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Living Kedushah
2008-02-26 22:45:00 ?' ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 21Another point related to today's Walking On Fire entry Roar Of The Lion, pertains to a second point of the article by Rabbi Ari Enkin posted by Gil Student at Hirhurim in the discussion on knotting tzitzit during the blackness of night and more:Many Tzitzit professionals have the custom never to cut Tzitzit strings with scissors or any other metal object. Instead, any necessary cutting or shortening is done with one's teeth.[1] This idea of not using metal in the process of making Tzitzit mirrors the building of the Beit Hamikdash. We are told that it was forbidden to use any metal utensils when hewing the stones which were to be used in the construction of the Altar. As such, some suggest that the use of metal should be forbidden in the process of making Tzitzit as well.This common denominator between the Altar and Tzitzit is their role in lengthening human life, [2] while metal is a material used in weaponry whose primary purpose is to shorten it. [3... More About: Living
Z'man Grama - Raising Up Results In Time
2008-02-26 19:01:00 ?' ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 21In traditional Judaism, women are typically exempt from "time-bound" (z'man grama ??? ?????) ritual mitzvot such as laying tefillin. In other words, it is thought that women are not usually considered obligated to perform rituals which have a specific time associated with their performance. Women are told that such rituals are called "time-bound" because the rituals must be performed at a certain time (not conducive to performance by a woman), but the actual meaning of the phrase z'man grama is to "produce/cause/bring down/raise up results into time/life."Z'man comes from the shoresh ??? meaning "time", "preparing" and to "designate for a purpose". [1]Grama comes from two shorashim. The first shoresh is ??? meaning "lever motion", "joining limbs that cause movement", and "steps leading forward and upward". [1] From this shoresh comes the word ?????? meaning "to cause, to produce, or to result in." [2] The second shoresh is ??? meaning "raise from a lo... More About: Time , Results
Roar Of The Lion
2008-02-26 15:23:00 ?' ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 21In follow-up to previous entries (Knesset Echad, Key Circle Of The Black Knot and Lion Attack In The News), an article by Rabbi Ari Enkin posted by Gil Student at Hirhurim discusses knotting tzitzit during the blackness of night and more:Although many things can be done by machine, tying Tzitzit strings is still not one of them. In order to render a Tallit useable, the Tzitzit strings must be hand tied onto a Tallit by a God-fearing individual. What is amusing, however, is the largely mistaken belief that it is forbidden to tie the Tzitzit strings onto a Tallit at night. [1] The source for this misunderstanding is due to a perceived concern that doing so may be a violation of the Talmudic principle of ?Ta?ase V?lo Min Ha?asui?.The Chazon Ish was known to permit tying Tzitzit at night and specifically requested that his own Tallit be prepared at such time.[2]Read the entire discussion at Hirhurim. Interestingly, Toviah comments on this discussion that the... More About: Roar
Snow Day!
2008-02-26 13:50:00 ?' ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 21Hmm. It's snowing heavily, so here I am on a Tuesday morning, sitting at my computer after getting ready for work before I realized it was snowing heavily and decided to take today off for my Sunday manager day, and thinking I should go back to bed and get some extra sleep.Maybe I will, or maybe I'll just sit here and listen to my indoor windchime in the quiet house for awhile and meditate on the peacefulness. More About: Snow , Snow Day
Lion Attack In The News
2008-02-26 02:56:00 ?' ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 21Another synchronicity of my dreams with subsequent news events ... in follow-up to Saturday's entry describing my lion dream (Knesset Echad, Key Circle Of The Black Knot), Foxnews reports tonight of a lion attack on a 10-year boy, also on Saturday.Lion Tears Off 10-Year Old Boy's Left Arm Saturday At CircusMonday, February 25, 2008BEIJING ? A lion attacked a 10-year-old boy visiting a circus in eastern China, biting off his arm through the bars of its cage, state media said Monday.The boy was looking at the lion Saturday at Wanfota Park in Mengcheng, a county in Anhui province, when the feline lunged and grabbed the boy with its paws, pulling the child's arm inside the cage, the Xinhua News Agency said."Park workers managed to pull the boy away, but his left arm had been torn away by the animal," Xinhua said.In my dream, the lion ran circles and did not attack. In this news report, the lion which attacked was a circus lion, where a circus is called by... More About: In the News , The News , Attack
The Witching Hour
2008-02-24 18:35:00 ?'? ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 19Old Timer comments at DovBear:I heard something very strange in shul this past Friday night. Someone heard from his Rebbe that you are not allowed to make kiddush between 6PM & 7PM because the "shaydim" are active during that hour. If one came home from shul and could not make kiddush before 6PM he must wait the full hour until after 7PM to do so. I thought that as Jews we are not allowed to be superstitious. Has anyone else heard of this new "chumrah"? It seems that new ones keep popping up every day.According to Sefer Yetzirah, the hour of 6-7 p.m. Friday evening is governed by the planetary energy of Mars, which influences such things as "blood, strife, wickedness, external injury, war, hatred and jealousy." The planet Mars corresponds to the letter Gimel, and thus through the Gimel/Mars connection, the hour in question creates a bridge into the physical world for the reality of "reward and punishment" to manifest. Should one be due for punishmen... More About: Hour
