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Italy.   Photo by  Paul Goldfinger   Re-post from 2014 on Blogfinger.net.

By Paul Goldfinger,  Editor Blogfinger.net

The writing on top is in Hebrew. It is the blessing for lighting the candles on the eve of  the Sabbath. If you try to read it, you need to go from right to left.

Is it wrong to mix these two religions in this post?  I don’t think so. Religion in its most elemental form consists of people seeking God in one way or another.

Candles give off light, just like the sun, the moon and the stars. All people share the gift of light, regardless of religion or no religion.  So, as in this church, anyone can light a candle anywhere and find peace in the light.

And anyone can find God when listening to Mozart, even in the dark.

And the Bible mentions music such as harps, vocals, flutes, tambourines, angels singing, and trumpets. I noticed a reference to music in the pre-concert prayer, in the Great Auditorium last night,  and I especially loved the reference to the “rams horn” which is blown during the Jewish high holidays.

Blowing a ram’s horn (shofar)  in Israel.

CLARINET CONCERTO IN A MAJOR, ADAGIO