[First posted 6 years ago, in 2013. Here’s the original Introduction: ‘Kindness must not be abused.’ This applies from fellowman to fellowman but even more so from us toward our gracious Creator from Whose Hands all FREE necessities flow: air we breathe, water we drink, food from the earth, sunshine so necessary for growth of […]
Read more[First posted 6 years ago, in 2013. Here’s the original Introduction: ‘Kindness must not be abused.’ This applies from fellowman to fellowman but even more so from us toward our gracious Creator from Whose Hands all FREE necessities flow: air we breathe, water we drink, food from the earth, sunshine so necessary for growth of […]
Read more[This is a work in progress; simply featuring the translation of Everett Fox’s THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES. It does not include all the commentaries we usually insert after each verse, from PENTATEUCH AND HAFTORAHS, Everett Fox’s as well as Robert Alter whose translation is the same title as Fox. We hope we can finish […]
Read more[First posted in 2013. The ‘evil’ referred to here is not the ‘evil’ we, today, would normally think of—you know, corruption in government, crime, pornography, war atrocities—-hardly the big issue in the days of Moses and the Israelites. The ‘evil’ then was the biggie —- who or what puny non-gods or man-made gods […]
Read more[First posted in 2012 and the source is Pentateuch and Haftorah, published by the Soncino Press, edited by Dr. j.H. Hertz; this is one of the books we highly recommend as MUST OWN. Reformatted for post.—Admin1.] THE SHEMA ITS MEANING AND HISTORY THE MEANING OF THE SHEMA : ‘Hear, O Israel, the LORD […]
Read more[This is a work in progress; simply featuring the translation of Everett Fox’s THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES. It does not include all the commentaries we usually insert after each verse, from PENTATEUCH AND HAFTORAHS, Everett Fox’s as well as Robert Alter whose translation is the same title as Fox. We hope we can finish […]
Read more[First posted in 2013 as part of the whole series on the last book of the Torah, Deuteronomy. This portion of the Torah attests to the universality of the application of YHWH’s Instructions for living in community. The Torah is not just for Israel but for the nations; not just for the generation that stood […]
Read more[First posted in 2013, reposted and updated every year thereafter. Here’s the original Introduction: Oy vey, as the Jews would say! How would the Torah-Giver view the world today which has morally deteriorated in practically every possible way ? If Hollywood is a reflection of reality, what a dismal state of affairs this world […]
Read more[This was first posted July 28, 2013. And so we reach the last book of the Torah. . . this is from The Literary Guide to the Bible, eds. Robert Alter and Frank Kermode our MUST READ/MUST OWN. We have recently added Robert Alter’s THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES to Everett Fox’s THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES, both […]
Read more[First posted November 18, 2013. Honestly . . . if God spells out what’s involved in the “IF” —obey or disobey—what part of “IF” do we not understand? Would it not be better to stay on the safe side, since there is automatic blessing in obedience? For anyone clearly forewarned of […]
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