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Monday and Thrsday morning, 11/9 and 12Kohen--Genesis 23:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-16 Strday 11/14--Shabbat Parashat Chayyei SarahMORNING Kohen--Genesis 23:1-16Levi--23:17-24:9Shelishi--24:10-26Revi`i--24:27-52Chamishi--24:53-67Shishi--25:1-11Shevi`i--25:12-18Maftir--25:16-18Haftarah--I Kings 1:1-31 EVENING Kohen--Genesis 25:19-22Levi--vs. 23-26Yisra'el--25:27-26:5

Monday and Thrsday morning, 11/2 and 5Kohen--Genesis 18:1-5Levi--vs. 6-8Yisra'el--vs. 9-14 Strday 11/7--Shabbat Parashat VaYera'MORNING Kohen--Genesis 18:1-14Levi--18:15-33Shelishi--19:1-20Revi`i--19:21-21:4Chamishi--21:5-21Shishi--21:22-34Shevi`i--22:1-24Maftir--22:20-24Haftarah--II Kings 4:1-37 EVENING Kohen--Genesis 23:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-16

Haunted houses, ghosts, demons—our Western culture can’t seem to get enough of the spirit world. The latest Gallup poll indicates that 42% of Americans believe in demon possession, 37% believe in haunted houses, and 32% believe in ghosts. (Not just Americans are enthralled—40% of the British believe in haunted houses, too.) Though interest in the paranormal is widespread, the majority of people are skeptical. They discount all spirit activity, going so far as to deny the existence of Satan and demons. Atheists stated this view succinctly in a sign they planted next to a manger scene last Christmas at the...

Archbishop Timothy Dolan Washington D.C., Oct 24, 2009 / 05:50 pm (CNA).- Archbishop of New York Timothy M. Dolan has been named Moderator of Jewish Affairs for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). USCCB president Cardinal Francis George says Dolan will be a friend to the Jewish community and will convey “profound respect” for others’ spiritual gifts. Archbishop Dolan succeeds Archbishop emeritus of Baltimore William H. Keeler in the role.His five-year appointment was announced in a Friday USCCB statement and will become effective Nov. 11. Cardinal George’s announcement noted the New York Archdiocese’s “long history of cooperation and...

Monday and Thrsday morning, 10/26 and 29Kohen--Genesis 12:1-3Levi--vs. 4-9Yisra'el--vs. 10-13 Strday 10/31--Shabbat Parashat Lekh-LekhaMORNING Kohen--Genesis 12:1-13Levi--12:14-13:4Shelishi--13:5-18Revi`i--14:1-20Chamishi--14:21-15:6Shishi--15:7-17:6Shevi`i--17:7-27Maftir--17:24-27Haftarah--Isaiah 40:27-41:16 EVENING Kohen--Genesis 18:1-5Levi--vs. 6-8Yisra'el--vs. 9-14

The generations following the sin of Adam and Eve proceeded upon a path of moral degeneration. Cain, in a jealous rage, impulsively killed his brother Abel. In the next generation, Tuvel-Kain perfected the crime of Cain through manufacturing weapons. Then, Lemach boasted to his wives of committing pre-meditative murder. Idolatry flourished during the time of Enosh. Organized crime was established by a group of hoodlums called "The sons of El-ohim." Sexual perversion was rampant in Noah's generation. Torah (Biblical) tradition teaches that there are three cardinal sins that a person should choose death rather than be forced to commit. They...

The Torah portion describing Creation is behind us and now, before we delve into the roots of the Nation of Israel, the Torah's second portion - Noach - describes the beginnings of humanity at large. One point that is obvious in this Torah portion is that since its inception, the human race has been searching for its place in the face of the Creator. And the entire earth was one language and of one speech. (Genesis 11:1) Fukuyama called it "the end of history." The Soviet Union collapsed, the language that rules is internet English, the only thing that matters...

