Plenty of Solomon’s seals (from 1926) appear on the walls of The Star Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which is a Mughal style mosque with hundreds of big and small stars as decorations… Picture is courtesy of "fatal Cleopatra" from Flickr.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Star Mosque, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Plenty of Solomon’s seals (from 1926) appear on the walls of The Star Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which is a Mughal style mosque with hundreds of big and small stars as decorations… Picture is courtesy of "fatal Cleopatra" from Flickr.
Astronaut Ilan Ramon
Astronaut Ilan Ramon felt as a representative of the Jewish people:
· He took into space a mezuzah with a Star of David, a microfiche of the Bible and a tiny Torah scroll.
· He used to carry a Star of David on his shirtsleeve.
· He was not religious but he decided to eat kosher food in space.
Rabbi Shraga Simmons wrote:
After the tragedy, I saw an editorial cartoon that depicted a father and son, gazing at the night sky. Seven stars dotted the heavens -- six regular stars, and one Star of David. As the father placed his arm around the boy's shoulder, he pointed to the Star of David and explained: "That one is Ilan Ramon.