Knesset Echad, Key Circle Of The Black Knot
2008-02-23 18:56:00 ?'? ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 18I dreamt.Of the details, the following survived into waking consciousness.I was in a protected house surrounded by a "circuiting" path, like a running track.A magnificent lion-like creature ascended to the "track" around the place. The creature of singularly awesome power was potentially lethally dangerous. It's potential danger lay in the idea that the energy it embodied was discerned to be finely balanced upon the dimensionless tip of a scale of iterating measures. If the energy stayed on the track and contained within it's set boundaries, it was very good - for no enemy could cross the track of the lion. Should anyone enter the track of the lion from outside the house, the lion would encounter them in it and rip them to shreds.As the lion ran it's circuits, I needed to stay in the protected house as well. The danger of going outside for me lay not in being ripped to shreads by the lion, but in "throwing" the lion off it's finely balanced track - ... More About: Black , Circle , Knesset , Knot
Tarah & The Colorless Living Light
2008-02-22 03:12:00 ?'? ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 17In follow-up to my previous entry discussing the "colorless aura", Clear Living Light , two leading ideas and one key point:From Introduction To The Book Of Zohar"The ten (innermost) Sefirot of the direct light have no color, but when they pass through the worlds, they acquire different colors, dress into various shells, and thus manifest before us. That is how we perceive this world."From The Inner Dimension"The "full spelling" of Adnut = 671. As the sefirah of malchut is often identified with targum (Aramaic, the "backside" of the Holy Tongue), the number 671 is interpreted in Kabbalah to refer to the Aramaic word for "gate," tarah (= 671). Malchut (and the power of its Divine Name Adnut) is called the gateway to enter into the mystery of the Divine sefirot, the realm of the perfectly rectified consciousness of One."
Clear Living Light
2008-02-20 03:17:00 י'ד באדר א' תשס"חKeolwulf 15As I was laying in the dark this evening, resting with my arm over my forehead in relaxing contemplation, I saw the "clear" aura of my arm against the darkness of the room. It looked like living "clear" flames radiating from my arm - a colorless fire of "invisible yet visible" radiant light.Pretty cool real energy and light from the darkness. More About: Living , Light , Clear
The Most Magical Creatures Of All
2008-02-18 03:17:00 ?'? ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 12My grandsons and I went together this afternoon to see The Spiderwick Chronicles, a magical mystical film about three siblings whose "sight" is opened to see a world full of faeries, goblins and other magical creatures. There is even a Book of Secrets in the film called The Field Guide. We had an awesome time, we human creatures journeying for a few hours into the fantastical world of Spiderwick.Near the end of the movie, Arthur Spiderwick reminds everyone, as he takes his daughter's hand into his own, that in our search to discover and interact with all the magical creatures which exist just beyond the veil, never forget to see the most magical creatures of all - our loved ones. More About: Creatures
Useful Information For The Budding Jewitch
2008-02-17 19:18:00 ?'? ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 12"Google" truly is a friend in the computer age. There is so much useful information online for the budding Jewitch to explore.One version of the Siddur (translated into English and in transliterated Hebrew) is online. One can also find examples of rituals from the traditions of Kabbalistic and Magical Judaism, Witchcraft, Druidry and Shamanism online, in addition to articles on the basic structural elements of ritual making. A sampling of offline books one may purchase which explore the basic ritual elements are in my online library listing, under the tags "ritual" and "mitzvot" (as some mitzvot are ritualistic). Here are two potentially useful starter links, one outlining the basic elements of Wiccan witch ritual and one outlining the basic elements of Jewish ritual.Then, with a baseline knowledge acquired in these areas, one can create a preliminary ritual tailored toward one's own practice. Remember, it's okay to use somebody else's ritual until y... More About: Information
Follow Your Bliss
2008-02-17 05:56:00 ?'? ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 12I was recently asked if I could teach someone to be a Jewitch. I don't know how to teach anyone to be a Jewitch.I don't believe such a thing can be taught, it must be discovered. Perhaps methods of exploration and discovery can be taught and learnt, but the path each of us must travel is unique. That written, here is my guidance toward someone taking the first steps on a path of exploration and discovery.There are links to Jewitchy and Kabbalah sites on my blogs, and a link to my "library" from where one might find some books with which to start learning "about" esoteric subjects such as Jewitchery, Kabbalah, Witchcraft, Druidry and Shamanism. The spiritual development work doesn't really come from books however, it begins by being true to yourself, exploring your inner world honestly, and following your bliss. By "bliss" I don't mean that which is necessarily fun or pleasurable in the typical sense. By "bliss" I mean the profound sense of pristine ...
