Last night, I was thinking many thoughts about Arona. I was especially thinking about the time we spent together designing her tallit. The process took place over a few years. The first part took place just before Arona married Lou. She wanted a new atara for her old but beloved eyelet tallit. She had made that tallit in the early 1970's. By the time I began to work on the tallit, while it was filled with memories and meaning, it was also fairly grotty. A few years later, Arona and Lou travelled to Central America. There, Arona purchased a really beautiful high quality length of eyelet. Arona was ready for me to turn that length of eyelet into a tallit for her. We looked at many texts together. On a hunch, I suggested the following prayer. It is often taught to very young children. My God the soul that you have given within me is pure You created it You wrought it You have inflated it within me and You watch over it within me and You in t...
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