Yesterday in Review
This is how I feel this morning about yesterday. But when I was chasing the bat out of my lounge last night, I felt less like roses and gold! After struggling emotionally for the last couple of weeks, I grew tired of not experiencing the joy of the Lord, which is usually my constant companion and it is now hard, if not impossible, to live without it. So I asked Him if I could please have it back. And He answered. For my private Torah reading yesterday, I delved into the part of Bemidbar that names and numbers the tribes. I wrote down all their names in Hebrew and did the gematria, and that's as far as I got. But the day before that I had read all about the flags, standards and ensigns, which have long fascinated me. I spent 4 hours reading all the commentary and making notes, at which point my hand was too sore to write anymore, so I just read the rest. Really fascinating. Apart from the beautiful and colourful appearance of the flags, st...