A record number of people - 1.5 million visitors - came to the Western Wall during the Hebrew month of Tishrei, according to figures from the Western Wall Heritage Foundation and the Israel Police. The rabbi of the Kotel (Western Wall), Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitz, commented that "these figures are evidence that the Western Wall is the spiritual home for Jews from all around the world, regardless of their background."

Sunday 10/18--First Day Ro'sh Chodesh CheshvanKohen--Numbers 28:1-3Levi--vs. 3-5Shelishi--vs. 6-10Revi`i--vs. 11-15 Monday 10/19--Second Day Ro'sh Chodesh CheshvanKohen--Numbers 28:1-3Levi--vs. 3-5Shelishi--vs. 6-10Revi`i--vs. 11-15 Thrsday morning 10/22Kohen--Genesis 6:9-16Levi--vs. 17-19Yisra'el--vs. 20-22 Strday 10/24--Shabbat Parashat NoachMORNING Kohen--Genesis 6:9-22Levi--7:1-16Shelishi--7:17-8:14Revi`i--8:15-9:7Chamishi--9:8-17Shishi--9:18-10:32Shevi`i--11:1-32Maftir--11:29-32Haftarah--Isaiah 54:1-55:5 EVENING Kohen--Genesis 12:1-3Levi--vs. 4-9Yisra'el--vs. 10-13

Suggested Guidelines for Individual Catholics on How to Appreciate and When Necessary, Admonish the State of Israel Folks, the following post is a translation of Part VII of a series which I wrote against the shenanigans of an Argentina-based blog, self-styled Santa Iglesia Militante, for its blatant display, storage, and enthusiastic endorsement of the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, a known anti-Semitic forgery that was, and continues to be, fodder for the persecution of Jewish people across the world. In this essay, I analyze certain anti-Semitic currents flowing not far below the surface of anti-Zionism and prescribe, based...

Approximately one thousand years after the destruction of the second temple and Israel's exile from its homeland, deep in the depths of the harsh exile and one thousand years before the beginning of the return to Zion - the great Torah commentator Rashi opens his monumental commentary on the Torah with the question of the ownership of the Land of Israel. What with all the hardships and troubles facing European Jewry at the time, with the Land of Israel but a vague and distant memory, the most pressing problem demanding Rashi's attention is what we will answer the non-Jewish world...

Jews in the town of Mitzpe Yericho are taking practical steps to prepare for the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem, by preparing descendents of Cohanim (priests) and Levites for service. At the Mitzpe Yericho school, Temple priest hopefuls learn exactly how to conduct the daily Temple service and offer the required sacrifices.

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 10/12 and 15Kohen--Genesis 1:1-5Levi--vs. 6-8Yisra'el--vs. 9-13 Strday 10/17--Shabbat Parashat Bere'shit/Machar ChodeshMORNING Kohen--Genesis 1:1-2:3Levi--2:4-19Shelishi--2:20-3:21Revi`i--3:22-4:18Chamishi--4:19-22Shishi--4:23-5:24Shevi`i--5:25-6:8Maftir--Genesis 6:5-8Haftarah--I Samuel 20:18-42 EVENING Kohen--Genesis 6:9-16Levi--vs. 17-19Yisra'el--vs. 20-22

