[First posted 2015, revisiting every year to remember the only commandment in the decalogue that says “REMEMBER” that many have ignored, forgotten, changed, or simply could not care less about, much less bother with. Sabbath-keepers who observe the True Sabbath on the 7th day, as in Saturday, are not always able to properly and […]
Read more[If this is the “A”, what was the “Q”? Please check out this post: Q: Does the TORAH promote belief in “Guardian Angels”?—Admin1.] —————————– Most Christian children grow up with this prayer, which goes… “ Angel of God, […]
Read more[First posted in 2014. Some of the time, in a post where the same topic has been written about by Sinaites or Jewish websites, we refer the reader to those posts; we are never sure if readers do bother to check them out. So occasionally, we simply feature those posts in a separate article. […]
Read more[In 2010 at the start of our Sinaite’s spiritual pilgrimage to biblical Mt. Sinai, i.e., the Revelation of YHWH, we encountered a lot of opposition and criticism from our Christian colleagues . . . understandably. This article —first posted in 2012 —was in answer to the exact words in the title. We add this to our […]
Read more[This was originally accidentally post ed in May 2017. It caught my attention when a reader recently clicked it, so I reviewed it since I thought I had trashed it and wondered how it got posted without my noticing it. After reviewing, I realized that I had completely left out the title and author […]
Read more[This was first posted in 2012; reposting to raise the issue of “human sacrifice”. The updated commentary here is from the Sinaite’s perspective.—Admin1.] —————————— What else could we possibly add to everything that has already been written about the test of Abraham’s faith except to focus, for a change, on the would-be-sacrificed promised heir? […]
Read more[First posted 2012; one of 40 essays written by Abraham Joshua Heschel (AJH) circa 1953, in a collection edited by his daughter Susannah Heschel, titled: Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity; another excellent MUST READ/MUST OWN for serious students of the “Bible”. What AJH calls “the Bible” is only the TNK, the Hebrew Scriptures, not the Christian Bible, […]
Read more[First posted in 2016; we haven’t changed our perspective on this topic.—Admin1.] ———– Look at that book, some of us Sinaites might learn something from taking that course or simply ordering the book. There has been, for 7 years now, an ongoing debate among Sinaites about the topic suggested in the title […]
Read more[First posted December 9, 2014: Continuing the discussion on world religions, specifically monotheisms that trace their roots to Abrahamic faith, this is from chapter 6 of MUST READ/MUST OWN Who are the REAL Chosen People? – by Reuven Firestone. The chapter’s title: Chosenness and Covenant in Rabbinic Literature. Reformatted and highlighted for this post.—Admin1] The claim for […]
Read more[Visitors, please click Site Map first and if you can’t find the topic you’re searching for, leave a message below in JOIN THE CONVERSATION/POST MESSAGE.—Admin1.] 10/24/17 “Harvesting of vital organs from comatose patient to donate and prolong life of needy recipient” —We had not seriously thought about this topic until we learned about grown children […]
Read more