[The Jewish celebration of Hanukkah falls on different times, just like the Christian celebration of Christmas. This year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar, 5779 in the Jewish calendar, Hanukkah starts at sundown of Sunday, December 02, the beginning of the Jewish ‘day’, and ends on the evening of Monday, December 10, 2018. We are not Jews […]
Read more[First posted in 2017. This is an excerpt from a revisited post that is sooooo lonnnnng that perhaps readers don’t bother reading to the very end. Except that this was at the beginning of the discourse, and if you’re curious, here’s the link for the complete discussion which is worth your patience and time, promise! Revisit: […]
Read more[First posted in 2012. Non-Jews . . . Gentiles like ourselves, Sinaites, who have discovered the TRUTH that there is only ONE GOD whose Name is YHVH, Creator, Revelator on Sinai, the God who chose the nation of Israel to be His light to the gentiles—what are we now to do about this discovery? […]
Read more[First posted 2012, reposted 2015. This is from Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know about the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History, by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin. What is strange to us gentiles who stand to gain from an informative book like this, is the fact that the book was actually intended for […]
Read more[This was first posted in 2012; always relevant to human relationships, particularly difficult ones! For related posts (life application) check out: Where was God when . . . . Is there true justice on earth? Translations: AST/ArtScroll Tanach; EF/Everett Fox The Five Books of Moses.—Admin1.] —————————— Poor Cain, the firstborn […]
Read more[This is from MUST READ: The Jewish Mystique by Ernest van den Haag. Related posts: MUST READ: The Jewish Mystique by Ernest Van Den Haag MUST READ: The Jewish Mystique by Ernest van den Haag – Prologue & Epilogue MUST READ: The Jewish Mystique by Ernest van den Haag: “Are Jews Smarter Than Other People?” […]
Read moreKINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS As sundown is once again upon our earth, signalling the beginning of Your 7th Day, our anticipated Day of Rest, our Shabbat —- As earthly time continues to march on, moving from season to season, according to Your natural design in forecast-able weather patterns and predictable climate changes– We reflect […]
Read moreKindle the Sabbath Lights Oh YHWH, God of Israel, We bless You for blessing the nations with knowledge of You and Your Torah, the true Revelation that Israel was privileged to be given as part of its Covenant with You on Sinai. We bless Israel for sharing with the nations, the […]
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