[Continuing the final chapter of Neil Gillman’s book The Death of Death: Resurrection and Immortality in Jewish Thought; this is an ebook downloadable on the kindle app from amazon.com; reformatted for posting; highlights ours.—Admin1]. —————————- Religion and the Afterlife The impulse to create that broader structure, to knit together the discrete moments of a human life into […]
Read more[First posted in 2012; part of our series on the controversial figure in Christian and other religions referred to as the “devil” or Satan who is mis-named “Lucifer” but let’s not get into all that in this introduction. Other posts in this series, in case you have not read them, are: Revisit: Ha Satan […]
Read moreImage from jp.depositphotos.com [Singing the Sabbath liturgy is a Sinaite’s ‘prayerful tribute in music’ to the God we love and worship. We take our cue from Christian hymnologists who were inspired not only to pay tribute to the Christian God but to teach the flock through the lyrics of simple tunes. That is why they wrote 4 […]
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[This is part of our series on THE OTHER, i.e. the UNchosen or anyone who is not in the line of the CHOSEN, the line of Jacob/Israel. Related posts: The UNchosen – Esau/Edom – A Second Look The UNchosen — “Call me Ishmael” The UNchosen – My servant Caleb – a different spirit We Sinaites […]
Read more[First posted in 2013. Some of us can relate to ‘angry relatives’ who never wish to speak to us, ever, ever! If they’re a notch outside of our immediate family, i.e. spouse, child, parent, sibling — there is not much of a problem since we don’t have to deal with them unless we see them. But […]
Read more[First posted in May 2017. Sinaites observe the biblical calendar that observant Jews observe although we don’t follow their ceremonial/ritual traditions. In deciding to observe this biblical feast of Yom Kippur, our original core group of Sinaites discussed not so much what it means to ‘repent’, we already know that — but how and why the […]
Read more[This was first posted in 2012; revisited every season of the fall feasts that YHWH calls “MY feasts” are upon us. Yom Kippur this year 5780/2019 falls on October 8-9. What is the Sinaite position that applies to Gentiles? Read on.–Admin1.] One of the divinely-ordained feasts to be observed at this time of the biblical […]
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Read more“Blessed is the Eternal Power Who inspires our people to kindle the lights of Shabbat. Blessed is the Source of Life and Light.” Lord YHWH, we join observant Israel in welcoming Your Queen of Days with the traditional kindling of the Sabbath lights which begins the celebration of Your weekly Sabbath, truly […]
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