[First posted in April 2012, reposted every Passover (April 19-27 this year 2019) when observant Israel commemorates two feasts that recount the history of their liberation from Egyptian bondage: Passover/Pesach and Feast of Unleavened Bread/Chag HaMatzot. A visitor clicked this post which brought it to our attention so we’re reposting early, why wait for Passover? We Sinaites keep saying we’re not […]
Read more[First posted in April 2012, reposted every Passover (April 19-27 this year 2019) when observant Israel commemorates two feasts that recount the history of their liberation from Egyptian bondage: Passover/Pesach and Feast of Unleavened Bread/Chag HaMatzot. A visitor clicked this post which brought it to our attention so we’re reposting early, why wait for Passover? We Sinaites keep saying we’re not […]
Read more[First posted in 2014, part of the series discussing the five books of Moses, chapter by chapter. —Admin1]. ————— Continuing the listing of do’s and don’ts of behavior toward God’s creation — man, beast and land — take notice of specific instructions regarding — giving the land time to replenish itself (vs. 11), and the […]
Read more[First posted in 2014, part of the series discussing the five books of Moses, chapter by chapter. —Admin1]. ————— Continuing the listing of do’s and don’ts of behavior toward God’s creation — man, beast and land — take notice of specific instructions regarding — giving the land time to replenish itself (vs. 11), and the […]
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[This was first posted 2012. It explains why we chose to call ourselves Sinaites and rooted our foundational beliefs on the Revelation on Sinai by the Creator-God who chose that neutral site and that time in history and the people He gathered there to declare His Name and His Way of life for all humanity. […]
Read more[Resurrecting an article from 2013, by Sinaite VAN (In Memoriam), on the occasion of the universal celebration of Shavuot/Pentecost which is not for Jews only, but for Gentiles as well. As we keep reiterating, LAW or the Torah is not obsolete nor passe; in fact, contrary to some teaching that we are no longer under […]
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[First posted in 2012, part of the Exodus series. Translation: The Five Books of Moses by Everett Fox “EF”; where text is unclear, it will be supplemented by AST/Artscroll Tanakh and Robert Alter’s The Five Books of Moses. The commentary are from S6K and AST and EF.–Admin1] ——————————————– Exodus/Shemoth Chapter 20 God spoke all these statements, saying: S6K: […]
Read more[First posted in 2012, part of the Exodus series. Translation: The Five Books of Moses by Everett Fox “EF”; where text is unclear, it will be supplemented by AST/Artscroll Tanakh and Robert Alter’s The Five Books of Moses. The commentary are from S6K and AST and EF.–Admin1] ——————————————– Exodus/Shemoth Chapter 20 God spoke all these statements, saying: S6K: […]
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