Sunday, December 21, 2025

Happy Chanukah to the next Generation!

 Happy Chanukah! Dry Bones Golden Oldie, by Sali the LSW. (Long Suffering Wife). Here is a Dry Bones cartoon from 2009.

Wishing you a great holiday and a great festival of light. May we light the dark days during this holiday season!


Tonight we light the full eight candles, Enjoy!



I found this sweet cartoon also, so I am sharing it with you. It is the start of a new week, wishing you  a good week!


If you are wanting to donate to a good cause this year, now during the holiday and end of the year, is a good time to do it. 


And link for donating in US Dollars below

Much love and Joyful Holiday! Shavua Tov! Blessings to you and your families and loved ones.

Please donate to Dry Bones in order to help me, the LSW, to keep up the expenses of the Blog and the postings, and pay the rent. 

Thank you so very much to the people who have sent donations. They are a big help and much appreciated.

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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Happy Hannukah! We Celebrate Freedom!

 Happy Hannukah! Dry Bones Golden Oldie, by Sali the LSW. (Long Suffering Wife). Here is a Dry Bones cartoon from 2006. We celebrate our love of freedom!



Much love and Joyful Holiday! Blessings to you and your families and loved ones.

Please donate to Dry Bones in order to help me, the LSW, to keep up the expenses of the Blog and the postings, and pay the rent. 

Thank you so very much to the people who have sent donations. They are a big help and much appreciated.

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Monday, December 15, 2025

Hannukah spellings and Hannukah Lights as the world grows darker

 Happy Channukah! Dry Bones Golden Oldie, by Sali the LSW. (Long Suffering Wife). I am giving you 2 cartoons today.

Here is a Dry Bones cartoon from 2014. It touches on the topic of the many different ways that we spell this holiday.

I am also going to put up a second cartoon that is more in spirit with this day when we morn the victims of the horrific attack and murders of the Jews on Bondi Beach in Australia last night.

Here is a quote from a Dry Bones Blog from 2016.

" Hanukka, Hanukkah, Chanukah, Chanukkah,Hanucca, . . .
Every year, for the past 43 years of doing the daily Dry Bones cartoons, I face the same mind-cracking question; how to spell the name of our eight-day Festival of Lights!
The Hebrew word Chanukah (or Hanukka, Hanukkah, Chanukka, Hanucca,) means dedication and it celebrates our re-dedication of our Holy Temple in Jerusalem after its having been defiled by the Syrian/Greeks occupiers."

And here, if you are interested, is a quote from a long time friend of mine and of Yaakov and a long time fan and follower, that she left as a comment on this cartoon from Yaakov's Facebook page.
It is much more detailed and educated about the different spellings than my previous quote from Yaakov.
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" Ever wonder why "Hanukah" has so many different spellings? Chanukah; Chanuka (no "h" on the end); Hanukkah, Hannukah, Hanuka...
Well, in Hebrew it's het, nun, vav, kaf, hey. How do we write the het (pronounced sorta like the "ch" in German "nach") in English? One way is, as we see, "ch."
But that's not quite accurate, because het isn't pronounced quite the same as "nacht." So sometimes it's written just with an "h"... but that's not right, because it IS more guttural. So sometimes it's written with an "h" that has a dot under it (AOL isn't going to let me do that). Personally, I really like "kh" for het and "ch" for chaf. But I think I'm kinda alone here. 😠
Confused yet? And the doubled "n," or "k," and adding or leaving off the "h" on the end... well, depends who was trying to spell it when!
But any way you spell it, it's a joyous holiday! So spin your dreidel, eat your latkes, sing Mi Yimalel, and have a great time!" 

And here is another Hanukkah cartoon from Dry Bones in 2007, indeed, as the world seems to grow darker, we light the darkness.



Much love and Joyful Holiday! Blessings to you and your families and loved ones.

Please donate to Dry Bones in order to help me, the LSW, to keep up the expenses of the Blog and the postings, and pay the rent. 

Thank you so very much to the people who have sent donations. They are a big help and much appreciated.

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Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow, Nov. 27th

 Dry Bones Golden Oldie, by Sali the LSW. (Long Suffering Wife) Here is a Dry Bones cartoon from 1996. Thanksgiving is almost the one major, family get together type holiday in America that the Jews can fully participate in, and we are very Thankful and happy about that.

 Happy Thanksgiving for tomorrow November 27th.  I have much to be thankful for. And I hope to be able to keep alive some of the Dry Bones spirit to keep up Yaakov's desire to help the Jewish People survive and thrive.


and ... here is a second cartoon for the holiday from 2013. This year, the 2 holidays do not exactly fall together but, here in Israel, all the bakeries are already selling "Sufganiot", (jelly doughnuts), the Israeli and Sephardic version of "Latkes". They both use a lot of oil to cook, which is maybe why they are traditional Hannukah foods.


Update: The orthopedic doctor says that my rib is probably broken, but that there is no point in wasting time to do an x-ray since there is nothing to be done but wait for time to heal. But I am actually feeling much better, so maybe it is just a bruise. I gave a very successful art lesson and lecture yesterday, and am doing another, now to be weekly lesson, to a smaller group today.

By the way, you are always welcome to do a right click save on any of the cartoons and share with friends, as long as it is not for commercial purposes.

Thank you so much to all of you who have donated and also helped me trouble shoot these PayPal links. PayPal has lots of annoying quirks, but it is very safe and reliable. (when it works) Please let me know if you are having trouble using these links.

Link for donating in IL shekels here:

Shabbat Shalom, Blessings to you and your families and loved ones.

Please donate to Dry Bones in order to help me, the LSW, to keep up the expenses of the Blog and the postings, and pay the rent. 

Thank you so very much to the people who have sent donations. They are a big help and much appreciated.

Donate with this link. It works with your credit card or with PayPal.

  Donate to Dry Bones denominated in US dollars here  

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ALSO PLEASE NOTE:
TO DONATE $50 or MORE BY CHECK (and is U.S. Tax DEDUCTIBLE)
1. Write a check to “REPORT, Inc.”
2. Write a cover note stating that these funds are to be directed to Dry Bones Project. Mail the Check and the accompanying cover letter to:
REPORT, Inc.
PO Box 1670
Southampton, PA 18966

U.S.A. *






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