I would recreate the library from Beauty & the Beast, & fill it with every book I have even a passing interest in reading. Also, the central reading area would be a sort of nest sunken into the floor & filled with cushions, so I can sprawl in comfort & support my achey back.

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27 May 1900 | A Polish Jew, Józef Dubrowski, was born in Radom. A tailor. In #Auschwitz from 10 February 1942. No. 20528 Date of death: 11 April 1942.

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Other names were created by Jewish mystics over the centuries. There is a long tradition of using names of God in magical or mystical practices. Kabbalists created names of God by permuting letters of the Hebrew alphabet in various patterns, creating a 12-letter name, 72-letter name, or longer. 3/3

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By the Second Temple Period, the tetragrammaton was only spoken by the High Priest in the privacy of the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur. There are also many other Jewish names for God. Some are from the Tanakh (Elohim, Shaddai, etc.). 2/3

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Nowadays, the tetragrammaton is not pronounced. When it appears in Jewish scripture or liturgy, we say “Adonai” or “Hashem” instead. In ancient, pre-Babylonian Exile Israelite religion, I think they probably used the name aloud, but I can’t prove that. But they inscribed it. 1/3

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