[First posted in 2013. We used to teach from the standpoint of the Christian doctrine of ‘original sin’ that the proof is evident in this chapter: —the firstborn of the first man and woman —-who ‘fell from grace’ —-and ‘sent out of Eden —-and directed away from the Tree of Life’ — produced a man […]
Read more[Some of the time, in a post where the same topic has been written about by Sinaites or Jewish websites, we refer the reader to those posts; we are never sure if readers do bother to check them out. So occasionally, we simply feature those posts in a separate article. This one is a […]
Read more[First posted December 9, 2014. We are in the 6th millennium in the biblical/Jewish calendar as year 5777. The Roman/Gregorian calendar which superseded the Julian calendar places us in year 2016, since that calendar was reconfigured by the Roman religious-political power under Pope Gregory. That calendar did a countdown to year ‘0’ (a non-existent year), […]
Read more[First posted in 2012. —Admin1] ———————— If angels cannot fall because they were not given free will like humankind, and there is no devil, no demonic spirits, no hell in the Hebrew Scriptures, then how do these evil creatures suddenly manifest themselves in the “New” Testament which is supposedly the sequel to the […]
Read more[This was first posted in tribute to the first Sinaite who passed away so unexpectedly in 2013. Why do we repost every year? For one, in commemoration of a founding member of Sinai 6000; for another, there are lessons to learn from her past contributions. We had lost a prolific writer who would have added […]
Read more[This was posted April 16, 2015 on the occasion of the Christian feast called “Easter” which commemorates the death and resurrection of the Christian Savior Jesus Christ. Why are we reposting at this time? To prepare for “My” or YHWH’s feasts commanded in Leviticus 23; specifically Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, scheduled this year […]
Read more[First posted in 2015; ‘lashon hara’ is the Hebrew equivalent for evil speech or evil tongue. How do we know if we’re guilty of such?—Admin1.] ————————- A ‘search term’ most frequently entered in this website is the phrase “uncircumcised lips”. And of course, we do have a post with that phrase in the […]
Read more[First posted December 29, 2013; reposting on the occasion of the writer’s death anniversary on December 30, 1896, the date he was executed by firing squad upon being accused of treason by Spanish colonial authorities.–Admin1] ——————————– “Through reasoning and by necessity, rather than faith, do I firmly believe in the existence of a […]
Read more“From Moses [of the Torah] to Moses [Maimonides] there was none like Moses.” Who was Maimonides? “If one did not know that Maimonides was the name of a man, Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote, one would assume it was the name of a university. The writings and achievements of this twelfthcentury Jewish sage seem […]
Read more[First posted in 2013. We are into what might be called the “days of darkness” — Halloween, All Souls Day, where imaginary creatures, ghosts and spirits, figures characterizing evil and darkness dominate the thematic landscape. We will repost a series of articles connected with this theme of “dark forces”. This is an excellent article […]
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