#gadol

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Rabbi of the Lincoln Square Synagogue, explains Shabbat HaGadol; 2017.

Shabbat HaGadol, meaning ‘Great Shabbat’ in Hebrew, occurs on the Shabbat immediately before Passover and it is commemorated by reading a Haftarah from the book of Malachi.   Hezekiah da Silva argues that the reasoning for this Shabbat is that the Jewish people were commanded to fulfill their first mitzvah – to set aside the lamb as a sacrifice before the Exodus from Egypt.  This significant achievement is therefore called gadol (’big’ or ‘great’ in Hebrew). Additionally, by fulfilling this first mitzvah Jewish people became like a child maturing into adulthood – such as a Bar/Bat Mitzvah. Thus, the name Shabbat HaGadol would translate as ‘The Shabbat the Jewish people became gadol/mature adults’.  Rabbi Moshe Sofer argues the reasoning for the name of the Shabbat, saying that on this day the Jewish people fully ‘returned’ to their commitment and faith in G-d. G-d is called gadol (’Big’ or ‘Great’ in Hebrew). Therefore, the Jewish people who embraced G-d earned the title gadol as well.

Seunzzy Sax who is a renowned Saxophonist, and he is out with a brand new song which is a spiritually uplifting one. He is also known for his generosity, humility and talent which has earned  lot of music nominations and won best gospel musician in Israel (2020). The title of this highly spiritual song is “Elohim Gadol” which is a call to worship our Almighty God the most high in a great…

Oh wow, this took a long time to do. Inktober day 3.

Inktober is the scariest part of October.

Also my actual drawing for the first day is a bit overambitious and backgrounds are scary af. So i’ll finish it tomorrow, maybe.