[First posted in 2012. Reposted on Israel’s celebration of its independence day this year, April 19, 2018. We are reposting at this time because of the recent uproar caused by the moving of the US Embassy from Tel-Aviv, where most foreign consulates and embassies are based, to Jerusalem. It was a decision previously approved by the US […]
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[First posted in 2014, always a timely reminder not only for us Sinaites but for anyone in transition from one faith to another and is being shunned, ostracized, losing former colleagues, all the consequences of changing faith or changing one’s God!.—Admin1] ——————————– If you’re becoming a frequent visitor to this website and are […]
Read more[First posted May 21, 2014. This article makes us rethink our understanding of the word ‘idolatry’. In antiquity, it was simply the sin of worshipping another, whether a god of one’s imagination or anything that takes the place of the True God. What did they know, they were ignorant until the True God started revealing […]
Read more[First posted in 2015; our opinion/position has not changed, worth the revisit.—Admin1]].] In our country base, we have a homegrown religion, notorious for complete control of its flock. Well, not just one religion but it seems like our people have the tendency toward becoming fanatic followers of church leaders; in fact it is uncanny […]
Read more[This was first posted on April 19, 2012.. —Admin 1]. ————————- In the article — The Tree of Life is the Torah -2 — the phrase “Choose Life!” was introduced and left hanging, so to speak. This article picks up where it left off. Much of the material here is from an excellent […]
Read more[First posted in 2014, part of our series of commentaries on Torah, specifically the book of Exodus. When we were Christians, we were taught that Christians are under “grace, not “law” because of what the Christian Savior — God Himself as Son-Man, Jesus the Christ — had accomplished on earth. What accomplishment is that? Obeying […]
Read more[First posted in 2012. An interesting point is raised in the answer given by Rabbi M. Younger to the question raised here: do you have to kill an animal to get its skin? Are there animals that are designed in such a way that they could change/shed their skin without losing their life? Yup, there […]
Read more[First posted in 2014, this article is the most frequently clicked of our over 1000+ reading list. It is the last in the series from the book authored by Robert Schoen. Earlier posts include: Must Read: Robert Schoen – 5 – Jews, Jesus, and Christianity/Judaism Must Read: Robert Schoen – 4 – Going to Church: […]
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 […]
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