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Noah’s Flood

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Today is the 17th day of the month of the flood (as “mourned” in my religion).  The month of Cheshvan is the month where the rainstorm managed to cover the Earth with water. 365 days later (one solar year- not a lunar year, which was the normal calendar mode of the times), the water had receded and the land was dry. Noach (Noah) wanted to know if it was safe to exit the ark. So, he sent out a raven.

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What the month of Cheshvan should teach us.

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I mentioned a few days ago how Leonardo Da Vinci was one of my childhood heroes.  And, he not only amped up my interest in science and painting- but in poetry.  So, telling you that Edgar Allen Poe was among the first poets to  pique my fancy should not surprise you. (I am talking about The Raven,  But to be honest, while Annabelle Lee is also among my favorite poems,  my heart belongs to to the sublime e.e. cummings…) But, I digress.

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