Monday 10/5--First Day Chol HaMo`ed SukkotKohen--Numbers 29:17-19Levi--vs. 20-22Shelishi--vs. 23-25Revi`i--vs. 17-22 Tusday 10/6--Second Day Chol HaMo`ed SukkotKohen--Numbers 29:20-22Levi--vs. 23-25Shelishi--vs. 26-28Revi`i--vs. 20-25 Wdnsday 10/7--Third Day Chol HaMo`ed SukkotKohen--Numbers 29:23-25Levi--vs. 26-28Shelishi--vs. 29-31Revi`i--vs. 23-28 Thrsday 10/8--Fourth Day Chol HaMo`ed SukkotKohen--Numbers 29:26-28Levi--vs. 29-31Shelishi--vs. 32-34Revi`i--vs. 26-31 Frday 10/9--Hosha`-na' Rabba'/Fifth Day Chol HaMo`ed SukkotKohen--Numbers 29:26-28Levi--vs. 29-31Shelishi--vs. 32-34Revi`i--vs. 29-34 Strday 10/10--Shemini `AtzeretMORNING Megillah--Qohelet (Ecclesiastes); Chapter 12, verse 13 is repeated at the end.Kohen--Deuteronomy 14:22-29Levi--15:1-18Shelishi15:19-23Revi`i--16:1-3Chamishi--16:4-8Shishi--16:9-12Shevi`i--16:13-17Maftir--Numbers 29:35-30:1Haftarah--I Kings 8:54-9:1 EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 33:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-17 Night of Strday 10/10--Leyl Simchat TorahKohen--Deuteronomy 33:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-17 Sunday 10/11--Yom Simchat TorahKohen--Deuteronomy 33:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Shelishi--vs. 13-17Revi`i--vs. 18-21Chamishi--vs. 22-26Chatan HaTorah--Deuteronomy 33:27-34:12Chatan Bere'shit--Genesis 1:1-2:3Maftir--Numbers 29:35-30:1Haftarah--Joshua 1:1-18

Swinging Chicken Ritual Divides Orthodox Jewsby BARBARA BRADLEY HAGERTY September 26, 2009 Rabbi Shea Hecht in Brooklyn, N.Y., demonstrates how Orthodox Jews wave a chicken three times over their heads and say the prayer of Kapparot (or Kapparos, depending on heritage) in the days leading up to Yom Kippur.Rabbi Shea Hecht plucks a chicken off a truck parked behind a synagogue in Queens, N.Y., and demonstrates how to swing a chicken. "You take it by the wing," says the white-haired Hecht, careful not to get the chicken's feathers or anything else on his black suit and tall black hat. "You...

There is more than a bit of gallows humor in the following Torah thought, which I've heard attributed to several gedolim over the years: Question: Why is it that our children do not ask "Four Questions" on Sukkos? After all, things are far from ordinary - arguably even more so than on Pesach - when we sit down to our first Yom Tov meal outdoors in the sukkah. Answer: Throughout our 2,000-year exile, it was not at all unusual for children to see their families leaving the comfort of their homes and sleeping outdoors. However, when they saw them sitting...

The Vatican has lashed out at criticism over its handling of its paedophilia crisis by saying the Catholic church was "busy cleaning its own house" and that the problems with clerical sex abuse in other churches were as big, if not bigger. In a defiant and provocative statement, issued following a meeting of the UN human rights council in Geneva, the Holy See said the majority of Catholic clergy who committed such acts were not paedophiles but homosexuals attracted to sex with adolescent males. The statement, read out by Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Vatican's permanent observer to the UN, defended...

You have seen my wisdom manifest , You have experienced the glory of my ways , But now you shall “know” a knowing beyond trust and faith and praise \o/ For I AM positioning you elsewhere , where my glory flows ~ ~ ~ , And now you shall experience the fragrance of my rose , So go my children and continue to do everything in my way , For The Father and I are with you , continue on to sing and pray , But remember in this offering there shall forever be , A place right here beside...

When Religion Is Involved, a Game Is Just That This is a most wonderful gesture, having the Yankees and the Red Sox play at 1 p.m. on Sunday. It could even be the start of something better. Instead of putting the game at 8 p.m. — prime time, as the networks call it — ESPN and Major League Baseball are accommodating thousands of fans who at sundown will be observing Yom Kippur, the most solemn day in the Jewish calendar. Not only that, but the N.F.L. has allowed both New York teams to play at 1 on Sunday — Jets...

