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[Here’s a tip from World of Judaica/support@worldofjudaica.com: 

“It isn’t an April Fool’s Joke! Today’s date of April 1st also coincides with the Biblical New Years Day, 1 Nisan. Even though the more commonly known Jewish New Year is on Rosh Hashana (the first of Tishrei), the first month is actually Nisan!”

This post is intended to help searchers who ‘land’ in this website to find posts that would address their ‘search term’. Admin1.]

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4/30  “two messiahs in the dss” – James Tabor

4/29  “vengeful god vs loving god” – “Angry, vengeful God” of OT vs. “Merciful loving God” of NT

4/29  “seth in the image of adam” – Q&A: Why is Seth the one “in the likeness of Adam” instead of firstborn son Cain?

4/29  “two goats jacob brought rebecca, scapegoat and the lamb of god” –  Not sure how the temple offerings are related to Jacob and Rebecca but here’s a post that might correct wrong thinking:  Sacrificial goat, Scapegoat . . . what about the Lamb? Not on Yom Kippur.

4/29  “define the word orthonymous” – Bart D. Ehrman – Must Read: Misquoting Jesus

4/28  “Caleb the Kennite” – My servant Caleb – a different spirit

4/28  “is the origins of prophecy veiled in obscurity ?” –  Q&A: “Israel prophecy” – “veiled in obscurity”?

4/28  “a 15th century rabbi claimed adam and eve had the faces of monkeys” –  Really? That sounds more like the image concluded by evolutionists rather than a rabbi.  Some men not only like to reconfigure God but strangely have such a low opinion of humanity that they can’t believe humans are the epitome of creation, the last living creature to be designed with a life-nurturing environment already prepared to sustain them. If it was a rabbi who truly said that, then he should review his scriptural legacy, the Torah, and align his thinking with it instead of speculating outside of the text. 

Would the Creator who designs the first human later split into two—perfectly designed in all ways,  endowed with free will PLUS bear the stamp of His ‘Image’— choose to make them look like the ape species He had already designed as a different and unique animal species with some variations (gorilla, orangutang, monkey, etc.)? Really, let’s give the Creator more credit than that.

When we look at the diversity of His creation, each species remain the same, identifiable in characteristics and function, that’s why scientists can come to final conclusions and not guess forever what a creature would evolve to next. True, the germ and virus world mutate so their species could survive, but they don’t evolve into the next level of created species and still remain as germs and viruses, except stronger because they’re programmed to survive. Yet and unfortunately, many species have become extinct . . . we don’t see any current species evolving into the next level.  Have they discovered “missing links” of every stage of the supposed evolutionary process? Unless scientists tamper with the balance of nature and recreate mixed species (prohibited in Torah), most of nature, including humanity, remain as originally created—“good” and “very good” . . . NOT “could be better” or “improve later.”

 Each person simply must decide whose word will he believe, man ‘s or God’s.

Here’s a post:  The Creator 5 – How is Man in God’s “Image” or “Likeness?

4/27  “abraham joshua heschel” pdf – Here’s everything we’ve posted on AJH: 

4/26  “when is sabbath celebrate 25 april” – The scriptural definition of day comes from the Creator of Time Himself  as early as Genesis— “and it was evening, then it was morning, one day” so the Jews, custodians of Torah, define their ‘day’ as ‘from sundown to sundown.’  Welcoming the Sabbath begins Friday at sundown; that is called “erev Shabbat” and ends on Saturday sundown” —havdalah — “bidding farewell to the Sabbath”.  Sinaites used to meet for Saturday lunch but have shifted to Friday dinner, either way, observing the Sabbath is a joy and a delight.  Those who have to work on Saturday take lunch-break off and meet to pray the Sabbath liturgy together, and have a short discussion of Torah living.  YHWH, the Lord of the Sabbath, is honored any way a Sabbath-keeper is able to ‘remember the Sabbath to keep it holy.”. 

4/26  “i forgive all those who may have hurt or aggravated me either physically, monetarily, or emotionally, whether unknowingly or willfully, whether accidentally or intentionally, whether in speech or in action, whether in this  incarnation or another, and may no person be punished on account of me…””  –Revisited: Why forgive/how to deal with angry relatives, former friends, enemies . . .

