[First posted November 26, 2013. This is from Pentateuch and Haftorahs, ed. Dr. J.H.Hertz. We are greatly indebted to the best of Jewish and non-Jewish commentators who have contributed their lifelong work, all compiled in this resource book which we have included in our MUST READ/MUST OWN list.—Admin1.] ——————————- THE BOOK OF GENESIS The […]
Read more[ First posted in 2015. Is there a difference between the terms ‘God’ and ‘Lord’? The English generic term for deity is simply ‘god’ so there’s no confusion as to what it refers to, but ‘lord’ is not necessarily applied only to deity but also to human masters or lords (British Parliament is full of […]
Read more[First posted in 2013; updated 2017; time for a repost.—Admin1] In Les Miserables, a film based on a two-decade old broadway musical, which in turn was based on a novel by Victor Hugo published in 1862—there is a song titled “Who am I?” Significantly, it is sung by the main protagonist Jean Valjean at […]
Read more[This was first posted 2012. It explains why we chose to call ourselves Sinaites and rooted our foundational beliefs on the Revelation on Sinai by the Creator-God who chose that neutral site and that time in history and the people He gathered there to declare His Name and His Way of life for all humanity. […]
Read more[First posted in 2013. This has been a recurring question since our website first appeared on the net. The short answer is this: “Our community (Sinaites) connect with the place of Divine Revelation: geographically, that place is Mount Sinai; historically, that time is recorded in Exodus . . literarily, that “place” is the repository of […]
Read more[This was first published in 2012, reposted thereafter at this time every year and updated, our way of reminding ourselves and our readers to make an individual inventory of how badly we have fared in living the instructions and teachings of the God we believe in. If YHWH the God of Israel is the God […]
Read more[First posted in 2014; —Admin1] ————- Sinaites were invited to a gathering of Jewish men (and their partners) who have formed a local Jewish club in our city of residence. The occasion for the gathering was to meet a young Jewish rabbi . . . he looked like the stereotype you see in […]
Read more[First posted in 2014, absolutely relevant to those in transition from former religions to a Torah lifestyle; a “lifestyle”, not a “religion” — for those who don’t wish to join yet another religion . . . just like us, Sinaites. —Admin1.] ———– It was Balaam, the gentile prophet, who aptly described to Balak the newly-formed […]
Read more[First posted in 2012 and the source is Pentateuch and Haftorah, published by the Soncino Press, edited by Dr. j.H. Hertz; this is one of the books we highly recommend as MUST OWN. Reformatted for post.—Admin1.] THE SHEMA ITS MEANING AND HISTORY THE MEANING OF THE SHEMA : ‘Hear, O Israel, the LORD […]
Read more[First posted 2013. Updated, since Sinaites have reached the ‘point of no return.’ What point is that? Read on.—Admin1] ———————– This is the introductory statement to the post: The WAY of YHVH – 5 – TORAH FAITH for Non-Jews? Non-Jews . . . Gentiles like ourselves, Sinaites, who have discovered the TRUTH […]
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