Unfortunately the following are by 'unknown' : ** ** UAAAAAAAj UAAAAAAAAj *.......* A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR *........* UAAAAAAAAAAAAj_____________________________________UAAAAAAAAAAAj *////////////* *///////////* *////UAj/////* L'SHANA /\ TOVA *////UAj////* *////*T*/////* / \ *////*T*////* *////* */////* ____/____\____ *////* *////* *////*O*/////* \ / \ / *////*O*////* *////* */////* \/ \/ *////* *////* *////*R*/////* /\ /\ *////*R*////* *////* */////* /__\______/__\ *////* *////* *////*A*/////* \ / *////*A*////* *////* */////* \ / *////* *////* *////*H*/////* \/ *////*H*////* *////AAU/////* *////* *////* *////////////* 5759 *////* *////* *////////////* *////AAU////* AAAAAAAAAAAAAUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAU *.......* May you be inscribed in the *........* AAAAAAAAU BOOK OF LIFE AAAAAAAAAU ** For another year ** Leshana Tovah Tikatevu . ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ " _ _ _ _ ____ |___ | |___ |___| ___ ___ ___ _ _ | | |_| | | | ___) | ___) ___| ||__) || | ((__ ||__| | | __| |__/' _| | || \ ||__| ___) || | ______ _ _ ___ ___ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ _______ _________ ||__| ||__| ((__ ||__| ||__| ||\ | ||__| __________ __________ || | || | ___) || | || | || \| || | __________ __________ ____ ____ ___________ ,(____) ____/~\____ (____), __---__ ,' _/ `\~/'~~~`\~/' \_ ', __---__ (\,--/~__--_ ~/' _-~ /_\,___,/_\ ~-_ `\~ _--__~\--,/) `~~--~ `-___.-~ `~~~~\_/~~~~' ~-.___-' ~--~~' Lev Lawrence . "Dip the Apples in the Honey" | | | | _ /_ | ( `' ) __ __ | `~~' ,, || || ,, | | ||=||=||=||((((((((((((((((() _ /_ | | `` || || `` ( `' ) _\ _ /\ __---`~~'--( `' )--__ \/ ||||||||||||||||||||||| | _ _ _ __ ___ | /\ | \_|_/ __|_ | | _________( )______ \_________________/ (___________________) Lev Lawrence . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- | ' (~~ | | /~\ |\ | /~\ | | ---------- ------------------- | \ |---| |---| | \ | |---| |---| ---------- --------- ______ - |___ __) | | | | | \| | | | | ---------- /&@@@/_\\ /&@@@//_ _\ ,----, ----- |&@@@|| ~ >~| / _/' - ~~|~~ /~\ | | /~\ | | -- ----- |@@@@@~\\\===_)))-))),-~ _-~ --- | | | | | |---| |---| -- ---- /~~~\\@@\\\\\\~~~~/__/---~~ ------ | \_/ \/ | | | | -- . . |&@@@@\\@@\|\\\\ /'~~/. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . |@@@@@@||@@ \///' / . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |\@@@@@@\\@@-/ /'. . . |\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/| . * . . . . |\\@@@@@@@@ /'. . . . | |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | . . . . . . |@@@@@@@||-----'. . . * . | | For a good year may you | | . . . . . . |@@@@@@@||@ |@. . . . . | | be inscribed and sealed, | | . . . * . . .|@@@@@@||@ |@. * . . . | | immediately, for a good | | * . . . . * |@@@@@@||@@ |@. . . . . | | life and for peace. | | . . . . . .|@@@@@@@||@ |@@ . . . * | |___________________________| | . . . . . .|@@@@@@||@ ||@@ . . . . |/_____________________________\| . . . . * .|@@@@@||@ ||@@@. . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . |@@@@@||@ |@@@@ . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . ./@@@@@/// \@@@\. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . .~~~~~~~ ~~~~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lev Lawrence . _______________________________________ /\ . . . . . \ | \ Best wishes for a terrific new year! \ \/ | * . . . . . .| | . * . . From all of us . * | /______________________________________/__ / \ . . . * . . . `\ \_/ * . . . . * . / ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lev Lawrence . .-. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXX XXX XXX .-. ((@)) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXX XXX XXX ((@)) / `.-. 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This was requested by an on-line friend of mine of the Orthodox faith. I debated whether or not to post it here, and decided to go ahead. I hope it offends no one. 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