To Eat and to Die in the Garden of Good and Evil . . בראשׁית ב:יו וַיְצַו יְ־‎הוָה אֱלֹהִים עַל הָאָדָם לֵאמֹר מִכֹּל עֵץ הַגָּן אָכֹל תֹּאכֵל. ב:יז וּמֵעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכָלְךָ מִמֶּנּוּ מוֹת תָּמוּת. Gen 1:10Genesis Ch 2: vs 16 And YHWH … [Read more...]

The lessons of Noah come flooding back but where's the Dove? -- The Raven, never more . The Hope . . . (Where's the Dove, where's the Rainbow) Genesis 9:15, 16 וְזָכַרְתִּ֣י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֤ר בֵּינִי֙ וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵ֛ין כׇּל־נֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּ֖ה בְּכׇל־בָּשָׂ֑ר וְלֹֽא־יִֽהְיֶ֨ה ע֤וֹד … [Read more...]

Is it good or is it bad . . . Kanye, slavery or freedom; the darkness of the past creeps back again . . . First, we see וַיַּ֥רְא אֱלֹהִ֖ים כִּי־טֽוֹב in Genesis 1:10 and then (on the exact same day of creation) we see it again -- as if something unusual is happening -- could this allude to a … [Read more...]

What? --- Ushpizin! < -- even the mystical Kabbalists have a word to say on the subject. The Festival of Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות or סֻכּוֹת, sukkōt, or the Festival of Booths, is one of the three festivals listed in the Torah, also known as the "Shalosh Regalim" -- 'times' when the Israelites … [Read more...]