KINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS O Yahuwah, Creator God, Revelator on Sinai, God of Israel, God of all nations, Lord of the Sabbath! How we cherish and look forward to the start of your seventh day at sundown, truly the highlight of our week. How we relish hour after hour from erev to havdalah, taking […]
Read more[It’s about time again to sing our Sabbath liturgy. The borrowed music should be familiar, all are 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. It is said that imitation is the best compliment; so we […]
Read more[This is a Sinaite’s perspective. Translation: EV/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses. First posted November 16, 2012.–Admin1..] Picture yourself as a clueless gentile among the mixed multitude of slaves gathered at the foot of Mount Sinai. You’ve known these Hebrew slaves since you ended as a slave yourself in Egypt. You went through that whole experience […]
Read more[Reposting from its first publication October 11, 2012. This is the commentary from the post: Genesis/Bere’shith 1: “At the beginning of God’s creating the heavens and the earth” Sources are: Pentateuch and Haftarah, ‘EF’ is Everett Fox; ‘RA’ is Robert Alter. —Admin1] ————————— 26. God said: Let us make humankind, […]
Read more[This is first posted October 10, 2012 as part of a series under ‘Discourse’ between ex-Messianic Sinaites and their former bible teacher who became a Messianic missionary “MM” who founded Messianic congregations in several Southeast Asian countries. The specific topic is on Temple ‘offerings’ in the TNK which was called ‘sacrifices’ in the Christian Old Testament. —Admin1.] […]
Read more[First posted in 2012 with this introduction: According to Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, yes, God has “two” names but clarifies what he means. As it turns out, God has ONE NAME, which Rabbi Sacks, abiding by Jewish tradition, does not name but rather substitutes “Hashem” or “the Name”; the other “name” is actually a […]
Read more[A 5th Sabbath in a month is like a bonus, and so we take this occasion to borrow from the faith expressions in the prayer tradition of Israel. This liturgy is patterned after My People’s Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries: Seder K’riat Hatorah (The Torah Service), Vol. 4 —edited by Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman —Admin1] ————————— […]
Read more[This is a 3rd revisit to a post resurrected from 2012 because of the topic which keeps recurring in today’s discussions of why this world is the way it is; where is God in the horrendous occurrences millinialists experience today? Do we view human tragedy as coming from the hand of God? Or does the […]
Read more[This is from Interview at Notre Dame in the Appendices of MORAL GRANDEUR AND SPIRITUAL AUDACITY, essays edited by AJH’s daughter Susanah Heschel. We have featured bits and pieces of this’ MUST READ/MUST OWN book, downloadable as ebook on any kindle app. “I” stands for the Interviewer, not named but obviously a Catholic from Notre Dame. Reformatting […]
Read moreThere is no knowledge more important than the knowledge of God. (Proverbs 1:7) Consider these scriptural passages: The beginning of wisdom is reverence for God. “Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches But let him who […]
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