1. Space and Parashat Terumah
... giving instructions on building the tabernacle. We might say that Ilan Ramon built a portable shrine to Judaism. He brought with him on the space shuttle many objects and customs to make the shuttle sacred. He brought a mezuzah, a miniature torah scroll, and a painting by a child in a Nazi ... said the Shema whenever the shuttle passed over Jerusalem and tried to keep the Sabbath to the extent possible. George W. Bush continued with a focus on space, with the words of comfort he offered from Isaiah 40:25 following the disaster: Lift your eyes and look to the heavens Who created all the...
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- Grade Level: High School