[On the occasion of Father’s Day, this was first posted in 2012. Why on father’s day? Who is the father being focused on here? Well, for one, Noah whose drunkenness causes his son Ham to show disrespect for him. For another, Ham’s dishonoring of his parent had a consequence for his son Canaan who is […]
Read more[The Sinaite’s musical liturgy borrows from Christian hymnody; lyrics have been revised and might seem awkward to those who know the original but bear with us, our revision reflects our Sinaite creed. Imitation is the best compliment; so we salute the composers of Christian hymns; no doubt they were inspired by the God they love and […]
Read more[If you haven’t read it, here’s the link to Part 1: MUST OWN: Robert Alter – The Five Books of Moses We are featuring excerpts from the INTRODUCTION of the book to whet your appetite, with the intention of encouraging you to add this excellent translation of TORAH to your library section […]
Read moreWhy feature yet another translation of the Torah? Are we not content with our translation of choice, Everett Fox’s THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES? As we have previously announced, once we are able to secure a copy of THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES by Robert Alter (RA), we will feature it as well, to […]
Read more[First posted February 18, 2014, when we decided on another translation of the TORAH as S6K’s choice.—Admin1] Welcome to Sinai 6000, Everett Fox [EF]! Good news for all: EF’s translation is downloadable for free as PDF; please go to this link: THE SCHOCKEN BIBLE toby.weebly.com/uploads/2/7/4/8/2748917/everett_foxxstorah.pdf I’ve had EF’s translation of THE FIVE […]
Read moreWe have a whole series debunking the belief in the devil, fallen angels, demonic spirits—yes, despite the teaching of Paul of Tarsus and their existence, prominence and predominance in the life of the Christian Savior Jesus in-the-flesh in the gospels and the resurrected triumphant Jesus in battle with Satan in the last book of Revelation. Now […]
Read more[Sinaites enjoy singing the Sabbath liturgy. Since we don’t have our own music, we borrow from Christianity’s rich and varied hymnody. The music we love, the lyrics we can no longer agree with so we’ve made up our own lyrics. If you’re not familiar with the music, we have provided the accompaniment so you […]
Read moreWho would have thought? How could we have known? Since Sinai 6000 came into existence in 2010 as a core community that radically departed from our Christian religion to return to the revelation on Sinai enshrined in the Torah, we felt isolated and “set apart” in our lonely pilgrimage. No one was following behind us […]
Read more[The prequels to this post, in case you missed reading them are: Discourse: 2 Christians & 1 Sinaite, circa 2009 – 1 Discourse: 2 Christian, 1 Sinaite, circa 2009 – 2 The long answer of Rabbi Younger has been reformatted.—Admin1] ————————— Sinaite NSB to 2 Christians: This might help in processing […]
Read more[If you did not read the prequel, here’s the link: Discourse: 2 Christians & 1 Sinaite, circa 2009 – 1 At the end of the list of reference books is the response of Sinaite ‘LSS’ to her childhood best friend ‘EG’ and Sinaite NSB. I know, I know, reading through these private exchanges is […]
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