Monday 9/28--Yom KippurMORNING Kohen--Leviticus 16:1-6Levi--vs. 7-11Shelishi--vs. 12-17Revi`i--vs. 18-24Chamishi--vs. 25-30Shishi--vs.31-34Maftir--Numbers 29:7-11Haftarah--Isaiah 57:14-58:14 EVENING Kohen--Leviticus 18:1-5Levi--vs. 6-21Yisra'el/Maftir--vs. 22-30Haftarah--The Book of Jonah; Micah 7:18-20 Thrsday morning 10/1Kohen--Deuteronomy 33:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-17 Strday 10/3--First Day of SukkotMORNING Kohen--Leviticus 22:26-33Levi--23:1-3Shelishi--vs. 4-8Revi`i--vs. 9-14Chamishi--vs. 15-22Shishi--vs. 23-32Shevi`i--vs. 33-44Maftir--Numbers 29:12-16Haftarah--Zechariah 14:1-21 EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 33:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-17 Sunday 10/4--Second Day of SukkotKohen--Leviticus 22:26-23:3Levi--vs. 4-14Shelishi--vs. 15-22Revi`i--vs. 23-32Chamishi--vs. 33-44Maftir--Numbers 29:12-16Haftarah--I Kings 8:2-21

Folks, a while back I talked about Islamic Proselytism Increasing Among Latinos in New York and now this piece from CNN, Brooklyn family keeps Latino-Jewish traditions alive, sends me in the direction of an increasing "return to Judaism" movement in Latino communities that I've seen gaining exposure in the media: Every Friday evening, the Núñez family sits down to a traditional religious dinner. Like most families in their Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, their Jewish Sabbath meal includes blessings over the wineand bread, the company of family and friends and excellent food. But for the Núñez family, the...

First, an apology for making this a cacused thread. I know that Fundamentalist Protestant FReepers will feel cheated at having their religious beliefs explained by one not of their number, but to leave the thread open would be to invite thousands and thousands of posts, each and every one of them quoting the "new testament" to "prove" this and that. While I am no longer a Fundamentalist Protestant or chr*stian of any kind, I nevertheless used to be one and feel competent to explain their beliefs to Orthodox Jews--especially when those beliefs are so misunderstood and misrepresented. I also feel...

A WORD FROM THE LORD OF WHAT IS KEEPING THE BODY OF CHRIST FROM HIS FULLNESS On the 22nd of September 2009 I received this word of revelation concerning the body of Christ . . . Why am I shedding tears ? These are tears of remission ,They have come close as babyl yet not entered into a oneness with me ,You see " I AM The Good Shepherd " and there can be no other for I AM the Way , The Truth and The Life ... And no man comes unto the father but by Me ! ALL...

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=1&cid=1249418627506&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull "Then Moses and the elders of Israel charged all the people as follows: 'Keep the entire commandment that I am commanding you today. On the day that you cross over the Jordan into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall set up great stones and cover them with plaster. You shall write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over." (Deuteronomy 27:1-3). Rubble on floor may have fallen from the ceiling during earthquakes since the cavern was fashioned. Built on the foundations of an ancient Byzantine church, the Greek...

Monday 9/21--Tzom GedalyahuMORNING Kohen--Exodus 32:11-14Levi--Exodus 34:1-3Yisra'el--Exodus 34:4-10 EVENING Kohen--Exodus 32:11-14Levi--Exodus 34:1-3Yisra'el/Maftir--Exodus 34:4-10Haftarah--Isaiah 55:6-56:8 Thrsday morning 9/24Kohen--Deuteronomy 32:1-3Levi--vs. 4-6Yisra'el--vs. 7-12 Strday 9/26--Shabbat Shuvah/Parashat Ha'azinu MORNING Kohen--Deuteronomy 32:1-6Levi--vs. 7-12Shelishi--vs. 13-18Revi`i--vs. 19-28Chamishi--vs. 29-39Shishi--vs. 40-43Shevi`i--vs. 44-52Maftir--vs. 48:52Haftarah--Hosea 14:2-10: Joel 2:11-27; Micah 7:18-20 (with some variation) EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 33:1-7Levi--vs. 8-12Yisra'el--vs. 13-17

MY RIGHTEOUSNESS IS ABOUT TO MEET AS ONE , FOR I AM BRINGING TOGETHER MY KINGDOM , NOT A CHILD OUT OF PLACE , NOT A SOUL THAT I KNOW , AS PART OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE LEFT OUT OF MY FOLD , I AM CALLING MY LEADERS THAT HAVE OVERCOME , TO BRING TOGETHER MY KINGDOM , THE JOSHUAS , THE REUBENS , MANNASEHS AND DANS , THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES SURROUNDING " I AM " , THE SEVEN SPIRITS " THE EYES ON THE STONE " , I AM CALLING ALL MY KINGDOM HOME , FOR WHAT...