Saudi Woman To Be Executed For Witchcraft
2008-02-17 01:11:00 ?'? ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 12May they be cursed by the Divine Feminine force should this despicable miscarriage of justice result in this woman's death. May Abdullah be worthy of his country's crown and extend mercy to this woman.Pleas for condemned Saudi 'witch'By Heba SalehBBC NewsHuman Rights Watch has appealed to Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of a woman convicted of witchcraft.In a letter to King Abdullah, the rights group described the trial and conviction of Fawza Falih as a miscarriage of justice.The illiterate woman was detained by religious police in 2005 and allegedly beaten and forced to fingerprint a confession that she could not read.Among her accusers was a man who alleged she made him impotent.The US-based group is asking the Saudi ruler to void Ms Falih's conviction and to bring charges against the religious police who detained her and are alleged to have mistreated her.Its letter to King Abdullah says the woman was tried for the undefined crime of witchcr... More About: Witchcraft , Woman
Blue Fringe On The Edge
2008-02-14 00:42:00 ?' ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 9From Science at Nasa:On Wednesday evening, February 20th, the full Moon over the Americas will turn a delightful shade of red and possibly turquoise, too. It's a total lunar eclipse?the last one until Dec. 2010.A lunar eclipse happens when the Moon passes through the shadow of Earth. You might expect the Moon to grow even more ashen than usual, but in fact it transforms into an orb of vivid red.Why red? That is the color of Earth's shadow.The delicate layer of dusty air surrounding our planet reddens and redirects the light of the sun, filling the dark behind Earth with a sunset-red glow. The exact tint--anything from bright orange to blood red is possible--depends on the unpredictable state of the atmosphere at the time of the eclipse. "Only the shadow knows," says astronomer Jack Horkheimer of the Miami Space Transit PlanetariumWhile you're watching, be alert for another color: turquoise. Observers of several recent lunar eclipses have reported a fla... More About: Blue , The Edge , Fringe , Edge
Place Of Two Pillars On Legs In The News
2008-02-11 01:06:00 ?' ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 6This is a gruesome post, but another dual synchronicity of my dreams and real life with immediate parallel news events must be documented for the scribal record. While the "legs" synchronicity is positive in my dream (Bitachon, Shlomah's Catacomb & The Magic Megilah - where bitachon is associated with the leg of Netzach) and real life (The Victory Of Boudicca & The Temple Of Hod - where Boudicca's Celtic revival is associated with the leg of Hod), both entries e-scribed this past Shabbat, these news events are disturbingly violent. Where the violent energy originates, I do not know, but thank Goddess, it failed to find it's way into my milieu. ???? ???? ??????The first news event. Rocket fire.A Sabbath Under Fire In Sderot, And Its AftermathSunday, February 10, 2008On Saturday night the 9th of February, two brothers 19 and 8 year old, Rami and Osher Twito, borrowed their mother's credit card to go to the Sderot ATM machine to buy after shave l... More About: News , In the News , The News , Legs , Place
Presence
2008-02-10 02:29:00 ?' ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 5From the CD Beyond The Pale, Legends Of The Goddess II by Laura Powers, an excerpt of the lyrics from Sisters Of The Wind:Sweet abandonGoddess of the airTangled starlightTrails from Her hairIn the silence of time forgottenBefore the garden of manRiding currents with all creationShe plays out God's handRelated entry: Epiphany More About: Presence
Hineni
2008-02-09 20:48:00 ?' ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 4In follow-up to the entry, Summoning Of The Ancestors, R. J. Stewart writes in UnderWorld Initiation:The identifying factor of the Summoning may be defined negatively; it is not any of the above categories (displacement mediumship, seership, remembering past lives, or ritually generated imaginative magical forms).The Summoning of the Ancestors is a distinct mode of awareness, which may incorporate certain features already described, such as apparent memories, information or prediction, but it is not a type of mediumship or seership, nor is it a product of magical images. As a general rule, it is a mode of awareness which is accessible to the seer, but not to the medium.What, then, is the Summoning? It is a change which occurs in the blood. It is not connected to memory, yet can produce the memories of people from the distant past. Something which happens within the bloodstream enables the individual to attune to a store or body of consciousness which tra...
