[This is a series started by Sinaite DVE, Admin2 in 2012 . Hereunder are the sequels; hopefully she will pick up where she left off 5 years ago and enlighten our readers some more, demonstrating more examples of mistranslations in the Christian “Old Testament”: Lost in Translation 5 Lost in Translation 4 Lost in Translation […]
Read more[On March 11, Jewry celebrate Purim, a feast not originally included in the seven “My Feasts” commanded by the God of Israel as recorded in Leviticus 23. It commemorates an event that occurred much later than the 40-years wandering of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai as narrated in the Five Books of Moses known as […]
Read more[If there is evidence that the literary approach greatly aids one’s understanding of the Hebrew Scriptures, it would be the book of Esther/Hadaççah(Haddasah). This particular discussion first posted in 2013, feels like you’re reading a commentary of a Shakespearean play — plot, characterization, denouement, etc. In fact, the whole story of Esther begins to sound like […]
Read more[This was first posted June 11, 2012, revisited , 2014, 2015, 2016 and deserves to be reviewed every so often. This is one of 40 essays written by Abraham Joshua Heschel (AJH) circa 1953, in a collection edited by his daughter Susannah Heschel, titled: Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity. This book is another excellent MUST […]
Read more[First posted Nov. 8, 2015. A visitor recently checked it out, so we did too . . . and decided it’s time for a revisit. Why? Self-explanatory!–Admin1] ————————– DVE@Sinai6000, our Admin 2 sent in this link: http://www.jewsnews.co.il/2015/07/25/proof-of-the-torah-snake-fossil-with-4-legs-found/ Proof of the Torah? Snake Fossil With 4 Legs Found by ADMIN in CULTURE […]
Read more[First posted 2015, revisiting every year to remember the only commandment in the decalogue that says “REMEMBER” that many have ignored, forgotten, changed, or simply could not care less about, much less bother with. Sabbath-keepers who observe the True Sabbath on the 7th day, as in Saturday, are not always able to properly and […]
Read more[First posted December 2013. We are resurrecting this topic for the benefit of one Sinaite who had dropped out of our community in 2014 for medical reasons and became home-bound, unable to attend our Shabbat meetings. Not a computer-user, she had no access to updated articles on the continuing series of teachings in our website. […]
Read moreAmong our 2017 book acquisitions for our Sinai 6000 library is surprisingly this more-than-half-century old publication, copywrite 1951 by AJH, reviewed 1979 by Sylvia Heschel. As we do with books we feature, we start with the CONTENTS which is what all book-browsers do before deciding whether a book is worth purchasing; then if there are […]
Read more[First posted in 2013, this is part of a series that approach books traditionally believed to be “divinely authored” if not “divinely sourced”, not as “the very Words of God” but as literary creations by humans. For indeed, whether one believes it as a record of Divine utterances, Scripture is a collection of writings, some […]
Read more[This was first posted 2013; reposted every year thereafter. Two reasons for this repost: one is as usual–a visitor recently checked it out; the second is our dismay that even among our Sinai 6000 core community, there is a casual attitude toward the Sabbath commandment. Business goes on 7-days a week, some even forget it’s […]
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