“Blessed is the Eternal Power Who inspires our people to kindle the lights of Shabbat. Blessed is the Source of Life and Light.” Lord YHWH, we join observant Israel in welcoming Your Queen of Days with the traditional kindling of the Sabbath lights which begins the celebration of Your weekly Sabbath, truly […]
Read more[First posted August 6, 2012, has it been that long? So here’s a revisit; thanks to the webvisitor who clicked it and brought it back to our attention. Readers must be wondering why we have a running series under the title “Journey of Faith.” We separate Sinai commentary from the three commentaries we feature […]
Read more[First posted in 2012; a recollection of the beginnings of Sinai 6000 at about this time of the year; we recall it as the season of our final awakening to the One True God. “Final” because we feel we have arrived after a lifetime journey of seeking Him through world religions, only to find Him […]
Read more[First posted in 2012, here’s the original Introduction: This article was sent in by VAN@S6K; source: mordochai.tripod.com/biblical. It presents a different view from what we have so far understood about saying and writing the Tetragrammaton; our stand has been — how can God’s Name ever be known if people don’t ever hear it or ever see it […]
Read more[First posted 2017: Part of a new series; please read the introduction in — Let us learn from the Jewish Prayer Tradition – 1. Followed by: Let us learn from the Jewish Prayer Tradition – 2 The source book is: GATES OF REPENTANCE The New Union Prayer Book for the Days of Awe CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF […]
Read more[First posted 2017; Part of a series that starts with —Let us learn from the Jewish Prayer Tradition – 1—please read the Introduction there; the source book is: GATES OF REPENTANCE The New Union Prayer Book for the Days of Awe CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBIS, 7538 New York 1978, Revised 1996 We […]
Read more[Reposted from 2017, original Introduction: Revelation — God talks to humanity; Prayer — humans talk to God. One of the best deals we lucked in to at the “used books for sale” movable bookcase at the Burlingame Public Library (CA) is titled — GATES OF REPENTANCE The New Union Prayer Book for the Days of Awe […]
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 […]
Read more[Originally posted in 2012; too good not to repost every year as a reminder of what Rosh Hashanah stands for. A great read not only for Israel, but for all Gentiles as well. We are featuring one of our favorite resource persons, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, who has a very active website that we highly recommend just […]
Read more[For some reason, this article is frequently clicked! First posted January 2, 2014, it was originally intended to commemorate the ‘new year’ according to the biblical or Jewish calendar. A review of any year is always relevant at any time; we learn something from recalling where we were and if we have progressed from that point. […]
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