I subscribe to a daily email called "Hebrew Word of the Day". It's surprisingly fun and I do learn some new words. Well, I LOOK at them and say them and hope some of them 'stick' in my brain. Glad there's not a test!

A couple of days ago, one popped up that I certainly knew.

Yetzirah!

I chose this word for the title of my diary way back in 2002. At the time I wanted to put some of my creative writing in a blog, and I thought, well what's the word for Creation? This word is most often associated with one of the four worlds in Kabbalah:

So that's a little backstory for the title of this long-winded blog here on Dear Diary!

(Long winded. Well, there's a polite term for thousands of words of mostly drivel.)

You have contributed your fair share you know.

(Mine are the ones filled with gravitas and profundity.)

It's a wonder you can tolerate being seen with me.

(I occasionally do pro bono work. You are my tax write off.)

I hope you get audited.

(I'm not worried. I have the receipts.)

🙄