[First posted July 16, 2015, revisited October & November 2015; can’t resist another review. This chapter in Jon D. Levenson’s SINAI and ZION, is on the same page, so to speak, with Sinai 6000. This discussion validates Sinaites’ raison d’etre as the non-religious ‘movement’ for gentiles who are seeking or are in transition, who […]
Read more[First posted September 6, 2014. To religionists, the answer to the Q: ‘Why God?’ would be ‘Why not God?’ But even as believers, occasionally we might wonder ‘God, are you there? Are you real? Are you in control?’ — particularly when we look at the state of the world today and when we don’t […]
Read more[Update: We apologize for times when this website is inaccessible; we are undergoing some upgrades; please bear with us and don’t give up checking us out.—Admin1] —————— 02/27 “sinai6000” – This entry does make any searcher land on this website and for new visitors, here are posts that introduce what we stand for: About Us […]
Read more[This was first posted 2012, reposted 2015. In the addendum to our Statement of Faith on this website’s HOME page (see Further to our Statement of Faith) we wrote this: “One of the books that greatly influenced our Sinai 6000 community is a book authored by James D. Tabor, Restoring Abrahamic Faith, available on the web at www.Genesis2000.org.” […]
Read more[A 5th Sabbath in any month is always a ‘bonus’ and just as we have borrowed from “Prayers and Blessings from Around the World” and featured these in other liturgies, we now feature sample prayers from the SIDDUR, the traditional prayers of Israel. The excerpts here are from The Expanded ArtScroll Siddur, Wasserman Edition, published […]
Read more01/28/16 “why have humans have always built ‘artificial mountains’ such as ziggurats, pyramids, etc.” – So what’s wrong with building a high tower? Here is the Jewish perspective on why humans build such high edifices: http://www.meaningfullife.com/personal/yitro-skyscraper-heaven-meets-earth/ 01/16/16 “christian vegans and peter’s vision of acts 10:10-15” – Biblical Diet 4a: NT Perspective: Did Jesus declare […]
Read more[This was first posted 2012; a ‘bonus’ blessing to add to our Sabbath liturgy. The contributor of this was Sinaite VAN who passed away January 29, 2016; it is in loving memory of him that this is reposted on the week of his ‘passing-on’ anniversary. But ‘passing on to where’ you might wonder? Well, if […]
Read more01/02/17 – joshua 1:8-9 Scroll: Joshua 1:8-9 01/01/17 – Welcome 2017, a new year in the Gregorian calendar; the Jewish calendar entered its new year earlier in September, the Chinese calendar has yet to celebrate its new year . . . why the different reckoning of earthly time? Here’s one of many explanations available […]
Read more[First posted January 09, 2014. The one thing we should never say to any person who’s been a victim of tragedy or who has lost a loved one as a victim of violence is: “It is God’s will.” That is one statement that is sure to turn even a believer against God. The other […]
Read more[First posted September 27,2012, reposted January 4, 2014. The opening excerpt of this featured book is: The truth, and therefore our understanding of God’s Will as expressed in the Torah, grows over time. We have often emphasized in this website that it is not YHWH’s TRUTH or REVELATION that is progressive; rather it is […]
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