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Josh meditates at Humayan's Tomb

Josh meditates at Humayan's Tomb

Decaying Kolkata.jpg

Decaying Kolkata.jpg

Josh just wants tea. I am amazed how he is always in a good mood, even at this time of the morning.

Josh just wants tea. I am amazed how he is always in a good...

Josh @ Jantar Mantar.jpg

Josh @ Jantar Mantar.jpg

Interior Garden Scape.jpg

Interior Garden Scape.jpg

Talmud Tidbit: Raasan

Another creepy disease from Talmudic times, from Ketubot 77b:

What are its symptoms? His eyes tear, his nostrils run, he brings spittle from his mouth, and flies swarm around him.

And what is its cure? Abaye said: Take the following ingredients: Pennyroyal [a kind of mint] and wormwood, the bark of a nut tree and the shavings [...]

Talmud Tidbit: Lowly Nations

Rabban Yochanan Ben Zakki wept and said, “Fortunate are you, O Israel. When they do the will of the omnipresent, no nation or tongue can rule over them, but when they do not do the will of the omnipresent, he delivers them to the hands of a lowly nation. And not into the hands of [...]