Tzipora is mentioned in the Book of Exodus as one of the seven daughters of Jethro a shepherd who was a priest of Midian. Moses had killed an Egyptian who was striking a Hebrew, for which offense the Pharaoh sought to kill Moses. Moses therefore fled from Egypt to Midian. One day while Moses sat by a ...
Battle Hymn / Schlachthymne / Hino de Batalha / Himno de Batalla
The Battle Hymn of the Republic, also known as 'Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory' links the judgment of the wicked at the end of the age (Old Testament, Isaiah 63; New Testament, Rev. 19) with the American Civil War. The Glory, Hallelujah tune was a folk hymn in the southern United States and first documented in ...
Bluebird of Happiness / Hüttensänger des Glücks / Sialia da Felicidade / Sialia de la Felicidad
The symbol of a Bluebird as the bringer of happiness is found in many cultures and may date back thousands of years. In Chinese mythology the Bluebird appears in a circle, often with three legs, as a symbol of the sun. The Navajo identify the Bluebird as a spirit in animal form, associated with the rising sun. In Russian fairy tales, the ...
I can’t Choose / Ich kann nicht Wählen / Não posso Escolher / No puedo Elegir
Sometimes you have to choose between wrong choices and no right choices. You just have to choose which wrong choice feels least wrong. During the selection process upon arrival at Auschwitz, mothers were asked to hand over their babies to the elderly women, but those who refused were sent to the gas chamber. Dr. Gustav Schonfeld wrote ...