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 The recent volcanic eruption in Iceland has certainly caught worldwide media attention as well as everybody on this globe. Eyjafjallajokull, which I cannot even pronounce, must be a mysterious code name that serves Hashem's will. With each "natural" disaster coming our way, we must realize already that nothing is coincidence. Hashem is speaking to us (Jews and gentiles) through his acts of kindness as well as destruction. Eyjafjallajokull's volcanic ash clouds have caused a stir in the Jewish community, particularly because its cloud path appeared to form some kind of Hebrew writing. I first stumbled upon an image of the ash cloud with Hebrew writing on it at shiratdevorah.blogspot.com. Thanks to Naftali, I was able to obtain the "live" aerial images of the ash cloud, and each day produces a different image. On the first image I saw, someone attempted to decipher a message from the ash cloud by tracing Hebrew letters that spelled Shakai.  It is clear to us Jews who is running the show here. Hashem always leaves His signature behind every event. I am fascinated by these messages and continued to explore the possibility of new messages encrypted in the ash cloud. Before we go on to examine another image, let's get some facts on paper. Eyjafjallajokull first volcanic activity occured on Shabbos Parashas Vayikra, March 20, 2010, after almost 200 years of silence. You can corroborate this fact here. It's second eruption came on Rosh Chodesh Iyar, April 14 2010 (Wednesday), two days after Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Rememberance Day). Spewing of volcanic ash kind of reminds us of the unforgettable atrocities committed in the ovens of Aushwitz and other places. This event couldn't happen at a more appropriate time. Chaos transpired in the mean time, forbidding much air travel among the citizens of the world. Every country is affected, even Israel, who couldn't export some its fresh flowers and produce to European countries who need them badly. What could the first eruption on Shabbos Parashas Vayikra possibly come to teach us? Well, we learn a lot about our Jewish leader, Moshe Rabbeinu, who's the most humble person on earth, who would not want any credit for bringing the Jewish people out of Egypt through G-d's command, such that he requested for the letter "Alef" (א) in the word Vayikra (ויקרא) to be tiny. Moshe is not even mentioned once in the Hagaddah that we recite on our Passover Seders. In my humble opinion, there is a lesson about humility to be taught here. Perhaps we all forgot how to be humble. The word humility can be translated in Hebrew as צנוע, modest. Both words in English come hand in hand. One can be modest in his words as well as in his deeds and appearance. In today's world, we do have a problem in this character trait. With the explosion of Internet blogs, anyone can voice his or her opinion loudly without care to the world, without concern that his words might come to harm others. We have world leaders who boldly and publicly condemn other nations and seek to destruct them and nobody else cares. Another trait of modesty as we mentioned before comes in the way we dress. It is obvious that the majority of the world population prefers to be dressed as little as possible. Perhaps the effects of the volcanic eruption in Europe which has caused a temperature cooling in the area, will cause people to dress more "warmly" thus more "modestly". In fact, there's news report by an Islamic country in the Middle East that cautions its female population to be more modest in their dress, as they believe it brings about destruction and wrath from G-d. Now you are probably wondering what is the message encoded in the second image of the ash cloud. Well, this second image was captured on Wednesday, April 21. And here is the image with my attempt to decipher it.  As you can see, the Hebrew letters that spell Tzeena is only one attempt at it, as one might come to see other combination of letters as well. This attempt was made way before this article was written, without realizing that the "facts" on paper. When I first saw the image, it stands out clearly that the imagery of the cloud ash looks like some kind of Hebrew writing. Here's the original image:  It struck me as looking at a three letter Hebrew word which resembles a Sofer script written in our Torah. Another thing to point out, is the long horizontal line that appears to be pointing at Russia. I can't figure that one out. However today's image appears to be more convincing. Take a look.  It appears to me like a hand with a finger directly pointing at a location in Ukraine. A zoomed in image (thanks to Google maps) appears below:  That would be a mystery to solve for next week! Many Jews have attempted to interpret the events in their own way, and they all sound valid to me. I got excited like everyone else, and am also contributing my thoughts on the matter. You are welcome to share this message to any Jew or gentile you like. Shabbat Shalom! Sarah Banai 
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