Brambly Witch

Adult b'nai mitzvahs I love you so much. I love that the reasons for them are as varied as the Jewish people. You can do it if you converted. You can do it if you already had one at 13 but now you've reached another milestone year in old age. You can do it if you were born Jewish but raised secular and never had one. You can do it if you fled the Soviet Union or anywhere else you weren't free to practice Judaism growing up. Holocaust survivors had them if they were in camps or in hiding at the age they should've been having theirs. Trans Jews can have them as a way to affirm their gender. Women can have them if they grew up in a time or community where it was only for boys. Anyone who's had an adult b'nai mitzvah, you're an inspiration to me and you form the links in the chain that will pass the Torah down to me when I have my own bat mitzvah one day.

Free PDF at the Biodiversity Heritage Library

#i was sceptical for a minute cause these illustrations don't match the plants in every case#(rounded dandelion leaves serrated willow leaves same leaves on crocus and aloe etc)#but these are the section headers NOT illustrations/representations of individual flowers#anyways. found a link. gorgeous book.