[Reposting at a time when abortion, throwaway unborn fetuses and unwanted born babies have become connected with “Women’s Rights”. Whaaatttt? Where? In a country where women are supposedly so liberated, they can be as sexually active as they choose to be, in and out of marriage, because contraceptives are accessible and aplenty, guess where? If […]
Read more[First posted in 2014; revived for our series on “The Outsiders”/”the Other”/the “UNchosen”. Who? Those who were not among the “chosen” or specifically the line of Abraham-Isaac-Jacob but were just as loved by the Creator/Revelator. Related posts: The UNchosen – Esau/Edom – A Second Look The UNchosen: What if you were a gentile […]
Read more[First posted in 2012. This series ‘Journey of Faith’ features the Sinaite perspective on characters who figure prominently in the biblical narratives that trace the lineage of the chosen people of Israel. There are persons outside of ‘the chosen line’ who are interesting studies of character, often misrepresented or unfairly judged—one such is Esau. We’ve added this […]
Read more[First posted in 2014; part of the series whose title went through 3 changes: “the Outsiders”, then “the Other”, and finally “the UNchosen.”— ‘who they’? Non-Israelites, Gentiles, just like us Sinaites, who were not “chosen” but who chose and embraced the God of Israel and joined the “mixed multitude” who left symbolic “Egypt” the […]
Read more[This is part of our series on THE OTHER, i.e. the UNchosen or anyone who is not in the line of the CHOSEN, the line of Jacob/Israel. Related posts: The UNchosen – Esau/Edom – A Second Look The UNchosen — “Call me Ishmael” The UNchosen – My servant Caleb – a different spirit We Sinaites […]
Read moreWhat would you have expected to read in this post if the title grabbed you enough to check it out? Would you have expected that this would be about the Revelator-God on Sinai, the God of Israel, the God of all nations? Well, in an indirect way, this is about Him, YHWH and what […]
Read more[First posted in 2014, part of our series of commentaries on Torah, specifically the book of Exodus. When we were Christians, we were taught that Christians are under “grace, not “law” because of what the Christian Savior — God Himself as Son-Man, Jesus the Christ — had accomplished on earth. What accomplishment is that? Obeying […]
Read more[A visitor recently clicked this article posted way back in 2014; that always gets our attention enough to decide to repost. Here’s the original Introduction: “This is from Rabbi Schmuley Boteach’s Kosher Jesus. Please check out previous posts from this MUST READ/MUST OWN resource; we’re sharing excerpts. In this chapter, Rabbi explains the roots of antisemitism […]
Read moreKINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS O CREATOR of LIGHT, in the meaningful family tradition of Your chosen people, the matriarch of the family kindles the Sabbath lights and recites the blessing: Blessed are You, YHWH, our God, King of the Universe, Who sanctified us with Your commandments and commanded us to “sanctify the Sabbath.” As children […]
Read more[First posted September 22, 2014. The incident referred to in this post happened the year this was posted –2014. This article fully explains what Sinai 6000 is about: an alternative lifestyle for Gentiles who have left a major world religion —Christianity—choosing to live a Torah lifestyle without joining yet another world religion—Judaism. The lesson? […]
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