Summoning Of The Ancestors
2008-02-09 19:42:00 ?' ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 4In follow-up to these recent previous entries,The Victory Of Boudicca & The Temple Of HodBitachon, Shlomah's Catacomb & The Magic MegilahMagic Keys To RedemptionMagic Megilahan entry from January 19, 2008,Unified Aspects Of Traditionand an entry from December 15, 2007,Heritage Factswhere I wrote (in Heritage Facts):* I am the 6th great grandniece of American founding father and statesman Benjamin Franklin through my mother's father's mother's line. ** Classic American author William Faulkner is another distinguished member of my family tree on my mother's side. ** The Faulkner clan arrived in America (Maryland) via Wales 22 January 1665 on the ship Agreement, setting out from Bristol.* In addition to Wales and London, other areas in the UK from which I have ancestors include Ecton, Northamptonshire, Banbury, Oxford. *I note that with respect to my dream from this morning of the catacombed underworld of Shlomah, that as does Queen Boudicca, I ... More About: Summoning
The Victory Of Boudicca & The Temple Of Hod
2008-02-09 18:31:00 ?' ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 4In follow-up to my previous entry discussing the first leg of the matter, Bitachon, Shlomah's Catacomb & The Magic Megilah, I note that in addition to receiving both my 9 Magic Redemption Keys and my one Magic Megilah in the mail yesterday, I also received in the mail a further Craftwork order - the second leg of the matter, a Boudicca Talisman (shown). Crafted of highly polished lead-free pewter embellished with a sparking clear Swarovski crystal, my talisman is associated with the courage, victorious tenacity and the deep inner perserverance (namely the Temple of Hod) of the great Celtic leader, Queen Boudicca. ?? More About: Victory , The Temple
Bitachon, Shlomah's Catacomb & The Magic Megilah
2008-02-09 14:23:00 Photo from Witches Moon.?' ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 4In follow-up to earlier entries, 9 Magic Keys To Redemption (which arrived in the mail yesterday) and Manifest Spark Of Redemptive Magic, I dreamt this morning.Time felt both anciently existent and nonexistent, between being and not being, a twilight zone between time and timelessness.I lived within a community located deep within the earth, in the hidden (amon) underworld inner world. We came to know through sensory telepathy that the deep subterranean oceans were being broken up throughout the underworld, and soon the deeps immediately surrounding our completely enclosed dwelling pocket within the land would be affected too. Unless some miracle occurred for us, we would be covered over with many waters, obliterated, and our hidden place submerged within the deep underworld seas. In my mind, I was aware that this catastrophic event had happened many times before in antiquity clear back to in the beginning of all. It was a cosmic...
