[First posted in 2012; time for a repost. This recommended read is: A HISTORY OF THE JEWS by Paul Johnson. One reviewer, Merle Rubin of Christian Science Monitor says it best: “An absorbing, provocative, well-written, often moving book, an insightful and impassioned blend of history and myth, story and interpretation” (highlights added). I most […]
[First posted in 2012; time for a repost. This recommended read is: A HISTORY OF THE JEWS by Paul Johnson. One reviewer, Merle Rubin of Christian Science Monitor says it best: “An absorbing, provocative, well-written, often moving book, an insightful and impassioned blend of history and myth, story and interpretation” (highlights added). I most […]
Read more[Originally posted in 2014. “Hallowing” has nothing to do with “Halloween” except for the word “hallow” which means to “honor as holy or make holy; consecrate”. A bit of trivia since this is being posted on . . . er . . .coincidentally Halloween 2013: “ORIGIN late 18th cent.: contraction of All Hallow Even (Even —the end […]
Read more[First posted in 2012; another timely seasonal clarification as we enter the season of “festival lights” — the answer to the title’s question is from the Sinaite’s perspective and understanding of the Hebrew Scriptures.—Admin1] Let us be absolutely clear about what Sinaites believe: First of all, the Light of the World is YHWH. […]
Read more[First posted in 2012. We’ve often been asked the same question and have answered much in the same way as the author of the book featured here.—Admin1] ————————– This is a question asked by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in his book FUTURE TENSE; JEWS, JUDAISM, AND ISRAEL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, specifically Chapter 4 […]
Read more[First posted in 2012; time for a repost. This recommended read is: A HISTORY OF THE JEWS by Paul Johnson. One reviewer, Merle Rubin of Christian Science Monitor says it best: “An absorbing, provocative, well-written, often moving book, an insightful and impassioned blend of history and myth, story and interpretation” (highlights added). I most […]
Read more[Originally posted in 2014. “Hallowing” has nothing to do with “Halloween” except for the word “hallow” which means to “honor as holy or make holy; consecrate”. A bit of trivia since this is being posted on . . . er . . .coincidentally Halloween 2013: “ORIGIN late 18th cent.: contraction of All Hallow Even (Even —the end […]
Read more[First posted in 2012, here’s the original Introduction: This article was sent in by VAN@S6K; source: mordochai.tripod.com/biblical. It presents a different view from what we have so far understood about saying and writing the Tetragrammaton; our stand has been — how can God’s Name ever be known if people don’t ever hear it or ever see it […]
Read more[First posted in 2018. This is from MUST READ: The Jewish Mystique by Ernest van den Haag. Related posts: MUST READ: The Jewish Mystique by Ernest Van Den Haag MUST READ: The Jewish Mystique by Ernest van den Haag – Prologue & Epilogue MUST READ: The Jewish Mystique by Ernest van den Haag: “Are Jews […]
Read more[First posted in 2012, shortly after we started this website. When a visitor clicks old posts, it gives us the opportunity to review it and decide if it is still relevant to our ever-developing current understanding and convictions. This week, Israel is again in the news, battling it out with an old old enemy that […]
Read moreAccording to the Jewish Calendar which we regularly check so we could celebrate with Israel the days that are of national importance to them, Oct 22 is Simchat Torah , “Day of Celebrating the Torah”. To observant Jews like the Rabbis and those who practice Judaism, the TORAH is the end-all and be-all of life and why […]
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