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This rainbow - a full double arch spanning horizon to horizon - appeared outside our front door last Monday after a violent thunderstorm. We’re talking hail and power outages, the latter of which are ever so much fun when you’re in the back aisles of a pitch-black supermarket. After I made it home (in one piece, thankfully), I caught the glow of the ’bow out of the corner of my eye and was able to capture it with Mr. Nikon.
I love Mr. Nikon. And did you say the ne'ehman b'vriso upon seeing Mr, Rainbow?
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Good thing you weren't standing next to this guy.
ReplyDeleteIn case you're curious, Erica is referring to the blessing Jews recite upon seeing a rainbow:
ReplyDeleteBarukh Atah Hashem Elokeinu melekh ha-olam, zokheir ha-brit v'ne-eman biv'rito v'kayam b'ma-amaro.
Blessed are You, God, Lord of the universe, who remembers His covenant, is faithful to it, and keeps His promise.
It's a reference to the story of Noah. After the Great Flood, God - so says the Book of Genesis - set the rainbow in the sky as a symbol of His promise to never again destroy the world.
(That's a job He prefers to leave to us humans.)
When I saw your post's title and rainbow photo (beautiful!), I, too, thought of the Flood and God's promise. I didn't know - though I'm not surprised - that there's a specific blessing associated with rainbows.
ReplyDeleteOh... wow, wow, wow....
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