What Language(s) Did Jesus Speak and Why Does It Matter? by Rev. Dr. Mark D. Roberts February 2004 (updated 2/2007) Copyright © 2004 by Mark D. Roberts Note: You may download this resource at no cost, for personal use or for use in a Christian ministry, as long as you are not publishing it for sale. All I ask is that you give credit where credit is due. For all other uses, please contact me at mark@markdroberts.com. Thank you. Part 1: Introduction Although responses to Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ movie varied widely, every viewer was struck by...

In a Rosh Hashanah greeting to Jews the world over, U.S. President Barack Obama called for the rejection of "the impulse to harden ourselves to others' suffering," urging empathy and "compassion to those in need." The first African-American president also called for resistance to "prejudice, intolerance and indifference" and for a strong stance against what he described as "the scourge of anti-Semitism, which is still prevalent in far too many corners of our world." Obama also expressed the desire to "work to achieve lasting peace and security for the state of Israel, so that the Jewish state is fully accepted...

A great explosion of purity is about to come , But "not" as before(as Katrina) ,something straight from my kingdom , The heavenlies are about to applaud , I AM The Lord behold I alone am God ! Yet for my children of my rod and staff , They shall rest in my bossom of Zion and laugh , For the Joy of The Lord is their strength , And these are my children of victiory that have gone the full length , Obedience to me has become their rod , My staff is their com(fort) for I AM their...

A great explosion is about to come , Destroying things not of my kingdom , Prophecies told about to unfold , Things new wiping out the old , The storehouses of God's lightning released , Disturbing things now resting in peace , Ancient walls suddenly cut down , Nothing left but burnt glass on the ground , As paper mache burnt and blown away , A prophecy of the past happening in one day , A blink of the eye and nothing left to see , Yet all the nations witnessing God's majesty , A turning point in a war...

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 9/14 and 17Kohen--Deuteronomy 32:1-3Levi--vs. 4-6Yisra'el--vs. 7-12 Strday 9/19--First Day Ro'sh HaShanah 5770MORNING Kohen--Genesis 21:1-4Levi--vs. 5-8Shelishi--vs. 9-12Revi`i--vs. 13-17Chamishi--vs. 18-21Shishi--vs. 22-27Shevi`i--vs. 28-34Maftir--Numbers 29:1-6Haftarah--I Samuel 1:1-2:10 EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 32:1-3Levi--vs. 4-6Yisra'el--vs. 7-12 Sunday 9/20--Second Day Ro'sh HaShanahKohen--Genesis 22:1-3Levi--vs. 4-8Shelishi--vs. 9-14Revi`i--vs. 15-19Chamishi--vs. 20-24Maftir--Numbers 29:1-6Haftarah--Jeremiah 31: 1-19 (2-20 in some Bibles)

JERUSALEM – Israeli archaeologists have uncovered one of the earliest depictions of a menorah, the seven-branched candelabra that has come to symbolize Judaism, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Friday. The menorah was engraved in stone around 2,000 years ago and found in a synagogue recently discovered by the Sea of Galilee. Pottery, coins and tools found at the site indicate the synagogue dates to the period of the second Jewish temple in Jerusalem, where the actual menorah was kept, said archaeologist Dina Avshalom-Gorni of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

I saw the Father in the Garden with Jesus and the Father had a shofar in his left hand . My sons and daughters of Zion ( hebrews 12:23 )it is time to unite as one with me The Father for we are advancing inward to penetrate the last strongholds . See them in the center for we have them surrounded , yet many within this circle that have resisted me and my will " Jesus " shall soon be inialted OR come into this very army I have formed as My Bride and soon there shall be a great...

