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Shayish, The Importance Of A Vav-Torah
2008-06-22 18:35:00 ?"? ???? ????"?Alban Heruin 20The transition metal with which my newest ritual treasure is made is cobalt. With an atomic number of 27, most of the earth's cobalt is in its core. The Hebrew word for cobalt is ??? meaning 'evening'. My Craftwork cobalt 'evening'-related entry follows yesterday's series of 'morning'-related entries which began with Death Of Distortion, The Day The Sun Stood Still. During the period of time uniting the entries this weekend, as the order in my writings, evening followed morning.The morning to evening order is the reverse (a function of vav hahipuch) of that with which the waters of Bereshit 1:5-6 were divided, suggesting that the waters of Creation are no longer divided, and have reunited (a function of vav hachibur).
By: Walking On Fire
Her Torah Rising Up From Below
2008-06-08 14:06:00 ?' ???? ????"?Alban Heruin 6Last evening's motzi shabbat divination consisted of 3 Hebrew letters and 1 Ogham letter.??? - Torah from the earth; Her Torah, an earth-based shamanic configuration anchored in Truth through the letter tav (?), projecting through Her hand (?), Torah (?)and the letter ailm - the fid of an epiphanyThis divination followed the Tzohar dream vision of the single cell-like tav-like Newgrange-like iron framework of an inner temple room simultaneously, both coming down from above and rising up from below. It also connects to my Hebrew name, Liorah ??????, whose Torah pasuk of remembrance is Devarim 30:12:? ? ?????, ???: ????, ?? ????-??? ?????? ????? ???, ??????? ? ??, ??????It is not in the heavens, that I should say, who can go up and get it for me that I may observe it. Cells Of A Song
By: Walking On Fire
Don?t Eat a Peach or Raisins and Almonds because Carrot Juice is Murder
2008-06-06 13:22:00 We are on the approach to the Pentecost, also known as Shavuot. On the holiday of Shavuot there is a well known custom not to eat any meat. There is a lesser known custom of the day prior to Shavuot not to eat any meat or any milk. Both customs are of ...
By: Jewneric
Torah Judaism, Homosexuality, and Gay Marriage
2008-06-02 17:23:00 The Torah does not like gays. For some Jews, this is not a difficult challenge to overcome. The Torah may have been inspired by God, but it was written by men. Its intolerance toward homosexuals can be written off as the outdated bigotry of a bygone age. For others, it is not a challenge at all. The ...
By: Jewneric
What Does G-d Taste Like?
2008-06-02 17:19:00 Shauli, our youngest son, was about seven years old as he sat across the table from me, at our favorite pizza shop. He considered a slice of pizza he held in his hands and asked: ?Is Hashem (G-d) everywhere?? ?Yes,? I answered, matter of factly. ?Is He in this slice of Pizza?? he asked, probing further. ?Yes,? ...
By: Jewneric
Taking My Mind for a Walk
2008-05-12 18:27:00 One day, Mayer, my chavruta wondered out loud about how a prophet could identify that a particular event he saw would happen in the future; after all, the information that he was accessing was most likely coming from a ?place? beyond the boundaries of time. His question began a stream of consciousness that led me to ...
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The Trouble With Antisemitism
2008-04-16 19:21:00 The Trouble with AntisemitismUploaded by Jewneric For more information on Rabbi Karsh please visit The Torah Learning Center
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Dvar Torah Fodder for the Seders
2008-04-16 01:28:00 Most people who read this website are probably also scurrying to clean their houses for Passover (leaven begone!) and searching high and low for divrei torah for the Seders. In the interests of satiating that need and self-promotion, here are my two suggestions for you if you want to rile up your family and friends. . . Are ...
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World of the Sages: Let the Torah not depart - Jerusalem Post
2008-04-10 11:20:00 World of the Sages: Let the Torah not departJerusalem Post, Israel - 6 hours agoBy LEVI COOPER As Joshua is about to lead the Jewish people into the Promised Land, the Almighty instructs him that Torah should never depart from his mouth ...
World of the Sages: Let the Torah not depart - Jerusalem Post
2008-04-10 11:20:00 World of the Sages: Let the Torah not departJerusalem Post, Israel - 12 hours agoBy LEVI COOPER As Joshua is about to lead the Jewish people into the Promised Land, the Almighty instructs him that Torah should never depart from his mouth ...
World of the Sages: Let the Torah not depart - Jerusalem Post
2008-04-10 11:20:00 World of the Sages: Let the Torah not departJerusalem Post, Israel - 18 hours agoBy LEVI COOPER As Joshua is about to lead the Jewish people into the Promised Land, the Almighty instructs him that Torah should never depart from his mouth ...
