[First posted in 2013; Source: Must Own: AMEN – Prayers and Blessings from Around the World – 1. Do we need prayers for peace? ALL THE TIME! And the human spirit constantly yearns for peace, for peaceful relationships between people, whether it be married couples, family, friends, enemies, communities, nations! These are samples of prayer traditions […]
Read moreAbout Us HISTORY of SINAI 6000 Sinai 6000 emerged as a faith community in Tishrei 5772. The year 2010 in the Gregorian calendar, was marked by a series of “awakenings” about the foundations of Christianity to which most— if not all— of our affiliates were exposed through books and articles, information never before […]
Read more[This was first posted in 2013; we are revisiting as a result of many searchers interested in The Jewish Mystique by Ernest Van Den Haag. Sharing Chapter 5 of this MUST READ book. For visuals connected to this topic, check this link: http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/155833/postcards-anti-semitic—-Admin1] ————————– WHY ANTI-SEMITISM? Jews “cause” both anti-Semitism and pro-Semitism; […]
Read more[First posted in 2014. Mother’s Day follows Labor Day —- wonder if the holiday planners made an unconscious connection between the two? We are resurrecting this post which analyzes how women in scripture fared in their roles as individuals with free choice, as wives, as mothers, and other roles they were limited to in their […]
Read moreKINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS O CREATOR of LIGHT, in the meaningful family tradition of Your chosen people, the matriarch of the family kindles the Sabbath lights and recites the blessing: Blessed art Thou, O LORD [YHWH], our God, King of the Universe, Who hast sanctified us by Thy commandments and hast commanded us to “kindle the […]
Read more05/31/18 – It’s goodbye May today, not much activity on this blog since it’s dependent on “search terms” which we no longer have too many of, unlike in previous years and particularly at the creation of this post. Meanwhile, lots of happenings worldwide which we could have commented on but perhaps, we will do that […]
Read more[“TSTL” is our acronym for “Thus saith the Lord.” Here are 2 translations focusing on scripture about the Sabbath.—Admin1.] Translation 1: Artscroll’s The Stone Edition, TANACH Genesis 2:1-3 Thus the heaven and the earth were finished, and all their array. By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and […]
Read more[First posted 2015. The “new”covenant claimed by Christianity as God’s covenant with the Church is found nowhere in the Hebrew Scriptures, even as Jeremiah 31:30-33 is cited as the ‘Old Testament’ prooftext. When you read those verses carefully and closely, you will discover that the same parties that cut a covenant at Sinai are named as […]
Read more[This is a revisit; first posted 2012; part of a series from No Religion is an Island by Abraham Joshua Heschel (AJH). Related posts are: Revisit: No Religion is an Island – Abraham Joshua Heschel Revisit: No Religion is an Island – 2 – “To equate religion and God is idolatry” – AJHeschel Our most recent acquisition […]
Read more[This post slightly changed its title, it used to be “Oy Searchers, need help?” The reason for the change is — search terms are few and far between. That could signify one of two trends — visitors find their way to this website without entering a search term, and that’s good . . . or perhaps […]
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