Yo searchers! Can we help you? – September 2014

[The 1st of September 2014 in the Gregorian calendar is the 6th of Elul 5774 in the Hebrew calendar. For insights into the significance of Elul, please go to this link: http://www.jewishpress.com/judaism/holidays/abcs-of-elul/2014/09/01/?src=ataglance. This post is intended to aid searchers whose search terms land on this website; this directs you to articles that address your query. Thank you for visiting Sinai 6000, we hope we can be of help to your search for Truth, the Source of Truth, and the One True God.—Admin1.]

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9/30 “what was israel’s occupation, which was abominable to the egyptians” – When Jacob and clan arrived in Egypt (because favored son Joseph was much appreciated by the good Pharaoh for his wise counsel to save Egypt from impending famine which had already adversely affected other land such as Canaan, the Jacobites/Israelites were ‘set apart’ in the land of Goshen, away from Egyptian population. So what, you would think, so much better since they could stay together in one place. The reason, we are told, is that Israelites are shepherds by profession. So what, you would say again, nothing wrong with that profession. To Egyptians who were nature-worshippers, the lamb is in its pantheon of gods. Check out this post:

The Lamb/Ram in Egypt’s Pantheon

9/30 “spell life in hebrew” – In the Jewish celebration of Sabbath, the blessing of the bread and wine is a ‘toast’ where they say “l’chaim” or “to life!”

9/30 “quotes about god’s creation” – Genesis/Bere’shith 1: “At the beginning of God’s creating the heavens and the earth”

9/29 “ark of the covenant” –

The Ark of the Covenant: Was it in the Holy of Holies on the day Jesus died?

9/29 “jewish symbols” – Must Read – 6 – Robert Schoen/The Torah and the Law; Jewish symbols

9/29 “should we believe in aswang ? essay” – The Knowledge that Awakened Me – 3 – An essay of a student in World Mythology and Folklore

9/29 “levenson the wedding of god and israel” – Jon D. Levenson, SINAI & ZION: An Entry into the Jewish Bible.

9/29 “esau wants to kill jacob” – Esau at first did want to seek revenge against Jacob when this twin whose name means ‘supplanter’ tricked their father Isaac into giving him Esau’s birthright; but years later, he underwent a change. Check these posts:

9/28 “yhwh” – We have a whole series on the Name, please check out:

9/27 “happy sabbath day wallpaper” –We get our images by googling “sabbath lights” or “sabbath blessings” or “sabbath greetings”; for now here’s our latest Sabbath liturgy: A Sinaite’s Anniversary Celebration – 4th Sabbath of September

9/27 “gods of egypt” –

9/26 “pdf(biblical perspectives of the shema)” – SHEMA – Perspective from Judaism

9/25 “angry god vs loving god” – “Angry, vengeful God” of OT vs. “Merciful loving God” of NT

9/25 “lecture by reuvin firestone “who are the real chosen people”

9/25 “gods and goddesses of greece” – This is from: Must Read: Reuven Firestone – 4 – Chosenness in the Ancient Near East

The Greek kings then fancied themselves as pharaohs as well, with the result that the Egyptian god Osiris, for example, was merged with the Greek God Dionysis, and the Egyptian god Thoth with the Greek god Hermes. The result was the weakening of the local religions and assimilation to a system that was closer to the religion of the conquerors.

The Greeks brought not only their gods, but also their culture. The power and popularity of Hellenic culture influenced local cultures and “hellenized” them. This resulted in the emergence of what historians call “Hellenism,” a synthesis of pure Greek (Hellenic) culture with the local Near Eastern cultures. Many locals learned the Greek language and integrated their traditional indigenous cultures with that of the Greeks. They were inevitably attracted to the Greek religious system as well. Because of the overwhelming and unifying power of Hellenism, local tribal religions began to lose some of the distinctiveness of their culture. Eventually, the independent integrity of the local Near Eastern religious systems would die out entirely to this assimilation, though that process would not be complete until the arrival of the Romans.

