sarah in nyc

I have been at this work of making Judiaca in fabric for not quite thirty years. Because fabric is inherently fragile, in the past little while I have been asked to repair some pieces that I had worked on a long time ago. This past Shabbat my friend Doris asked me if I would take a look at the tallit bag I had made for her husband about twenty years ago and if I would remove the atara I had made ( I think) at the same time so the tallit could be cleaned. The text comes from the haftara that was recited during Ken and Doris's Aufruf.  It comes from Isiah 54:10 כִּ֤י הֶֽהָרִים֙ יָמ֔וּשׁוּ וְהַגְּבָע֖וֹת תְּמוּטֶ֑נָה וְחַסְדִּ֞י מֵאִתֵּ֣ךְ לֹֽא־יָמ֗וּשׁ וּבְרִ֤ית שְׁלוֹמִי֙ לֹ֣א תָמ֔וּט אָמַ֥ר מְרַחֲמֵ֖ךְ יְהוָֽה׃ (ס) For the mountains may move And the hills be shaken, But my loyalty shall never move from you, Nor My covenant of friendship be shaken —said the LORD, who takes you back in love. I just used the first phrase of the verse. I built the hills out of a ...