Probably the only rabbit in the world with tefillin
Monday, August 19th, 2013 10:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
A little while ago was Tu
BeAv, on which the Talmud tells us:
The daughters of Jerusalem would go out and dance in the vineyards located on the outskirts of the city. Everyone who didn't have a wife would go there. And what would they say? "Young man, lift up your eyes and choose wisely. Don't look only at physical beauty; look rather at the family: 'For charm is false, and beauty is vanity. A G-d-fearing woman is the one to be praised...'" [Proverbs 31:30]In modern times, it's become a kind of Jewish Valentine's Day, and Jane the grey rabbit got a Tu BeAv present for Bar-Navi:
(Don't ask how he managed to do the bit involving fingers; it's much like the ITV Digital monkey's problem.)
Then he puts the head tefillin on, which as you can just about see is divided into four compartments:
aviva_m suggested that now that
Bar-Navi had tallis, capel and tefillin, he needed a Torah scroll.
"Aaargh, no!" I replied. "If I make him a Sefer Torah, you'll just end up
saying he'll need an ark to put it in—and then when I've made him that, a
shul for the ark to go in!"