[First posted in 2012. Again, we offer the Rabbi’s answer to the question before featuring our own. Read on. —Admin1] ————————- Question: Genesis 3:15 — What does it mean if we remove the Christian interpretation of it as the first messianic prophecy? Answer #1: Rabbi M. Younger/Aish.com Shalom – Thank you […]
Read more[First posted in 2012, one of the first questions we were asked. See how we answered at the end, after asking the Rabbis first but eventually coming up with our own ‘speculation’ for that is all we can offer, after mindful and critical thinking depending on the limited details offered in the text.—Admin1.] […]
Read more[First posted in 2012, this is part of our series on the biblical diet as prescribed by the Creator-Designer of the human body, outlined in Leviticus 11. Who better than the ‘Maker’ determines the proper fuel for the ‘made’? Check these related posts: Revisit: Biblical Diet 1 Revisit: Leviticus/Wayyiqrah 11a – Dietary Laws Biblical Diet […]
Read more[First posted in 2014. Source: Pentateuch & Haftorahs, ed. Dr. J.H. Hertz–Admin1.] THE BOOK OF GENESIS The Hebrew name for the First Book of Moses was originally Sefer Maaseh Bereshith, ‘Book of Creation.’ This was rendered into Greek by Genesis, ‘origin,’ because it gives an account of the creation of the world and the beginnings of life […]
Read more[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 […]
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