Sabra Flower
We here at the Beams don't want all the garbage in the news to bring us down. We are therefore happy to report that the sabra cacti in the fields east of Ashdod are beginning to flower in all their magnificent splendor. This is very symbolic, showing how exquisite beauty (emuna) blossoms particularly in an environment of dangerous thorns (the trials and tribulations of this world).
If you click on the above image, you'll get an enlarged version which you can use for wallpaper, courtesy of your friends here at the Beams and Emuna Outreach.



Complete new fourth edition of Rabbi Lazer Brody's comprehensive and unique guide to coping with insult and verbal abuse. "A wonderful and valuable tool for strengthening the spirit!" (Rabbi Moshe Halberstam of the Eda Haredis in Jerusalem). Hebrew, 234 pages, Kalcom Publishers, Israel
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