4/26  “your people will be my people, your god will be my god” jps – A Literary Approach to the Book of Ruwth/Ruth

4/25  “sinai and sermon on the mount” – The Sermon on Sinai vs. The Sermon on the Mount

4/24  “the spiritual inheritance of abraham, which would normally have passed into the hands of esau” – Becoming Israel – Esau and ‘Israel’

4/24   “what was israel’s occupation, which was abominable to the egyptians” – 

  • “Goshen has been assigned as the land where the tribe will dwell, separated from Egypt; why, because they are shepherds, an occupation abominable to Egyptians . . . the first hint about the lamb being among the gods that Egyptians worship. This will figure later at the requirements that YHWH would specify on Passover night.  But let us not get ahead of the narrative.”
  • This is from the post: Genesis/Bereshith 45: “Yosef my son is still alive; I must go and see him before I die!”

4/24  “the jewish mystique, ernest von haag copy” –  Ernest Van Den Haag – The Jewish Mystique by Ernest Van Den Haag

4/23  “literary perspective bible” – A Literary Perspective on the Biblical ‘Canon’

4/23  “saith the lord quotes” –  TSTL, acronym for Thus Saith the Lord is a category we have discontinued;  however, if this or any searcher wishes to know what the LORD YHWH has declared about anything at all, please enter the Q and we will work on the A and it will fall under “Q&A.”

4/23  “joseph milgrom torah scholar” – We have no post about Jacob Milgrom, but google yields quite a number of interesting resources, including Milgrom’s opinion on whether homosexuality  is condemned in the Hebrew Scriptures. Also, he is included in the recommended reads by Joseph Telushkin:

Several prominent Bible scholars in the Conservative movement have recently produced a new commentary on the Torah, also published by JPS: While the books are all of high quality, I have had occasion to study Milgrom’s commentary in depth and found it to be brilliant.
  • Genesis and Exodus (Nahum Sarna),
  • Leviticus(Baruch Levine),
  • Numbers (Jacob Milgrom),
  • and Deuteronomy (Jeffrey Toogay).

Please check out the following:

4/23  “the origins ofprophecy are veiled in obscurity.discuss” – Q&A: “Israel prophecy” – “veiled in obscurity”?

4/22   “600 chariots and 50,000 horsemen and 200,000 infantry” – Exodus/Shemoth 14 – And Yisra’el saw …4/22   “esau caveman” –  Journey of Faith: Esau/Edom – A Second Look

4/22  “no religion is an island heschel” – No Religion is an Island – Abraham Joshua Heschel

4/22   “bereshith 1 pdf” – Genesis/Bereshith 1

4/21  “the revelation in a nutshell” – Revelation in a Nutshell

4/21  “how do the metaphors in the song of songs draw on the geography of the land of israel and the way of life of the people?” –  A Literary Approach to the Song of Songs

4/21  “davidic messiah” – The Messiahs – 2 – The Davidic Messiah

4/20  “torah bone conjugate forms” – We have no post on this, but since we learn from searchers’ terms, we look it up to check what we’re missing and on this one, here’s the yield: Hebrew Grammar – Jewish Virtual Library

The feminine singular noun, such as תּוֹרָחִי (tôrâ, “Torah“) with a suffix (“my Torah“) … The case-endings were dropped and the resultant formתּוֹרָת (tôrāṯ) was …… are investigated, it will be seen that the opposition in all conjugated forms is a/i, as, …… by their plural forms as עֲצָמִים :עֶצֶם (substance), עצמוֹת (bones).

4/20  “chabad on who was seth in the bible” – From a Sinaite post, here’s: Q&A: Why is Seth the one “in the likeness of Adam” instead of firstborn son Cain?

From Chabad, here’s:  Adam’s Descendants – Jewish History – Chabad.orgwww.chabad.org › … › Jewish History › A Brief Biblical History‎ /Adam’s Death, Seth’s Children, Enoch, Methuselah. … I read you website with much intereset as it gives imform ation not found in theBible. One subject which …

4/19  “rasta sabbath” – We have no post on this, but here’s a google find: 

4/18  “vengeful and jealous god- hebrew translation” – Jeffrey Cranford  “Angry, vengeful God” of OT vs. “Merciful loving God” of NT

4/17  “asereth hadebariym” 

4/17  no man can see my face and live in the torah – Exodus/Shemoth 33 – “for no man can see My Face and live”

4/16  “christianity a karaite’s perspective” – Daniel Lefebvre – MUST READ: A Karaite’s Perspective on the faith he left behind

4/16  “abraham and angels” – Revisited: Journey of Faith: YHWH, Abraham and “3 men”

4/16  “how are jeremiah and ezekial writings alike and how are they different” – 

4/16  “pentateuch and haftorahs pdf” – MUST OWN: PENTATEUCH AND HAFTORAHS – Versions and Commentators Consulted

4/15  “the origins of israelite prophecy are veiled in obscurity discuss” – Q&A: “Israel prophecy” – “veiled in obscurity”?