Manifest Spark Of Redemptive Magic
2008-02-08 01:19:00 ?' ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 3An interesting synchronicity with my recent Craftwork entry, Magic Keys To Redemption, where I wrote:I have 9 magic skeleton keys, each measuring in the range from 63.5 to 127 mm in length. Nine represents the 9 sefirot from Keter to Yesod (the lunar realm where the 9 collect). The value 63.5 represents Ateret HaYesod (the sub-lunar realm and the inner source of Malchut) and the 63-letter Divine Name which carries the Will to actualize (via the value 5) the power of rectified imagination. The value 5 represents the power of expression through 5 paths of The Law as described in the esoteric teachings of both Celtic Witchcraft (for example, the Tract of The Law of Kings as found in Brehon Law) and Jewish Kabbalah (for example, the 5 Gevurot of Da'at in Malchut). The value of 127 represents the perfect extension of all that came before into Malchut.Yesterday and today I attended a two-day seminar-workshop for work. Each day we were given a tabbed notebook ... More About: Spark
Fae Of The Sapphire Skies
2008-02-02 05:19:00 ?"? ???? ???"?Imbolgen 26Sabbat ImbolgSylphs are winged beings of the air, open spaces, clouds and protectors of Gan Eden, high peaks and wilderness mountains. A branch from among the Sidhe, Sylphs control the weather and extremes of nature. Childling Sylphs are called Cherubs. Shown is an artistic representation of the Sylphs from Crystalinks. Titled "Sylphs", I call it "Fae Of The Sapphire Skies". Though Sylphs are faeries of the air, there is nothing "airy fairy" (fluffy) about them.Related news:Twin-Engine Plane Crashes in North Carolina, Killing All Six OnboardFriday, February 01, 2008MOUNT AIRY, N.C. ? A twin-engine plane crashed Friday as it tried to land amid low fog at a small airport in northwest North Carolina, killing all six people on board, officials said.Stephanie Conner, a Surry County emergency services shift supervisor, said investigators had confirmed there were no survivors.Surry County officials said the King Air C90A crashed in a neighborhood near the Mount Ai...
Young Tam Lin
2008-01-27 02:30:00 ?" ???? ???"?Imbolgen 20Traditional Scottish BalladThe King forbade his maidens a'That wore gold in their hairTo come and go by Carterhaugh,For young Tam Lin is there.And those that go by CarterhaughFrom them he takes a fee,Either their rings or their mantlesOr else their maidenheads!So Janet has kilted her green mantleJust a little above her knee,And she has gone to CarterhaughJust as fast as she could flee.She had not pulled a double rose,A rose but three or four,When up and spoke this young Tam Lin,Crying "Lady, pull no more!''How dare you pull those flowers!How dare you break those wands!How dare you come to CarterhaughWithouten my command?'She says, 'Carterhaugh it is my ownMy Father gave it to me,And I will come and go by hereWithouten any leave of thee!'There were four and twenty ladies gayAll sitting down at chess,In and come the fair young Janet,As pale as any glass.Up and spake her father dear,He spake meek and mild,'Oh alas, Janet,' he cried,'I fear you go with c... More About: Young
Beyond The Pale, Legends Of The Goddess II
2008-01-24 03:36:00 ?"? ???? ???"?Imbolgen 17Newest music CD - Beyond The Pale , Legends Of The Goddess II by Laura Powers"The musical journey continues enfolding the listener in a place that is both ancient and new. Circle and soar over the moors with the "Sisters of the Wind", experience nature's wisdom (Answer Me With Silence) and smell the jasmine wind as the goddess of the sea guides you through unknown waters (Goddess of the Sea Mist). Enhanced by Celtic instrumentation such as uilleann pipes, tin whistle and Irish flute the music radiates a haunting beauty that captures the heart and soothes the spirit."
