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Root Systems: Ayin (On "good" Jews and a good eye)

Root Systems: Ayin (On "good" Jews and a good eye)

salvation. Just two strokes: two arms reaching down from a shared point, like a person mid-surrender — or mid-embrace, depending on how you’re looking. One eye on what is (or...

Jun 14, 2026Bluma Scali
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The Word That Means Itself

The Word That Means Itself

Mamash — ממש — is one of those rare Hebrew words that seems to mean itself. In rabbinic literature, it means substance, actuality, presence — not a concept, not a...

Jun 4, 2026Bluma Santini
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