Eight years ago, Yacov Margolese was driving his car, his then 2-year-old daughter Serena in the back seat. He was working that day as a massage therapist in a day spa in Potomac, Md. It was in the car that he heard the news come over the radio, the act of terror that would change the world. In this personal story, it would absolutely change Yacov Margolese’s life. Two years after Sept. 11, 2001, Army Spec. Yacov Margolese took cover in an outpost outside of Baghdad, Iraq, when an enemy missile, possibly a Scud, eerily whistled overhead, its deadly payload...

In the Old Testament tabernacle, a copy of the temple in heaven, the sanctuary was covered with curtains. To the left of the sanctuary entrance was a piece of equipment used to illuminate it, the gold lampstand. According to the pattern God gave Moses on Mt. Sinai, the shaft, branches, bowls, ornamental knobs and flowers of this lampstand were hammered from one gold piece. The center shaft was flanked by three branches decorated with almond blossoms on either side, all seven branches topped by little bowl-lamps containing olive oil. Inside the holy place (the sanctuary) but outside the curtain veiling...

It is time my children to wake up to your calling ! My voice , my will in you . I shall make a way where there is no way and I shall supply your needs in a supernatural way and means as Job and Elijah ( The Lord is my God ) for I " AM " your Creator of all and it is my sustaining hand that bears your very breath . Do you hear me calling you as Samuel yet you do not need an Eli to make me known to you for I am here for...

My love overwhelms My will in that as my love goes out it cements the foundations of My kingdom come , for where I establish My will my love has already arrived on the scene through the prayers of intercession that is My Son in you " Christ Alive " \o/ The crystal clear persuasion of My holy desire and manifold witness and it is as I come " alive in you " that these 12 foundations unfold into My will on earth as it is in heaven !" Yeah My kingdom come alive through you " . So let...

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 9/7 and 10Kohen--Deuteronomy 29:9-11Levi--vs. 12-14Yisra'el--vs. 15-28 Strday 9/12--Shabbat Parashat Nitztzavim-VaYelekhMORNING Kohen--Deuteronomy 29:9-28Levi--30:1-6Shelishi--30:7-14Revi`i--30:15-31:6Chamishi--31:7-13Shishi--31:14-19Shevi`i--31:20-30Maftir--31:28-30Haftarah--Isaiah 61:10-63:9 EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 32:1-3Levi--vs. 4-6Yisra'el--vs. 7-12

On July 24, 2009, the main Israeli English paper, The Jerusalem Post, featured a front page article - a very favorable one - about Messianic Jews. Titled, “Serving in the IDF [Israel Defense Forces], ‘for the sake of God and Jesus,’” the paper went on to explain some “150 highly motivated believers will join the IDF this year. Many of them will serve in combat units.” The journalist described a Messianic prearmy program called “Netsor” that leads soon-to-be soldiers through a week of mental and spiritual preparation for their army service. The Jerusalem Post interviewed a Netsor class of 28...

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 8/31 and 9/3Kohen--Deuteronomy 26:1-3Levi--vs. 4-11Yisra'el--vs. 12-15 Strday 9/5--Shabbat Parashat Ki-Tavo'MORNING Kohen--Deuteronomy 26:1-11Levi--26:12-15Shelishi--26:16-19Revi`i--27:1-10Chamishi--27:11-28:6Shishi--28:7-69Shevi`i--29:1-8Maftir--29:6-8Haftarah--Isaiah 60:1-22 EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 29:9-11Levi--vs. 12-14Yisra'el--vs. 15-28

Washington D.C., Aug 28, 2009 / 06:19 am (CNA).- The Vatican has given a “recognitio” to a change in the U.S. Catholic Catechism for Adults which clarifies Catholic teaching about the Jews’ covenant with God, the U.S. bishops said.The first version of the catechism, in its discussion of God’s covenant with the Jews, said “Thus the covenant that God made with the Jewish people through Moses remains eternally valid for them.”The revision reads “To the Jewish people, whom God first chose to hear his Word, ‘belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship and...

