Ki Tavo/When you come (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:9)
Accursed is one who strikes his fellow stealthily.
(Deuteronomy 27:24)
On 9/11, Mel was at the graduation ceremony at the College of Judea and Samaria (now Ariel University) when he heard the horrific news.
Accursed is one who misdirects the blind on their way.
(Deuteronomy 27:18)
We transformed a biblical curse into a blessing using innovative
technology to aid blind people in “seeing” pictures with their fingers.
Our son Ari joined us in producing Cybersight. We asked people born blind what things they
would most like to see if they had vision.
Responses: Australia, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Fiji, India,
Israel, Korea, Lebanon, Lithuania, Niger, Poland, Slovenia, Zambia, UK, USA.
The amazing similarity of responses of blind people from
such diverse cultures teaches us about the common vision of humanity.
They wanted to see things that they couldn't touch – from
blue sky, clouds, lakes, oceans, forests, and mountains to sports events.
The photos in this blog post are images from our
JerUSAlem-USA blogart project and images from other Torah Tweets posts.
Clouds hovering above the Sea of Galilee in Israel and the
Straits of Galilee photographed from Jerusalem, Rhode Island.
A Green Mountain forest in Jerusalem, Vermont, named
Jerusalem because it's the same altitude as the original Jerusalem.
Moses climbed up from the western plains of Moav to
Mt. Nebo from where God showed him all the Land of Israel. (Deuteronomy 34:1)
Mt. Nebo, named after the biblical Mt. Nebo, photographed
from Jerusalem, Utah, and the Moav mountain range east of the Dead Sea.
Mel photographed our son Ari pitching for the Petah Tikva
Pioneers in an Israel Baseball League game in Tel Aviv.