[I found this handwritten text in my folder; I don’t know– who wrote it, when I got it, and why do I even have it? I’m guessing that it was written by Sinaite ELZ who had contributed many posts to this website when she was still ‘with us’,, that is, living on earth. Please check out: […]
Read more[First posted in 2014; —Admin1] ————- Sinaites were invited to a gathering of Jewish men (and their partners) who have formed a local Jewish club in our city of residence. The occasion for the gathering was to meet a young Jewish rabbi . . . he looked like the stereotype you see in […]
Read moreImage from jp.depositphotos.com [Singing the Sabbath liturgy is a Sinaite’s ‘prayerful tribute in music’ to the God we love and worship. We take our cue from Christian hymnologists who were inspired not only to pay tribute to the Christian God but to teach the flock through the lyrics of simple tunes. That is why they wrote 4 […]
Read more[First posted in 2012, shortly after we started this website. When a visitor clicks old posts, it gives us the opportunity to review it and decide if it is still relevant to our ever-developing current understanding and convictions. This week, Israel is again in the news, battling it out with an old old enemy that […]
Read more[First posted on June 7, 2012. The Hebrew Scriptures often communicate divine truths in fictional as well as historical narratives. We read story after story about God in conversation or interacting with men from Genesis through Deuteronomy. Teachings, instructions and laws, as well as examples, are embedded in these stories. That is why they […]
Read more[First posted August 6, 2012; yes it has been that long and therefore deserves a revisit. If Abraham had a ‘deja vu’, so did Sarah. As previously explained, this series titled “Journey of Faith” is the Sinaite’s interpretation, separated from the three commentaries normally featured in chapter by chapter discussions. Our translation of choice is […]
Read moreAccording to the Jewish Calendar which we regularly check so we could celebrate with Israel the days that are of national importance to them, Oct 22 is Simchat Torah , “Day of Celebrating the Torah”. To observant Jews like the Rabbis and those who practice Judaism, the TORAH is the end-all and be-all of life and why […]
Read more[As former Catholics/Evangelicals/Messianics, we Sinaites have committed many Christian hymns to memory. We love the music, yet can no longer sing the lyrics . . . so what to do? The next best thing! Since imitation is the best compliment (that is our excuse anyway), we’ve borrowed the music, rewritten the lyrics according to our […]
Read more[First posted in 2012, at the beginning of this website. At the time, we had no original articles of our own and were scrambling for something to post, so we resorted to a lot of “Ask the Rabbi” fillers — this is one of them. Fast forward to 2019, we have come to understand TORAH […]
Read more[This was originally posted in 2013 and revisited during the autumn feasts commanded to Israel in Leviticus 23. In the first two years of our pilgrimage, we were not sure how non-Israelites or Gentiles like ourselves were to observe these divinely-commanded feasts. At that time, we decided to ‘play it safe’; in other words, ‘just do it!’ As […]
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