I’M A JEW AND I JUST LOVE THIS KORAN QUOTE ON THIS COFFEE MUG

It reads …

الخبز يغذي الجسم، والواقع، ولكن أيضا الزهور تغذية الروح

Translation:

Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul. 

~The Koran (Qur'an)

I like it. Very zen-like and relaxing – especially for a cold, dreary Monday. 

The quote itself is nestled on a pink floral print with cream accents. The cool part is the quote and background magically appear every time hot water is added. You can buy the mug on Zazzle for the total cost of $19.95 – totally worth it in my opinion. 

I’M A JEW AND I JUST LOVE SEARCHING FOR KATY PERRY LYRICS IN THE KORAN (Qur'an)

The other night I had a bit of free time on my hands (Vampire Diaries was a rerun – don’t judge). So I poured myself a nice big tumbler of sour mash bourbon*, spread some peanut butter* on matzo*, flicked on NPR, and caught up on my scouring of ancient Aramaic text for Katy Perry lyrics. About 2 hours into the night I finally struck gold. There it was…clear as day.

Katy’s lyrical gem “IT DOES NOT MATTER” from the song I KISSED A GIRL . It was right smack in the middle of At-Taubah, Chapter 9, Verse 40…

(1) If you help him (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not (It does not matter), for Allah did indeed help him when the disbelievers drove him out, the second of the two; when they (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم and Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه) were in the cave, he (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said to his companion (Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه): "Be not sad (or afraid), surely Allah is wIth us."

Special thanks to the brands that made the night possible:

*-Hands down my favorite peanut butter to have with Matzo is SKIPPY® smooth.

*-My vote for Bourbon would be Jeremiah Weed Cherry mash.

*- If you're craving a Jewish cracker there's nothing better than Manischewitz matzos.