward

Has led me to over-complexities

I am ready for the big picture!

love

Love should make the world go round! Love makes my world go round :-)

Refuge

But if he holds fast to My refuge,

He makes Me his friend;

He makes Me his friend.

-Yeshyahu 27:5

Sovereign states of have-nots

I was a scholar before college

I'm retreating inward.

If you actually a professor how to do well on a final, what they actually mean to ask in response is, "How much are you willing to kill yourself?"

Really, this week is disgusting

The drug market must climb

The caffeine industry must make up for any previous indebtedness

Health comes second

Anything that keeps one way awake is permitted

Poison in the body: become robot: CHECK

Abandon any traces of normal life

Forget what the sun feels like

Lose your social skills

This week and what we do is disgusting

Don't ever forget to question the system

This is not against studying
This is against the eduction system

Break Free written by David Abramson

A reflection on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

``

No I can't sleep tonight because the fire's burning deep inside

All there is is the beautiful light and the spirit as my guide

I feel alive as I can be, I heard the whisper from the trees...it said:

Break free from the cycle of violence

Anger and hate ideology

Lift the veil from ignorance

And rule equality!

Oversimplified labels divide us more

We must deconstruct to settle the score

Israelis, Palestinians, the left and the right

At the core we are the same, let's stop the fight!

So much history of genocide

Holocaust, and murder in the night

Bombs on man, his kids and wife

How much longer must we continue the strife?

Unite for truth and justice

Equality and rights

Because we all just want to live

And feel love at the end of the night!

one thing to get back to..

once finals week is over and life resumes as normal.. meditation on where the education system finds itself, why it is that way, and how to overcome and recreate the system to be had.

macklemore

We sell our dreams and our potential just to escape through that buzz.

--Macklemore Otherside

tsunami

A major tsunami has hit Japan and is on its way to 20 countries. Here are the times they are to hit: http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2011/03/11/lhvpd9/05/webetalhvpd9-05.txt

May peace and safety be for all those in affected areas.

Wonderful time of dancing and connection

Tonight Tritons for Israel brought the famous Israeli band Hadag Nahash to Porter's Pub. It was such an incredible feeling of family, community, connection, fun, and an overall good time of conversation and connection. Again, my life is overwhelmed by love. I was in the dancing presence of so many people tonight. Makes me want to give back all that much more.

So proud of the community.

Thanks for the good times, Hadag!

3.7.11

3.7.11

I'll remember this day.

So grateful

Here's my venting of how amazing life is.

I've been through an epic journey these past 3 weeks...

hit a low, family trouble and financial trouble, most of all, made a lot of realizations, almost left two organizations...etc

Then I studied Torah, got in the car and there was a nice surprise on my phone, I am realizing the amazing friends that I have, and realizing that my life is full of love. Things come and get better in their own time.

Life is a gift meant to be lived. Living is loving. Spread the joy!

Quotes

Lack of understanding leads us away from unity.

It is better to light a candle than curse the dark.

If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.

Mahatma Gandhi

Youth is the engine of the world.

Sometimes you have to close your eyes to see.

If you wanna see change

then put your ones in the air

then point to yourself cause change starts right there

I know it's so cliche but I'm angry that some can't eat

Meanwhile I'm letting a damn feast of pastas and canned meats

Rot in my pantry

Like lord please can we speak on this frankly

Like G-d why you letting this happen?

Amen, he answered, son I'm askin you the same thing

Cause you're supposed to be my servants

Out here working

Like you're my hands reaching out to those that's hurtin

You don't have long on this earth

And I hope you won't compromise...

``

“I can't wait to get back to New York City where at least when I walk down the street, no one ever hesitates to tell me exactly what they think of me.”

When you leave New York, you ain't goin' nowhere.

Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display.

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

J Street: Giving VOICE to our Values

This conference has been inspiring and impacting. I encourage you to listen in on some of the sessions here: http://conference.jstreet.org/schedule

Does our life benefit

Does our life benefit the earth?

Does it help the grass to grow and the sun to shine?

Have you passed through this darkness?

New York... is my home

two sweet, sweet words to my ears.

I never thought I'd be so in love with the state I discounted as a concrete jungle.

And that's exactly what I am...

if New York was embodied in a person, I would hold it in my arms and absorb it.

And New York is embodied.

New York is in honesty.

New York is in straightforwardness.

New York is in theater.

New York is in culture.

New York is in struggle.

New York is in seasons.

New York is in crime.

New York is in pain.

New York is in overcoming.

New York is in diversity.

New York is in community.

New York is in my soul.

New York is my home.

Interesting Time in Life

A place of reflection...

I have never been where I am now,

as open,

experiencing,

believing,

disbelieving.

One thing I know,

is that I am alive,

and here,

is somewhere I always want to be.

Earl's Garden

Is it crazy to say that this garden helps make me who I am?

I love Earl's Garden.

I miss New York

Can I just say I relate to someone who has ever missed a place.. I yearn for you, New York.

Songs I love

for their depth. Worth a listen.

Question Marks-- Shad

http://listen.grooveshark.com/s/Question+Marks/2EJ9Mr?src=5

Inhale Deep-- Macklemore

http://listen.grooveshark.com/s/Inhale+Deep/2q3Exi?src=5

City Don't Sleep-- Macklemore

http://listen.grooveshark.com/s/City+Don+t+Sleep/2q3ELR?src=5

Sunshine-- Matisyahu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPuU-iTIFoI

Temple-- Matisyahu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jOcFtY6UAk&feature=related

rain

I love what the rain does to my brain.

love this-- poetry

Just
Enough
Words to
Inspire
Soulful searching or sometimes
Heresy

Poignant
Odes can
Entertain or produce
Tears
Really!
You never know
Joy Heitzmann

This Day in History: Mubarak Steps Down

Today I woke up to a breaking news text message from the Washington Post saying,

"Egyptian state TV reports President Hosni Mubarak has left Cairo. His destination is unknown."