Knockin? On Zimmerman?s Door
2008-04-08 07:11:00 While my current employment in Jewish entertainment media has come up in my posts from time to time, I’ve never quite had enough gall to publish one of my playlists. I do so today on two counts. On the one hand, I know that if I had opened this up here, I would have ...
By: Jewneric
Cheney-Bush defy Torah (again)
2008-03-24 22:36:00 RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Mideast peace agreement will require “painful concessions” by Israelis and Palestinians who must work together to defeat those “committed to violence,” Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday. After meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Cheney stressed the U.S. commitment to the creation of an independent Palestinian state, saying it was ...
Lessons from the Megilah
2008-03-23 04:25:00 Whenever I get to read a piece of the Tanach, the Old Testament, there is always this sense of understanding, a correlation of the ancient words to the here and now of today?s Jewish existence. Listening to the Rabbi reading the Megilah, the story of Esther, Mordechai, Haman and the rest of the clan, the ...
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Thinking about G-d
2008-03-17 21:21:00 ?Do you really think G-d exists?? (curious) ?No.? ?Excuse me?? (bewildered) ?What?? ?I just asked you if you think G-d exists and you said ?No.?? ?So?? ?But you?re a Rabbi, and an Orthodox Jew; how can you not think G-d exists?? ?Why did you ask me if you already know the answer?? ?So you do think that G-d exists?? ?No.? ?Are you kidding me?? (unsure) ?No.? ?This ...
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Being a Heretic in MY Bible
2008-03-17 17:48:00 Throughout the past couple of weeks, I’ve spoken sarcastically about how the mere act of thinking is considered by some to be heretical. It doesn’t matter what you think; if it is contrary to a group’s core beliefs, you are a heretic according to their understanding. Of course, in your understanding, their ideas are probably ...
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Lord get me high?
2008-03-13 08:43:00 An Israeli psychologist believes that Moses and the Israelites were high on psychedelic drugs at the Sinai revelation: “As far Moses on Mount Sinai is concerned, it was either a supernatural cosmic event, which I don’t believe, or a legend, which I don’t believe either, or finally, and this is very probable, an event that joined ...
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Torah Temimah
2008-03-07 02:27:00 ?' ???? ?' ???"?Raven 1More on my natal birth chart.There are 4 astrological points in the zodiac houses corresponding to the element of Air. They are:Neptune, 17 times the mass of Earth - yesod, tov (???), gematria 17Venus - kaf (?), gematria 20Chiron, meaning "the healing hand" - yad (??), gematria 14Mars - gimel (?), gematria 3The total gematria of the one Air element is 54, the gematria of Dan, and the number of parashiyot in the entire Torah. I was born in a city named Danville during the month of Tevet.
By: Walking On Fire
The Art of War
2008-03-04 17:38:00 ?All warfare is based on deception. Hence when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Hold out bait to entice the enemy. ...
By: Jewneric
My Natal Torah Portion Via Yad HaChazakah
2008-03-01 19:52:00 ?'? ???? ?' ???"?Keolwulf 25My Natal Chart[1] (click for larger view)."The ascendant of a given geographic location at a given point in time is the point on the zodiac which coincides with - i.e., is ascending over - the eastern horizon as viewed from that place and time."The ascendant on a natal chart wheel is located where the horizontal line intersects with the left side of the wheel.In my own natal chart, Virgo (Elul, left hand - yad hachazakah, action, pintele yid, days of reclamation) governed by Mercury is on the ascendant. Thus, communication, intellect and awareness exert considerable influence over my chart and throughout this lifetime.From The Chassidic Dimension, Rambam states in Yad HaChazakah:The Torah portion of Chukas begins with the laws of the Parah Adumah, the Red Heifer, whose ashes were used to ritually purify a person who had come in contact with a dead body.[2]The Rambam states in Yad HaChazakah, Laws of Parah Adumah[3]: "Nine Parah Adumos were made from the...
By: Walking On Fire
The Sound of Silence, Jewish-Style
2008-02-27 16:20:00 There is nothing more filled with sound than quiet. It is both fascinating and frightening to listen to the cacophony of my internal sounds. After all, who knows what I might hear. My personal, layman?s, approach to quiet has always been to make so much external noise that I can?t hear the sounds from within. This ...
By: Jewneric
The 71 Sided Die
2008-02-18 06:05:00 One idea that is thrown around in Jewish thought is that there are seventy different approaches to learning. “Shivim Panim Latorah” (Bemidbar Rabba 13:15). The phrase in its entirety is, “There are 70 faces to Torah; turn it over and turn it over for everything is found in it.” This claim ...
