Month: June 2019
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Achrei Mot: What Would You Do To Repay A Friend In Trouble? (May 5, 2019)
1) What would you do to repay a friend in trouble?It’s #BibleStudyCoffeeTime.Sunday, May 5, 2019. 2) What if I told you that the friends I am referring to in this scenario are the Muslims? 3) But Muslims are attacking Israel right now, you say.How can you refer to them as friends? https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-48161346/hundreds-of-rockets-launched-from-gaza-into-israel … 4) But true friends remain…
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Kedoshim: Judged for Immorality (May 13, 2019)
1) Midnight thread time 2) I am having to work up the courage to do this one. 3) But when I saw the documentary “One of Us” on @netflix something just broke in me. 4) The movie is the story of three former Hasidim from Brooklyn. They are immediately recognizable to me as members of a cult…
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Kedoshim: Renouncing Molech and Child Sacrifice; Rectifying Lilith (May 11, 2019)
In the same breath, this portion tells us not to pimp out one’s children, not to commit child sacrifice to Molech specifically, and not to try to divine the future. These are also forms of behavior control, but they are the kind that clear off your windshield so you can see. The name “Lilith” is…
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Kedoshim: Getting Past The Notion That God Is Controlling (May 11, 2019)
God Is Not A Man Many people, including me, have questions like this: If God is so powerful and all knowing why does He need to control me? If God is so universal why did He pick the Jews? Why is the Jewish religion so obsessive-compulsive, judgmental and constraining? Response – God cannot be represented…
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Joshua 6:1-27: Sounding The Trumpets/The Last Bark Of The Dog (April 27, 2019)
1) Here’s a black and white picture. 2) This drawing by the artist Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld (1794-1872) shows the prelude to the first battle of the war to conquer Canaan, later Israel. 3) “According to Joshua 6:1-27, the walls of Jericho fell after Joshua’s Israelite army marched around the city and blew their trumpets.”…
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Passover: Spiritual “Spring Cleaning” (April 13, 2019)
1) If anyone is interested I am starting a Bible Study thread with some learnings from today’s Torah portion and the speeches in synagogue, which were very good. And some other stuff. 2) I am not trying to compete with all the digs going on but just want to capture some good stuff discussed, heard…
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Acharei Mot: Consent (May 4, 2019)
There is a lot more to talk about in this week’s Bible portion. Should I do another thread? If it’s too much it can wait. Ok I will do it. But will try to limit the length of the thread. In 10. And we’re off! 1) Just as a reminder we are still in Acharei…
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Tzav: The Aftermath of Purim and the Final Battle (March 23, 2019) (3/23/2019 Part 1)
1) This is only a respite.They still have an insurance policy.There is a final battle that lies ahead of us.It’s BibleStudyCoffeeTime.Shabbos, March 23, 2019 2) Mahatma Gandhi (not a nice person IRL, I know) said:“God has no religion.”And he was right. 3) But there definitely is a God, and the Bible is sacred to all monotheistic faiths, because…
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Kedoshim: What Does The Word “Holy” Really Mean? (May 11, 2019)
1) Starting the #BibleStudyCoffeeTime thread here. Today is May 11, 2019.We are reading Parshas Kedoshim in Leviticus. 2) Parashat Kedoshim / פרשת קדשיםTorah Portion: Leviticus 19:1 – 20:27Haftarah* for Ashkenazim**: Amos 9:7 – 9:15 Haftarah for Sephardim: Ezekiel 20:2 – 20:20*supplemental portion**Ashkenaz and Sephardic customs differ https://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/kedoshim 3) The word “Kedoshim” means “the holy ones.”Hebrew root קְדֹשִׁ קְ – Kדֹ –…
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