-received at 6:48 am

The text message really woke me up so I ran to turn on the news and of course open up facebook.

The news then declared, "MUBARAK STEPS DOWN," power cedes to military.

Wow, what a time in history. This is truly a victory for the Egyptian people, but it remains unclear where the country will go from here. Part of me is celebrating in joy with the people of Egypt, part of me is truly concerned for the country and what the new leadership will mean for the world, Israel included and especially. We shall see how history goes. May there be true democracy and may the people know peace.

Long live the revolution for justice.

http://ismubarakstillpresident.com/

Revolution

Midterms? There's a revolution going on.

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem

The Book of Psalms

Psalm 67

1. G-d be merciful unto us,

and bless us;

and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.

2. That thy way may be known upon earth,

thy saving health among all nations.

3. Let the people praise thee, O G-d;

let all the people praise thee.

4. O let the nations be glad and sing for joy:

for thou shalt judge the people righteously,

and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

5. Let the people praise thee,

O G-d; let all the people praise thee.

6. Then shall the earth yield her increase;

and G-d, even our own G-d,

shall bless us.

7. G-d shall bless us;

and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

Psalm 67, in Beautiful Hebrew Calligraphy, in the Design of The Menorah

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2580630/posts

Dedication- mezuzah

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

ד שְׁמַע, יִשְׂרָאֵל: יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ, יְהוָה אֶחָד.	4 Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one.
ה וְאָהַבְתָּ, אֵת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, בְּכָל-לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל-נַפְשְׁךָ, וּבְכָל-מְאֹדֶךָ.	5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
ו וְהָיוּ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה, אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם--עַל-לְבָבֶךָ.	6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;
ז וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ, וְדִבַּרְתָּ בָּם, בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶּרֶךְ, וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ.	7 and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
ח וּקְשַׁרְתָּם לְאוֹת, עַל-יָדֶךָ; וְהָיוּ לְטֹטָפֹת, בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ.	8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
ט וּכְתַבְתָּם עַל-מְזֻזוֹת בֵּיתֶךָ, וּבִשְׁעָרֶיךָ.	9 And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.

11:13-21

לְאַהֲבָה אֶת-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם, וּלְעָבְדוֹ, בְּכָל-לְבַבְכֶם, וּבְכָל-נַפְשְׁכֶם.	13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto My commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,
יד וְנָתַתִּי מְטַר-אַרְצְכֶם בְּעִתּוֹ, יוֹרֶה וּמַלְקוֹשׁ; וְאָסַפְתָּ דְגָנֶךָ, וְתִירֹשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ.	14 that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
טו וְנָתַתִּי עֵשֶׂב בְּשָׂדְךָ, לִבְהֶמְתֶּךָ; וְאָכַלְתָּ, וְשָׂבָעְתָּ.	15 And I will give grass in thy fields for thy cattle, and thou shalt eat and be satisfied.
טז הִשָּׁמְרוּ לָכֶם, פֶּן יִפְתֶּה לְבַבְכֶם; וְסַרְתֶּם, וַעֲבַדְתֶּם אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים, וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶם, לָהֶם.	16 Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
יז וְחָרָה אַף-יְהוָה בָּכֶם, וְעָצַר אֶת-הַשָּׁמַיִם וְלֹא-יִהְיֶה מָטָר, וְהָאֲדָמָה, לֹא תִתֵּן אֶת-יְבוּלָהּ; וַאֲבַדְתֶּם מְהֵרָה, מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ הַטֹּבָה, אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה, נֹתֵן לָכֶם.	17 and the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and He shut up the heaven, so that there shall be no rain, and the ground shall not yield her fruit; and ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
יח וְשַׂמְתֶּם אֶת-דְּבָרַי אֵלֶּה, עַל-לְבַבְכֶם וְעַל-נַפְשְׁכֶם; וּקְשַׁרְתֶּם אֹתָם לְאוֹת עַל-יֶדְכֶם, וְהָיוּ לְטוֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֵיכֶם.	18 Therefore shall ye lay up these My words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
יט וְלִמַּדְתֶּם אֹתָם אֶת-בְּנֵיכֶם, לְדַבֵּר בָּם, בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶּרֶךְ, וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ.	19 And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
כ וּכְתַבְתָּם עַל-מְזוּזוֹת בֵּיתֶךָ, וּבִשְׁעָרֶיךָ.	20 And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates;
כא לְמַעַן יִרְבּוּ יְמֵיכֶם, וִימֵי בְנֵיכֶם, עַל הָאֲדָמָה, אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶם לָתֵת לָהֶם--כִּימֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם, עַל-הָאָרֶץ.	21 that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, upon the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.

Tehilim 62

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1

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

2

O G-d, Thou art my G-d, earnestly will I seek Thee; my soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee, in a dry and weary land, where no water is.

3

So have I looked for Thee in the sanctuary, to see Thy power and Thy glory.

4

For Thy lovingkindness is better than life; my lips shall praise Thee.

5

So will I bless Thee as long as I live; in Thy name will I lift up my hands.

6

My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth doth praise Thee with joyful lips;

7

When I remember Thee upon my couch, and meditate on Thee in the night-watches.

8

For Thou hast been my help, and in the shadow of Thy wings do I rejoice.

9

My soul cleaveth unto Thee; Thy right hand holdeth me fast.

10

But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the nethermost parts of the earth.

11

They shall be hurled to the power of the sword; they shall be a portion for foxes.

12

But the king shall rejoice in G-d; every one that sweareth by Him shall glory; for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.