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The New Month of Adar
2008-02-17 16:15:00 The new month of Adar has just begun and we are reminded by the rabbis that this is a time for rejoicing. As we prepare to celebrate this special time of joy, families in Demona, Israel will be grieving the loss of loved ones who were shopping in a mall when a suicide terrorist ...
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Defending the Torah vs. Loving Your Fellow
2008-02-09 19:42:00 by Akiva at Mystical PathsThis past Shabbat I encountered a new phenomenon in my new religious community in Eretz Yisroel. Walking home from synagogue on Shabbos night, a police car cruised up along one of the side streets of the community. He clearly appeared to be on patrol.I continued on my way with several of my children, walking to a main intersection that has a number of synagogues. There we encountered a small crowd of men and teenagers chatting after services prior to heading home to make kiddush and start the Shabbos meal. The police cruiser had completed his patrol up and down that long side street and now came down the main street...Now, this is Israel, it's assumed that the police are Jewish. And, even if they're not, the community wants peace and quiet from weekday activities on Shabbos. They .. won't .. tolerate .. disturbances .. on .. Shabbos. They will _defend_ Shabbos.So, as the police vehicle cruised slowly by, the young men jumped into the street shouti...
By: Mystical Paths
Deep Thinking: Where is G-D?
2008-02-08 18:39:00 Do you ever wonder why we need a Synagogue or a Temple to serve G-d? I mean, He’s everywhere, why focus our service of Him on a building? Sometimes I find myself cleaning my desk, and after a while I realize that I?m just trying to bring order to my life. It stands to reason that ...
By: Jewneric
The Wisdom of the Ancient World Gets Some Good Press!
2008-02-07 16:17:00 An article in Slate Magazine from April 10, 1998, by Steven E. Landsburg, discusses the way in which modern economic theory backs up the rabbis of the Babylonian Talmud. How I stumbled across this article about a week ago I really don’t remember, but I’ve been thinking about it constantly ever since. I just think ...
By: Jewneric
TORAH BIBLE SCROLL FRAGMENT JUDAICA 350 YR OLD MOROCCO
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Tu?Bishvat 2008
2008-01-22 15:02:00 As I look out the window and see the blustering snow and watch the cold wind it is apparent that winter is upon us. No one would even consider the possibility of planting for spring or summer. This is not an outside time, it is a time to hibernate in our warm homes. Nevertheless in ...
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Cloverfield: The Modern Day Yetzer Harah
2008-01-18 07:01:00 If the government ever issues a special dispensation permitting me to shiv one Hollywood personality, it would unquestionably be JJ Abrams because of what he has done to entertainment (Joel Schumacher would be a close second). Ever since his success with Alias, Hollywood has allowed JJ Abrams to run unchecked through television and film, cutting ...
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The One Thing
2008-01-16 17:52:00 When I hear someone who expresses an opinion that is to one extreme or the other, I tend to roll my eyes and dismiss it. No matter how important an issue, if you see no room for the other point of view you’re probably being led by an emotional or psychological bias. This ...
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Labels for the checklist
2008-01-07 19:02:00 “The Back Alley Approach” There was a post about categorizing people for dating purposes. I am not a fan of labels, or conforming to ? the man.? I want to share an experience that helped shape the way I do things today. I was having a conversation with a rabbi who asked me, “Why do you ...
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Fine Silver Torah Pointer
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TORAH BIBLE SCROLL FRAGMENT
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Upsherin; It?s Finally Time To Look Like a Boy, Son.
2007-12-26 04:28:00 The Before Shot A few weeks ago I attended a ceremony which celebrated a beautiful custom of some Jews, an Upsherin. For those of you unfamiliar with the upsherin let me break it down. For the first three years of a little boy’s life, we (those who keep this custom) refrain from cutting his ...
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Those Old Time Lox and Rolls
2007-12-20 10:03:00 Approaching the secular new year, I sit nostalgic of the Jewneric that was in the days of yore. Well, that’s not really true. I sit wondering why the only topics people can think to post are food related. Let’s recap for those who are new here. Jewneric began in August with posts ...
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NICE AUTHENTIC TORAH PARCHMENT
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Carrying The Torah, Norman Rabinowitz, Pewter
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Quran vs Old Testament
2007-11-17 04:38:00 Which one’s more violent? The Old Testament easily. Because when the Quran calls for killing people, in all but one verse it makes killing an act of self defense. Whereas the Torah has beautiful gems like: I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that ...
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