Yesterday Kira came by to finish tying her tzitzit. She had made a first visit last week but was nearly cross-eyed with exhaustion. Luckily, she lives in the neighborhood so it was easy to reschedule for a time when she wasn’t falling asleep on her feet. Kira wisely decided that her tallit really did need an atara. I made s simple one painting the same scrollwork motif that I had painted on her pinot /corner pieces. I also stitched on silver sequins on both ends for a little bit of extra oomph. Kira DID NOT want more text. I like having a bit additional light near the face. She was really pleased with the result, both of the atara and her tzitzit tying. Last night was the eighth night of Chanukah. Earlier in the week we had given our kids Amazon gift cards. This is what my youngest bought for himself. I think he will actually get a good deal of wear out of them. He plans to wear them as street shoes.] A couple of people wrote to me b...
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