Walk Carefully
2008-01-22 20:01:00 ?"? ???? ???"?Imbolgen 15In follow-up to earlier entries (Two Streams, One Winding Line of Consciousness and My Dream In The News ... Again), news today from northern Illinois:Chicago Street Becomes RiverCHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- A 3-foot-diameter water main burst on Chicago's North Side early Tuesday, gushing out thousands of gallons of water that crumbled pavement and turned a major street into a small lake.Police closed several blocks around Montrose Avenue and Wolcott Street and the Chicago Transit Authority briefly shut down a nearby train station and rerouted buses.A hole in the street quickly grew to 25 feet long and the torrent ripped a light pole and several parking meters from the sidewalk."It was a dramatic scene," said Tom LaPorte, spokesman for the city's Department of Water Management. "That's lot of water to come out of the pipe all at once. The deepest was about 4 feet of water."Read full article at link above. More About: Walk
Open News
2008-01-22 16:11:00 ?"? ???? ???"?Imbolgen 15I was planning on being away from home Monday through Wednesday on business. However, the hotel (not cheap) where a room had been provided for me through a sister facility where I was going to help the new data coordinator get her systems in order (originally for 3 days) had drapes fixed in the "open" position. The drapes had been designed that way - they weren't faulty functioning. The only thing between the outside world and I was a pair of sheer panels! Have you ever heard of such a thing?!!!! Needless to say, I'm no longer there. It's Tuesday morning and I'm at home. I'm sorry I had to leave after the first day, but to be provided an indecent room with drapes fixed "open" and to consider such a room acceptable business accomodations is totally beyond the pale. Unbelievable! That's right, Mike. As everyone else in the conference room yesterday afternoon, I too am a professional, and as a professional, this is a business standard I will not accept.M... More About: News , Open
Unified Aspects Of Tradition
2008-01-19 21:45:00 ?"? ???? ???"?Imbolgen 12In follow-up to my earlier posts, Advent Of The Black Crow & The Exodus and Raven Of The Land, I also want to point out that my one dream as described in the first entry contains within it three major aspects of transmutative Tradition (just as the Morrgan is sometimes perceived as a triple goddess and sometimes as a single goddess), namely:The Black Crow, symbolizing the archetypal Feminine Power of the UnderWorld.The Guardian and the Guide, symbolizing guardianship of Sovereignty and guidance toward one's correct developmental path.The Summoning of the Ancestors, evident in the correlation of the Green Lion alchemical stage with both the greenfield of the dream and my Jewish ancestors, Will and Sue Grunwald (meaning Greenfield); and Remembering the Future, evident in my dream's interpretive link to my chotimah (the flame of the future world). More About: Aspects
Raven Of The Land
2008-01-19 21:08:00 ?"? ???? ???"?Imbolgen 12Black ravens are members of the Crow family. Typically associated with terror and cruelty, ravens/crows are alternatively associated with righteousness and mercy.Rav Fraund writes of Eliyahu's raven:There would come a time when a righteous person would make the land dry (Eliyahu the prophet). There would be a tremendous famine in the land and the ravens would bring him food and meat.Consequently, not only is Black Crow associated with transmutation of consciousness in esoteric Celtic Tradition, but so too is Black Crow associated with transmutation of consciousness in esoteric Jewish Tradition, where I, myself, am a tapestry of both in peaceful harmony.Celtic Morrgan and Hebrew Lilith.Morrgan as the guardian of Sovereignty. More About: Land , Raven
Advent Of The Black Crow & The Exodus
2008-01-19 04:04:00 ?"? ???? ???"?Imbolgen 12I began reading my new book, Underworld Initiation by R. J. Stewart a few days ago. Nearly three weeks ago, I posted my dream, Cleave Land, writing in that post of red birds and of the advent of one black bird:Off to the side of the road there was a huge field completely full of singing red birds. There were so many singing red birds that the songs and the birds themselves blurred into one sound and sight of indistinct red chaos, yet I concentrated (almost as if pulling myself inward together) to listen for a distinct message to come out from among them.I focused. Many of the red birds suddenly just disappeared as if lifted off the page of the "place" I was seeing. No longer was there a blur of song and redness. Though the field was still full of birds, now I could see individual birds, whereas before they had all blurred together. Most were still red birds, but I could now see that there were birds of other colors scattered among them as well. Now, there wa... More About: Black , Crow , Exodus , Advent
Pharaoh Explained
More articles from this author:2008-01-15 03:30:00 ?' ???? ???"?Imbolgen 8After the Hebrews had lived literally hundreds of years undisturbed in Mitzrayim, all of a sudden Pharaoh has a psychotic break and decrees all the male Hebrew babies to be thrown to the crocodiles? We must ask, what triggered Pharaoh's psychosis?Well, midrash tells us that Pharaoh's astrologers had warned him of a particular unnamed Hebrew coming down the line (sometime forward in the future) who would seriously disturb the "kingdom" (his daughter's kingdom eventually). The news stories of those times reports (Torah records) Pharaoh's immediate response to the news that "someone" (Calev! LOL) was coming down the line - Pharaoh decreed burdens upon all (keep the Hebrews busy) and kill the male Hebrew babies (these decrees were initiated many years before Moshe was born and "received" by Batya).You see, Pharaoh thought that by nixing out Calev at birth (whichever baby he might be), his daughter would never rebel. LOL. I can hear him say even now, "there wi... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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