Though divided by contention and strife, the three remain prophetically linked. During his famous “Iron Curtain” speech in 1946, Winston Churchill described the alliance between the United States and Britain as a “special relationship.” Midway through the 20th century, that special relationship helped forge the existence of a new Jewish state in the Middle East. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy told Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, “The United States has a special relationship with Israel in the Middle East really comparable only to what it has with Britain over a wide range of affairs.” This brotherhood among three peoples—the...

One of the most spectacular benefits Catholics receive from a study of the Old Testament tabernacle is the discovery of how rational, necessary, and relevant are all the practices, rituals, trappings, and structures of the Catholic Church. Some knowledge of their roots in the tabernacle is absolutely necessary to counter the modern mood that the Church should "modernize," most interpretations of "modernize" including some variation of "change."Take the "outdated" sacrificial altar, for instance. In Old Testament Judaism, the tabernacle was the outward symbol and manifestation of God’s desire to be surrounded by His people, to be present with and to...

Main Entry: zeal Pronunciation: \ˈzēl\ Function: noun My kingdom come " IS " yours for the taking for the kingdom is the Zeal ( fire , fervor )of My heart and this is the violence ( fire , intense heat ) I speak of . So come ! Take what I have already given you by the cross of My resurrection power , for all these things I have spoen of rest upon the wings of My shoulders ( Deut 33:12 )and this is " The Mind of Christ " . " Arrive " ( hebrews 12:23 ) and begin...

Monday and Thrsday mornings, 8/24 and 27Kohen--Deuteronomy 21:10-14Levi--vs. 15-17Yisra'el--vs. 18-21 Strday 8/29--Shabbat Parashat Ki-Tetze'MORNING Kohen--Deuteronomy 21:10-21Levi--21:22-22:7Shelishi--22:8-23:7Revi`i--23:8-24Chamishi--23:25-24:4Shishi--24:5-13Shevi`i--24:14-25:19Maftir--25:17-19Haftarah--Isaiah 54:1-10 EVENING Kohen--Deuteronomy 26:1-3Levi--vs. 4-11Yisra'el--vs. 12-15

Rabbi Eliezar was a very, very poor man. He subsisted on a meager diet of bread and garlic. One day, the rabbi was so hungry that he fainted. While unconscious, he had a dialogue with G-d. When revived by his students, he announced, "G-d spoke to me." "What did He say?" "I asked G-d, 'Why couldn't You create me as a rich man? Why do I have to suffer like this?' And G-d answered, 'Rabbi Eliezar, my dear son, would you prefer me to destroy the entire world, and re-create it, and maybe you'll be born with a different destiny?'...

My shaking of the heavens and the earth is in conjunction ( balance ) with my children's hearts in the heavenlies and those yet earth bound for truly a day in my courts is where I would have all my creation come and abide with me for my word is not ( non ) sense for as My Word I am seeking those that would worship me in spirit and in truth . So come " Abide " for truly I AM here waiting for you and this place IS " The mind of Christ " Your Zion on earth...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Want to tweet God? An Israeli university student has opened a Twitter site, twitter.com/thekotel, where prayers can be sent for placement in the crevices of Jerusalem's Western Wall, a Jewish holy site that faithful believe provides a direct line to the Almighty. "I take their prayers, print them out and drive to Jerusalem to put them in the Western Wall," said Alon Nir, a resident of Tel Aviv. He said he hoped his initiative on the popular Internet social networking service, where users post brief messages known as tweets, would be "beneficial to people all over the...

 The Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, has come in for some richly deserved criticism in recent months, publishing articles that have ranged from the inane (tributes to Michael Jackson and Easy Rider) to the damaging (a claim that Barack Obama is not pro-abortion). Still let's give credit where credit is due, and the latest attention-grabbing headline from L'Osservatore deserves applause.For many years now, critics of the Vatican have claimed that Pope Pius XII was silent in the face of the Holocaust. The criticism is unjustified; it ignores the ample evidence that the wartime Pontiff made great efforts, and took substantial personal...

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