[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses. Commentary from AST/ArtScroll Tanach and P&H/Pentateuch and Haftorah, ed. Dr. H.J. Hertz, added as well. Reformatting and highlights ours.—ADMIN1.] This chapter is probably one of the most disturbing to read because of so much strange behavior on the part of all characters except perhaps for Yehushuwa [Joshua] and the Ma’lak […]
Read moreMonument in Israel honors Filipinos For saving 1,200 Jews from Holocaust By Volt Contreras Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA, Philippines — Before Schindler’s List, there was another document—the Philippine visa—that saved hundreds of Jews from the gas chambers and mass graves of the Holocaust. In 1939, two years before World War II reached the Pacific, the Commonwealth […]
Read moreJews honor Manuel L. Quezon on his 134th birthday/Sunday, August 19th, 2012 By Nena C. Benigno/Philippine Daily Inquirer As the country commemorates the 134th birthday today, August 19, of Manuel L. Quezon, he is also honored by thousands of Jewish families who have survived and prospered because they found a home in Manila at the darkest […]
Read more[This is a Sinaite’s perspective/commentary given as introduction to this chapter.. We usually present the Chapter un-interrupted by commentary so that our visitors can read through and focus on the words of YHWH and understand on his own, without help. The next post features commentary per verse from our usual 3 sources. Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The […]
Read moreMost people are familiar only with the 10 Commandments, the Decalogue. The medieval Jewish scholar “Rambam” or Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon, also known as Maimonides, counted all the commandments from Exodus through Deuteronomy and came up with the number 613. Don’t be overwhelmed by that number and don’t give up reading through the “instructions”. […]
Read more[These are notes from another RESOURCE we recommend as MUST OWN; this has been hailed as a great scholarly achievement by authorities of the Bible everywhere. Its translation is based on the American Jewish Version of TNK. Reformatting and slight editing ours.] The Soncino Press PENTATEUCH & HAFTORAHS Hebrew Text English Translation & Commentary,Edited by Dr. H. […]
Read more[These are notes from another RESOURCE we recommend as MUST OWN; this has been hailed as a great scholarly achievement by authorities of the Bible everywhere. Its translation is based on the American Jewish Version of TNK. Reformatting and slight editing ours.] The Soncino Press PENTATEUCH & HAFTORAHS Hebrew Text English Translation & Commentary,Edited by Dr. H. […]
Read more[These are notes from another RESOURCE we recommend as MUST OWN; this has been hailed as a great scholarly achievement by authorities of the Bible everywhere. Its translation is based on the American Jewish Version of TNK. Reformatting and slight editing ours.) The Soncino Press PENTATEUCH & HAFTORAHS – Hebrew Text English Translation & Commentary,Edited by Dr. H. […]
Read more[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.—Admin1] Christians talk about “the second coming” referring to the return of their “Messiah” Jesus Christ. His “first coming” was supposedly when this Son-God came to live among mankind, starting as a baby born of a virgin (the Christmas story). Messianics share the same belief about a second coming, […]
Read more[Facetious title, admittedly, though it is meant to recall the circumstances of the first meeting between Moses/Moshe and the man who would become his father-in-law. Moses had fled Egypt after killing an Egyptian taskmaster, meets Zipporah/Tsiipporah ( who then takes him home to meet Jethro/Yether. At that time, Mosheh was a nobody, in fact a […]
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