4/15  “how can gentiles pray to hashem?” –  Q&A: “How does a gentile pray to Hashem?”

4/15  “the sermon on the mount liken to sinai” – The Sermon on Sinai vs. The Sermon on the Mount

4/15  “1 samuel 16 torah commentary” – 1 Samuel 16:14-23 – “an evil spirit from God”?

4/15  “what is the first annual sabbath of 2014″ – “MY feasts” of YHWH in Leviticus 23 are “sabbaths” or days of cessation of work, observed just like the weekly Sabbath.  So since Israel are commanded to commemorate the first Passover, and the feast of Unleavened Bread is likewise observed, these are “sabbaths”.  As Sinaites have deteremined, 5 of the 7 Leviticus feasts are specific to Israel’s experience, so they celebrate all 7; Messiancs even if theyr’e Christ-focused, celebrate the same feasts with a Christ-connection. Sinaites do not and we explain why in this post:

4/13  “bible commentaries for genesis chapters 27 and28″ – Genesis/Bereshith 27: “for should I be bereaved of you both in a single day?”

4/13  “oil wick and the fire nephesh” – Not sure about this searcher’s terms; will check and get back to this.

4/12  “have a blessed sabbath quotes” – We recommend all the Sabbath liturgies we have posted every Shabbat since November 2013, too many to list here, please go to Updated Site Contents and scroll down almost to the end.

4/12  “shema symbol” – Signs and Symbols from the SHEMA

4/12  “rastafari sabbath” – We have no post for this searcher but here’s a link that might help: http://rastafari-christ.webs.com/holysabbath.htm

4/11  “god in search of man abraham joshua heschel pdf” – 

4/11  “verses about our duty towards fellowmen” – The Ten “Declarations”: 6-10/Duties Towards Fellowmen 4/11  “book of matthew bridge between judheaism christianty” – Jesus – the Bridge between Judeo-Christian Values 4/11  “mummy israel joseph” – Genesis/Bereshith 50 – “And Yosef died . . . they put him in a coffin in Egypt.”

4/11  “egypt plagues gods messianic” – EXODUS: The 10 Plagues–Judgment of YHWH upon Egypt’s gods

4/10  “moses uncircumcized lips” – Exodus/Shemoth 6-b: Do you have “uncircumcised lips”?

4/9  “hasatan vs satan” – TNK” ha Satan” vs. NT “Devil”

4/8  “messiah long journey second passover” – במדבר Bemidbar/Numbers – 9 – The Second Passover

4/6  “biblical atusies tge tree of knowlwdge” – The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

4/6  “jewish sinaite” – There is no “Jewish Sinaite” . . . there are “Sinaites” who are accused of being “Jew-wannabes.”  It is a misconception that when we tell people we’re not Christ-believers and are asked “what are you?” and we answer “we’ve gone back to YHWH, the God of Israel,” the conclusion is “so you’re worshipping the ‘Jewish God'” or “you’re joining Judaism” or “you want to become Jews.” No, No, NO!

4/5  “garden of Eden” – We have no post specifically about  the garden of Eden but we have plenty about what happened there, please check out:

4/5  “disinheritance of jephthah” – The Bible as “Literature” – 3 – Jephthah as “literary art

4/5  “how to pray to hashem” – Q&A: “How does a gentile pray to Hashem?”

4/4 ” jacob travelling bible lessons with picture: – Please check out the posts on chapters devoted to the Yaakov series.

4/3  “the origin of prophecy in Israel is veiled in obscurity discuss” – Q&A: “Israel prophecy” – “veiled in obscurity”?

4/3  “noah the truth thesis pdf” – No Inconvenient Truths for Noah

4/3  “where in torah – am i my brothers keeper” – Am I my brother’s keeper?

4/3  “who is the woman in genesis 3:15″ – Prooftext 1a – Genesis 3:15 – Who is the “woman”?

4/3  “google bible verse deuteronomy 28:1-19″ – דברים Dabariym 28: “And it will come to pass . . . IF . . .”

4/2  “hear the pentateuch and haftorahs on tape” – will check out if P&H has an audio version.

4/1 “ joseph telushkin on moses” – TORAH 101 – Rabbi Joseph Telushkin on TANAKH

4/1 “heschel brink of abyss” – Here are posts on one of our favorite Jewish writers/philosophers, Rabbi Heschel:

4/1 “ joseph telushkin on moses” – TORAH 101 – Rabbi Joseph Telushkin on TANAKH

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