The real Columbus, whom few today know much about, is an exemplary figure worthy of celebrating for many reasons. He was born in 1451 in the port city of Genoa, in what is now Italy, and was named Cristoforo Colombo. It has been said that he chose to call himself Christopher Columbus because he liked what this name meant. In Latin, Columbus means "dove" while Christopher means "Christ-bearer."
I simply observe and document what I see, regardless of detractors and the fleeing "do not want" crowd. Ironically, it's a public service.
Columbia (/kəˈlʌmbiə/; kə-LUM-bee-ə), also known as Miss Columbia, is a female national personification of the United States. It was also a historical name applied to the Americas and to the New World. The association has given rise to the names of many American places, objects, institutions and companies, including the District of Columbia; Columbia, South Carolina; Columbia University; "Hail, Columbia"; Columbia Rediviva; and the Columbia River.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_(personification)
The Apollo 11 Command Module, "Columbia," was the living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first crewed lunar landing mission in July 1969. On July 16, 1969, Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins were launched from Cape Kennedy atop a Saturn V rocket.
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The Command Module is the only portion of the spacecraft to return to Earth.
It was physically transferred to the Smithsonian in 1971 following a NASA-sponsored tour of American cities. The Apollo CM Columbia has been designated a "Milestone of Flight" by the Museum.
Key Accomplisment(s)
First Lunar Landing Missionhttps://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/command-module-apollo-11/nasm_A19700102000
Callsign
CSM: Columbia
LM: Eagle
On surface: Tranquility Base
Saturn V Mock Up, Davidson Center for Space Exploration (Huntsville, Alabama, USA)
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King David is symbolized by the moon (Tiferet Shlomo), explaining why we declare “David, Melech Yisrael, chai v’kayam” every month when we stand before the moon and recite Birkat HaLevana. As the moon grows and is diminished, so too David had times of ascendancy and power as well as times of trouble and powerlessness. Most meaningful is that, like the moon, David humbly “diminished” his “light,” always pointing to God as his source of strength and victory and not taking the glory for himself. It was this trait of King David that endeared this military hero/psalmist to Hashem.
And why we await for his descendant to usher in the Messianic era.
Visiting Marshall
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center is situated on the U.S. Army’s Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. Visitors are welcomed at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Marshall’s official Visitor Center. U.S. Space & Rocket Center visitors can learn more about Marshall’s legacy and ongoing work.
Interactive exhibits and historic artifacts demonstrate our critical role in supporting the breadth of NASA’s exploration and science missions. Visitors will learn how Marshall develops, integrates and manages complex space systems and scientific research projects that continue to yield exciting and innovative scientific discoveries.
https://www.nasa.gov/marshall/visit-marshall-space-flight-center/
essay: a short work on a particular subject.
Jonah: "dove"
The "you" essay:
You are Jonah. The real you, for "Jonah" -- in Kabbalistic parlance -- is another name for the soul. Hence, the story of Jonah is the story of a soul's journey here on earth. Thus, on Yom Kippur, as we examine our lives and consider our purpose in this world, we remember the historical Jonah whose real-life narrative symbolizes our spiritual odyssey.
Your story begins at birth. A soul from on high is plunged into an earthly body...
Suffering injustice from Great Britain many years later, those colonists reluctantly banded together to fight for independence. Over the six years of the Revolutionary War, they lost more battles than they won. But like the course of Columbus, George Washington's persistence, courage, and faith in God empowered an underequipped and underfunded colonial army to get to final victory and achieve independence. That, in turn, enabled the founding of a new nation unlike any other -- one based on the revolutionary idea that people's life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness were inviolable because those rights came from God and not the state.
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"In 1492 Colombus sailed the ocean blue.
His interpreter was lou, he was a Jew and that is true."
