[First posted in 2012, shortly after we started this website. When a visitor clicks old posts, it gives us the opportunity to review it and decide if it is still relevant to our ever-developing current understanding and convictions. This week, Israel is again in the news, battling it out with an old old enemy that […]
Read more[This was first posted February 28, 2013; at that time, I was not aware this anecdote was well known, so well known in fact that when I googled “images of frog and scorpion” I was sure I would not find any that had both creatures in one image that would illustrate the story. Ooops, pardon my […]
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[Every other Sabbath, we sing our Liturgy; we have no original music of or own; our roots are Christian and we are familiar with their hymnody, so we borrow their music. When the lyrics reflect our belief system, we leave them as originally written; otherwise, we make minor revisions, if not do a total rewrite, […]
Read moreKINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS O Creator of all existence, of all things visible and invisible to our naked eye, the Eternal, YHWH, God of Israel and the nations! We welcome Your Presence once again to our celebration of this holy and blessed day, unique and set apart by You Yourself, when You […]
Read moreKindle the Sabbath Lights LORD YHWH, Your glorious sun has set, its light and heat have faded from our vision and our horizon. And yet, just like You Yourself, O YHWH, Light of the World, Who is ever-present in our lives, we know your sun continues to light other parts of our world, even if it […]
Read more[First posted in 2012. Sinaite prayers are patterned after Jewish prayer-traditions. This is merely a pattern, a model that you may use for your personal and family prayers; in time, after you’ve learned from the Jewish prayerful expressions, you can improvise your own prayers that are suited to your personal and family situation, the times that you […]
Read moreFirst posted in 2013. Sinaite JF, who resides in Hongkong posted this on her Facebook Page; we found it worth sharing with our website visitors with our commentary. Surely such wisdom, you might conclude is Torah-sourced and yet if you see the image of the man who spoke those words, better known as Mahatma Gandhi, […]
Read more[This article was sent in by VAN@S6K; source: mordochai.tripod.com/biblical. It presents a different view from what we have so far understood about saying and writing the tetragrammaton; our stand has been — how can God’s Name ever be known if people don’t ever hear it or ever see it on print. Some among us have […]
Read more[This was first posted in 2012, timed for Father’s Day celebration every year. This reflects a simple reading and discussion by Sinaites of the problems within families that practice favoritism. To this original perspective are now added commentary from the three sources we have chosen to feature: Pentateuch and Haftorahs, ed. Dr. J.H. Hertz; RA/Robert Alter; […]
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