Haven’t we clearly detected the connections of trees, especially almond trees, with the current season and (spiritual) sight? We could even add light, vision, the Word, and the fullness of the Holy Spirit to these ideas as both the almond tree and the menorah tree represent these concepts beautifully. eating.Īt first glance, this notion seems a little odd. Traditionally, the eleventh month of Shevat merges these themes together with the human faculty of taste and the stomach, i.e. It too, has almond blossoms, buds, and even seven watery-like eyes filled with fiery olive oil. The imagery of wakefulness, resurrection, counsel, correction, and authority are also symbolized in the design of the holy golden menorah. 1:11-12 (NASB) The word of the LORD came to me saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “I see a rod of an almond tree.” 12 Then the LORD said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to perform it.” Therefore, almonds are שָׁקֵד ( sheked) in Hebrew a word that also means to awake or watch ( shakad). It wasn’t happenstance that the rod or branch of the almond was chosen to display this sign, as almond trees flower and bear fruit earlier than all the other fruit trees in Israel. (Num.16-17) This sign ( oht) revealed that Aaron was YHWH’s chosen high priest, and that he operated in the fullness of the Holy Spirit, as indicated by the fully ripe fruit on his rod. Consider Aaron’s rod that budded and blossomed overnight with fully ripe almonds after Korah’s rebellion and the consequent plague upon the people. ''Everything is new to us.Almond buds and blossoms are also associated with authority. In Russia you could only buy one kind.if they had any.''īut, she and her family laugh at such dilemmas, which they revere along with other aspects of their new life. ''Here if you want to buy flour I don't know which one to buy because there are so many. ''The first time I went to Food Lion, I had a headache,'' says Mrs. Offerings in area grocery stores are not only plentiful, they marvel, but always available. Their three-bedroom, 1,100-square-foot apartment accords legions more space than their two-bedroom Kiev flat. The Premyslov seem constantly dazzled by discoveries in their new world. Meanwhile, the matriarch of the family, Khinger, rejoices in being able to discuss Judaic beliefs - something she hasn't been able to do without fear since before the 1917 Russian Revolution. Vladimir plays on the junior varsity soccer team at Menchville High School and cranks Madonna on the radio, while Helena enjoys Tom and Jerry cartoons and recess - something not part of the regular Soviet schoolday. ''I am 46 years old and it is my first car!'' he says with a laugh.
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Premyslov boasts of earning his first driver's license so he can drive his 1985 grey Pontiac 6000. Since arriving, all the family members have similarly taken advantage of their new freedoms. Premyslov looks forward to taking accounting courses so she can eventually enter her chosen field, accounting. Yet, since engineering was her assigned, not chosen profession, Mrs. For now, Premyslov apprentices with a Newport News company that installs and repairs industrial refrigeration systems, while his wife tends to a group of senior citizens three times a week.
Though both have Soviet college degrees in engineering, lack of fluency in the language and the English measurement system have initially prohibited Henry and Raisa Premyslov from securing jobs in their professions. With aid of Hias, a more than century-old international agency that helps Jewish refugees, and the Newport News-based United Jewish Community, the Premyslovs arrived on the Peninsula in May.
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