The assimilation process encouraged by the Greek and Roman conquerors was not successful, however, under the strident monotheism of Israel. By the time the Greeks had come to the area, the Israelites had become localized in a region called Judea and increasingly referred to themselves as Judeans, from which we get the term Jew. One of the problems that Jews faced after the Greek conquest was that they were expected, like all foreign peoples, to make offerings to the Greek gods. Because they simply and adamantly refused to do so, a compromise was eventually reached that allowed the Jews to worship in their own unique manner and make donations to their temple in Jerusalem.

9/25 “lecture by reuvin firestone “who are the real chosen people”

Must Read: Reuven Firestone – 3 – In the beginning …
Must Read: Reuven Firestone – 4 – Chosenness in the Ancient Near East

9/25 “may you be inscribed in the book of life for god” – “May you be inscribed in the Book Of Life.”

9/23 “shema jewish symbols” – Signs and Symbols from the SHEMA

9/21 “what did moses mean when he said i have been a sojourner in a foreign land” – Exodus/Shemoth 2 – “A sojourner have I become in a foreign land.”

9/21 “sojourner in a foreign land” – Exodus/Shemoth 2 – “A sojourner have I become in a foreign land.”

9/21 “jewish symbols” – Must Read – 6 – Robert Schoen/The Torah and the Law; Jewish symbols

9/18 “neil gillman and views on death” – Must Read: The Death of Death

9/18 “child lighting sabbath candles painting” – A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 1st Sabbath of May

9/18 “inscribed in book of life card” – “May you be inscribed in the Book Of Life.”

9/18 “the origins of prophecy remains vailed in obscurity” how far true is this statement – Q&A: “Israel prophecy” – “veiled in obscurity”?

9/18 “location of the palace where moses was reared” – Presumably, Moses was reared in the palace where Pharaohs of Egypt; but just out of curiosity, we googled the same search entry and landed here: this: http://biblehub.com/library/pamphilius/the_life_of_constantine/chapter_xii_that_like_moses_he.htm

9/18 “joshua 1 8-9” – Scroll: Joshua 1:8-9

9/17 “the jewish mystique ernest von haag” – Revisited: The Jewish Mystique by Ernest Van Den Haag

9/17 “rabbi may you be inscribed” – “May you be inscribed in the Book Of Life.”

9/15 “jewish symbols” – Must Read – 6 – Robert Schoen/The Torah and the Law; Jewish symbols

9/14 “yhwh elohim” – This whole website is dedicated to declaring the Name of the one True “Elohim” so there are many posts that can address this searcher. Please check out the series “In His Name”.

9/13 “esau” –

9/13 “what did moses mean “but i am of uncircumcised lips” –Exodus/Shemoth 6-b: Do you have “uncircumcised lips”?

9/13 “why not to forgive a relative” – Revisited: Why forgive/how to deal with angry relatives, former friends, enemies . . .

9/13 “when is the 3rd sabbath of the month” – For this year 2014, the next Sabbath is the 3rd, date:September 20.

9/12 “bamidbar – send for yourself men” –Numbers/Bamidbar – 13 – “Send for yourself men, that they may scout out the land of Canaan”

9/12 “discuss the view that the origins of israelite prophecy remain held in obscurity” – Q&A: “Israel prophecy” – “veiled in obscurity”?

9/12 “judaism torah” – Check these posts:

9/12 “hebrew symbol for god” – The Hebrew word for god, any god, is elohim. When they refer to their God, it becomes Elohim or Elokim. This word is used in Genesis for the Being responsible for Creation. As for a ‘hebrew symbol for god’, we know the Israelites were prohibited from making any representation of their God, but since His self-revealed Name is YHWH, we presume the Tetragrammaton would be the ‘hebrew symbol for god” — that is, their God.

9/12 “the greek gods” – Must Read: Reuven Firestone – 4 – Chosenness in the Ancient Near East

9/11 “jewish symbols” – Must Read – 6 – Robert Schoen/The Torah and the Law; Jewish symbols

9/11 “judaismemerging christian community” – Paul 5 – Conflict with the Jews, and emerging Pauline theology

9/11 “happy sabbath photos” – If this searcher is interested in the images we use in our Sabbath Liturgy, here are the terms we enter in google search: “images for Sabbath celebration” or “images for Sabbath lighting” or “images for Shabbat Shalom.”

