Search Words

One of the ways I keep in touch with my readers is through the Site Meter. In the past 3 months since I started this blog it had 1,571 visits (including my 500), average per Day was 23 visitors, average visit length was 3:19 minutes. These figures meet my humble expectations.

 

I also collect Key Words that retrieved articles that had a good position on the main search engines. So here is my collection for the last few days, just to share with you my excitement when I find out that a certain article "made it" and is situated in the first ten results that readers get when they want to know something.

Search Engine	Place	Out of	Date	Key Words
MSN	2	10,619,727	06/06/2006	star of David
Google	1	49.900	06/06/2006	Magen David lily
MSN	1	1,623,643	06/06/2006	meaning of star of David
Yahoo	3	29,300	07/06/2006	3 dimensional star of David necklace
Google	3	372,000	07/06/2006	Photoshop star of David shape
Google	9	7,020,000	07/06/2006	Jewish gangs
Google	3	84 400	07/06/2006	FOA TOBIAS
Yahoo	6	6,860,000	08/06/2006	pink star of David
Google	10	14,000	08/06/2006	Lilien, Ephraim
Google	2	174,000	11/06/2006	6 pointed sheriff badge
Google	2	20,100	11/06/2006	Christian hexagrams
Google	3	539,000	11/06/2006	brewer's star
Google	4	6,140	12/06/2006	Yachin an Boaz
Google	1	26,600	13/06/2006	kagome crest
Google	7	538,000	13/06/2006	star of David pagan origins
Google	5	11,900,000	13/06/2006	Jews star mean
Google	5	9,020,000	13/06/2006	Jewish gangs
xtraMSN	2	19,683,091	13/06/2006	star of David
xtraMSN	2	840	13/06/2006	Smadar Yaaron
Google	10	294,000	14/06/2006	origins Star of David pagan symbol
Google	4	36,700	14/06/2006	flag of Zion Mule Corps
Yahoo	1	2,150,000	15/06/2006	images where the star of David appears
Google	3	4,350,000	15/06/2006	Origin of Star of David in India
Google	1	257.000	15/06/2006	Jewish soldiers ww2
Google	4	8,800,000	15/06/2006	star of David 1 dollar bill
Google	1	97,200	15/06/2006	Marc Chagall painting Star

  

Magen David Blook

 

 

Chapter	Heading	Pages
1	Cover-Personal and Intimate point of view	1
2	Table of contents	1
3	My Intention in Writing this Blook	2
4	How did it all start	4
5	Who invented the Jewish Magen David	1
6	The Jewish Origin of the Magen David	22
7	What the Magen David is Not	8
8	Exceptions to " What the Magen David is not"	5
9	Definition of the Magen David	3
10	History of the Magen David	6
11	Lost Tribes riddle	9
12	Judaica (products)	15
13	Usage	5
14	Meaning and Interpretations	13
15	Kabbalah	2
16	Symbol of Judaism	9
17	Holocaust	8
18	Anti Semitism	3
19	Symbol of Zion	6
20	Symbol of Israel	11
21	Bibliography	4
	Total	138

 

In the last few days I arranged all the postings I published so far like a blook, a book that is based on a blog. There's still a lot of editing to make until the blook will be ready but meanwhile the general pattern starts to emerge.

 

Joy and Magen David

Chuppa stone ritual, Nuremberg 1726 
From a book by P. S. Kirschner

Here's a copy of the letter I sent to Rabbi Reuven Lauffer at Ohr Somayach Yeshiva:
It seems that there's a deep connection between Joy and Magen David.
Recently I read about The Chuppa Stone beside the entrance of the old Freudental synagogue in Germany. On this Chuppa Stone the groom had to smash his glass of wine in memory of the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem.
I also read that researcher Falk Wiesemann found in Germany twenty-two such stones and on many of them there was engraved a Magen David.
On Wikipedia I read that many Ketubah designs incorporate religious or secular symbolism, such as the Magen David.
On your website I read that

Some people have the tradition to hanging a Magen David in their Sukka. Perhaps the six sides allude to the six "Ushpizen" guests who visit during the first six days of Sukkot: Avraham, Yitzchak, Ya'akov, Moshe, Aharon, and Yosef. The star as a unified whole symbolizes the seventh "Ushpizen" -- David -- the "king" who unifies the whole. Furthermore, the Magen David has 12 sides: David as king unified the 12 tribes.

IMHO the Magen David symbolizes Jerusalem (Zion) which is remembered by the Jewish people especially when they have the best reasons to rejoice… Sukkoth is a most joyful holiday, wedding is a most joyful event and yet - "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning" [Psalm 137:5[
Since I'm a secular Jew and since I'm not an expert on these matters I'd like to know how you comment on this theory.
The answer I got from the Rabbi was short but encouraging:
Sounds beautiful to me!
Best regards from Jerusalem,
Rabbi Reuven Lauffer

Israeli Stamps

Israeli Stamps pictures with the star of David are courtesy of Dan Mahler from Hofesh Organization
Before the establishment of the state of Israel there were a few stamps that were issued by the Jewish National Fund in order to raise money. The first stamp was issued in 1902 and showed the Star of David surrounding the name Zion.
After the establishment of the state of Israel there were many stamps which showed the Star of David:
The above two Festival-of-Israel Stamps were designed by Arthur Szyk in 1950 and are showing the festival symbols of Sukkoth under the Star of David.
Ad Vanooijen, a Dutch artist, contributed a few designs over the past decade:
In 1980- "Magen David Adom Jubilee" series:
· "Blood Service"
· ''Mobile Intensive Care Unit''
In 2003 - The Flag series:
· Prague,15th Century
· Ness Ziona, 1891
· "Der Judenstaat" Herzl, 1896
· The State of Israel, 1948
In 1955 G. Hamori designed ''Twenty five years Magen David Adom''.
In 1968 Eliezer Weisshoff designed "Scouting ".
In 1972 M. Pereg designed ''Let my people go''.