[This Sabbath liturgy is musical, intended to be sung — but if you’re not familiar with the music, reciting the lyrics works just as well.  Remember, the hymn title cited is the original Christian title; the lyrics are revised to reflect the Sinaite’s creed.  We use hymnology to reinforce teaching that is missed in study; […]

[Every other Sabbath, we sing our Liturgy; we have no original music of or own; our roots are Christian and we are familiar with their hymnody,  so we borrow their music.   When the lyrics reflect our belief system, we leave them as originally written; otherwise, we make minor revisions, if not do a total rewrite, […]

  KINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS   O Creator of all existence, of all things visible and invisible to our naked eye, the Eternal, YHWH, God of Israel and the nations!   We welcome Your Presence once again to our celebration of this holy and blessed day, unique and set apart by You Yourself, when You […]

KINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS O YHWH, Creator God, Revelator on Sinai, God of Israel, God of all nations,  Lord of the Sabbath!   How we cherish sundown on Friday,  truly the highlight of our week.   How we relish hour after hour from erev to havdalah, taking refuge in Your Sanctuary in time, leaving behind a world of cares, […]

  KINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS Blessed are You, YHWH, our God, King of the Universe, Who commanded all humanity to set aside the Sabbath as a day of rest, And as we Sinaites, Gentile Sabbath-keepers, follow the symbolic act in Jewish tradition, of lighting the Sabbath candles, We welcome Your Queen of all days, Your Holy […]

  Kindle the Sabbath Lights Blessed are You, YHWH, our God, King of the Universe, Who commanded all humanity to set aside the Sabbath as a day of rest, That we might cease from our nonstop striving for six days of our workweek. As we Gentiles, Sinaites, Sabbath-keepers come together in fellowship, We borrow the […]

KINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS Blessed are You, YHWH, our God, King of the Universe, Who commanded all humanity to set aside the Sabbath as a day of rest, And as we Gentiles, Sinaites, Sabbath-keepers, borrow the symbolic act in Jewish tradition, of lighting the Sabbath candles, We welcome the Queen of all days, Your Holy […]

KINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS O GOD of Creation, You are the Master of time and all that time produces; Designer of all created order: all that sustain life, all works, all gifts, all callings and missions, all history, all institutions, all laws, all righteousness.   You are the ETERNAL, Governor of time past, of our […]

KINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS   Blessed are You, YHWH, Eternal God, Who was and is  and will be as You choose to be to Jews, to Gentiles, and to us, Sinaites.   Blessed are You, All-Existent-One Who has no beginning and no end, Whose wisdom designed earthly time, in seconds, minutes, hours and days, weeks, months and years, so that humanity […]

KINDLE THE SABBATH CANDLES   [The ‘musical’ liturgy has become a tradition in Sinaites’ celebration every other Sabbath of the month.  Our roots are Christian and we have learned the value of expressing faith and teaching a belief system through the lyrics of worship hymns.  Traditional worship music strongly linger in our music memory even if […]