9/10 “egyptian gods and goddesses” –

9/10 “origins of lsraelite prophecy remains veiled in obscurity’discuss” – Q&A: “Israel prophecy” – “veiled in obscurity”?

9/10 “leaving christianity for karaite judaidm” – MUST READ: A Karaite’s Perspective on the faith he left behind

9/10 “‘origins of israelite prophecy remains veiled in obscurity’discuss” – Q&A: “Israel prophecy” – “veiled in obscurity”?

9/10 “egypt gods” –

9/9 “jewish symbols” – Must Read – 6 – Robert Schoen/The Torah and the Law; Jewish symbols

9/8 “scape goat and sacrafice on yom kippur” –

Sacrificial goat, Scapegoat . . . what about the Lamb? Not on Yom Kippur.

9/8 “egypt gods” –

9/8 “the shema” –

Image from consigliere77.livejournal.com

9/6 “жена лота картинка” – The things we learn from searchers —frankly, we had no idea what this search entry was about; so checked it out and it appears to be connected with Lot’s wife who turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. This natural rock formation or pillar among others, is believed to be her.

9/6 “happy sabbath with angels” – We haven’t used any angel images on our sabbath liturgy but now that a searcher has this entry, will try using them in future liturgies.

9/3 “egyptian gods and goddesses” – The Lamb/Ram in Egypt’s Pantheon

9/3 “the judah interlude” – Strange Interlude: Judah and Tamar

9/3 “yom kippur and scapegoat” –

Sacrificial goat, Scapegoat . . . what about the Lamb? Not on Yom Kippur.
Leviticus/Wayyiqrah 16 – What? They cast lots for a sacrificial goat and a scapegoat, wasn’t ‘Blood Atonement’ all about a “Sacrificial Lamb”?

9/3 “if israel was promised to the jews why dont they have it yet” – In a nutshell — in the book of Joshua, Israel did occupy the land promised to them . . . but after centuries of failure to obey their God and live Torah, judgment fell upon them; their land was conquered by gentile powers—all these are recorded in their books of history (Kings, Chronicles). They lost land and the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed, rebuilt, and finally destroyed in 70 BC. The amazing fulfillment of prophecy was “a nation will be born in one day” — in 1949 the UN, horrified at the holocaust, made a decision to grant the Jews in diaspora a portion of the land and Jews from all over the world made aliyah and returned to the portion of the land of Israel granted to them . . . but neighboring Islamic nations would not let them live in peace and attacked them; the wars they fought to defend their right to live in the land continue to this day. Modern history is a testimony to the fulfillment of prophecy regarding this ‘chosen’ nation.

Here are some articles:

9/2 “the origins of israelite prophecy remains viewed as obscurity.discuss” – Q&A: “Israel prophecy” – “veiled in obscurity”?

9/1 “egyption gods” – EXODUS: The 10 Plagues–Judgment of YHWH upon Egypt’s gods

9/1 “sabbath blessings” – Take your pick!

A Sinaite’s Sabbath Liturgy

Source: Exodus/Shemoth 24 – "the sight of the Glory of YHVH (was) like a consuming fire" -- We gentiles living in this 21st century are able to experience that climactic moment [God appearing on Sinai] by reading and studying this portion of the TORAH. Indeed, we see YHWH not quite as dramatically as the mixed multitude did, but perhaps even better through these accounts recorded in Exodus. There is a saying that hindsight is 20/20 vision, i.e., we begin to see and understand the question marks in our past only later in our lives, as we mature and hopefully become wiser and more introspective about the meaning or seeming meaninglessness of happenings in history, whether personal, national, or universal. Søren Kierkegaard adds a twist to this: “Only 20:20 vision is hindsight. Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” As we endeavor to understand each portion in the TORAH of YHWH, much of it will seem irrelevant to our current situation but if we see beyond the time-bound cultural and religious situations and begin to understand what truly has not change—human nature and the Great Revelator who designed the perfect blueprint for living in peace, happily and contentedly with family, community, country and the nations, the unquestionable conclusion is: TORAH is relevant to ALL humankind, not just to Israel, to this very day.

A Sinaite’s Sabbath Liturgy

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