Christopher Columbus, Secret Jew
According to the biblical story (Genesis 8:11), a dove was released by Noah after the Flood in order to find land; it came back carrying a freshly plucked olive leaf (Hebrew: עלה זית alay zayit),[7] a sign of life after the Flood and of God's bringing Noah, his family and the animals to land. Rabbinic literature interpreted the olive leaf as "the young shoots of the Land of Israel"[8] or the dove's preference for bitter food in God's service, rather than sweet food in the service of men.[9][10][11]
The Talmud compares the spirit of God hovering over the waters to a dove that hovers over her young.[12][13][14]
In post-biblical Judaism, souls are envisioned as bird-like (Bahir 119), a concept that may be derived from the Biblical notion that dead spirits "chirp" (Isa. 29:4). The Guf, or Treasury of Souls, is sometimes described as a columbarium, a dove cote. This connects it to a related legend: the "Palace of the Bird's Nest", the dwelling place of the Messiah's soul until his advent (Zohar II: 8a-9a). The Vilna Gaon explicitly declares that a dove is a symbol of the human soul (Commentary to Jonah, 1). The dove is also a symbol of the people Israel (Song of Songs Rabbah 2:14), an image frequently repeated in Midrash.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doves_as_symbols#Judaism
July 24, 1969
Columbia floats on the ocean as Navy divers assist in retrieving the astronauts.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11#Splashdown_and_quarantine
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"And the spirit of G-d hovered upon the waters." (Gen. 1:2) Midrash Rabba explains that this "spirit of G-d" hovering upon the waters is actually the "soul of Mashiach," a term that refers to the highest possible G-d awareness/truth awareness that human beings are capable of...
Tisha B'Av, 5729 (July 24, 1969):
Remembering the Apollo 11 splashdown 50 years later (~1 min)
Seen from the big picture, Columbus Day is worth keeping and honoring because it was foundational to founding a new nation by people who largely shared the core beliefs and the qualities of character that were also exhibited by Columbus. It could even be said that Columbus Day is the holiday that commemorates the character, attitudes, and choice of human action that made the other American holidays possible.
I simply observe and document what I hear, regardless of detractors and the fleeing "do not want" crowd. Ironically, it's a public service.
Keep a dream in your pocket and a song in your heart
Keep the lamp of your learnin' burnin' bright
Keep your eye on your horizon and a smile on your face
As you travel down the highway of your life
Don't listen to those voices that say it can't be done
They build walls where there was never one before
No, there's nothing that can stop you, nothing that can drag you down
If you keep lookin' for that ever-open door
So, if you follow your dream to the end of the road
Taking care not to let it fade away (not fade away)
If you follow your dream and you follow it well
It will lead you to the promise of a bright, shiny day
Well, imagine if Columbus had not dreamt the world was round
And Armstrong had not walked upon the moon
If John and Paul never wrote a song for (called?) "Yesterday"
If all of them had given up too soon
Yes (yet?), they were always taking chances
Looking for the answers
That took the whole world to higher ground..
Seekers - Keep A Dream In Your Pocket Extended Fan Version
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On a personal note, I've been living in this one location for quite a few years. Mourning doves come and go all day long, year round, right outside of the house. Every year, a bumper crop, foraging on the ground, perching in the trees, sitting on the utility lines...
Yet, even though I've listened closely, not once have I heard any of them "mourn". Not a peep, except for the distinctive sound of their wings as they take off and land. In that case, it's a rather busy and noisy airfield.
Perhaps there's something in the water.
At the all-about-birds link to the sounds,
The Talmud compares the spirit of God hovering over the waters to a dove that hovers over her young."Females sometimes call ohr ohr while sitting on the nest."
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
3 And God said, 'Let there be light.' And there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. {P}
And God said, 'Let there be light.' And there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good = 1776
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness = 1776
...the number 17, for the 17th of Tammuz, is equivalent in gematria to the word טוב (Tov) or "good (9+6+2=17)."
Happy Birthday to You...
17th of Tamuz, 5536 = Thu, 4 July 1776