Shoshana and The Swan

Shoshana is a Hebrew word, meaning “rose.” In Song of Songs (2:2) G d refers to the Jewish nation as a Shoshana: “As a rose among the thorns, so is My beloved among the daughters.” The commentators explain this to mean that “As a rose among the thorns which pierce it, but it remains constant in its beauty and its redness, so is My beloved among the daughters. They entice her to pursue them to stray like them after strange gods, but she remains firm in her faith.”

Now the Rose of the World steps through the Arch of Heavenly Glory and restores the world to the Creative and the Just!

My kindred belonged to several Guilds in Switzerland and Holland. Gottschalk Rosemont signed his name with a fully open rose instead of a budding rose, which tells…