KINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS   Blessed are YOU,  YHWH,  Creator and Master of the universe, Who set apart the Sabbath, in the beginning of earthly time, Who purposefully designed a work-week of 6 days and added a 7th day on which You Yourself rested from Your creative endeavors,  to model to all humankind that we might cease from […]

  KINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS   Blessed are You, YHWH our God, Lord and Master,  Creator of the universe, Designer of earthly time, measured in seconds, minutes, hours according to the movement of Your magnificent heavenly bodies:   Your life-nurturing sun rises and sets on our horizon to usher in times of work and times […]

KINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS In the beginning,   the SOURCE of LIGHT, whose blinding brilliance dazzled a darkened world when there was not a soul–animal or human— to witness and wonder at the awesome spectacle—   the Creator YHWH spoke all matter into existence,  one after another according to their function and purpose, designed to […]

[ As of this year 2014, after much study and discussion of  the seven “My feasts” commanded in Leviticus 23,  Sinaites arrived at an understanding of which of the feasts apply to non-Israelites, that is, gentiles like ourselves.  While all of the seven are in Israel’s national experience and historical roots, three of them are in […]

  [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, reciting the lyrics is the next best […]

[For this Sabbath’s liturgy, we borrowed some prayers from the Baccalaureate Service of “UC” —a University in our city base, prayers written by two Sinaites who have granted permission.—Admin1]   ——————————–   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 […]

KINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS     O YHWH, our God, Lord, and Creator, You perfected Your universe on day six culminating in the ‘crown’ of Your creative work —humankind— then You set aside a seventh day.   If You chose to set apart this day for rest, it behooves us who are made in Your image, to […]