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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

"Norway", Please Do Me A Favor...

Get out of there while you can. You don't want to be like our cousins in Odesa or Kiev (if any are still in Kiev), us in the U.S., or elsewhere but home. Go home, please, and choose life over death. Listen to Yirimiyahu. He may have even been one of ours (We did have a cousin named "Kasis" after all, and "Kasis" may come from "Qissis" or "priest".)!

Whether or not we're kohanim, go home, motek! Go home, mishpacha sheli! Go if and while you can!


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Thursday, February 20, 2014

To My Persecutors...

I ask you to examine yourself. Contrary to what you want to think, I mean no harm against you or anyone else. In fact, especially if you claim to be wise, remember that "[r]ebuke is more effective for a wise man
Than a hundred blows on a fool."

This is part of why I am dealing with you. I think about you and I think about others. My actions are not just for me or my benefit. I always dread (read: sadly expect) that someone will eventually try to oppose me. I am not perfect, and I will admit when I am wrong and not walking in integrity. However, I'm right when I'm right, and I'm not right because of me—I'm right when I'm right only because of Christ.

I am not Moses; I am not Jeremiah, and I am not any other of the prophets or righteous people of blessed memories or blessed names—I am not worthy to be even considered among these. Nonetheless, I try to stand up to evil. When I do stand up to evil and you persecute me, I have to ask (as did Moses when our countrymen were persecuting him), "Why do you contend with meWhy do you tempt the Lord?"

Also, why do you glorify the Amaleks—whether or not you mean to do so? The Torah states:

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.” 15 And Moses built an altar and called its name, The-Lord-Is-My-Banner;[c] 16 for he said, “Because the Lord has sworn: the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

The Torah does not state that we are to remember Amalek in any other way or context but in regards to what he did against Israel. We are not to revive him, and we are not to enable any Amalek in this generation. Even when we do Purim readings in the synagogues (Messianic and otherwise), we do not revive or remember Haman. In fact, we make a deliberate effort to drown out his name when we read it.


We rejoice that Haman (Yemach shemo u'zichrono.) cannot hurt us anymore, and we don't want to hear his name. Nonetheless, we don't (or at least we shouldn't) rejoice in the death of the wicked


Monday, November 4, 2013

PS: Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) 4:16 and The World

I saw a quote that said, "No matter how famous, or rich you become, the weather will determine the attendance at your funeral." I don't buy it. People have braved the worst kinds of weather to attend a millionarie's or celebrity's funeral, and I'm even questioning that "There was no end of all the people over whom he was made king;
Yet those who come afterward will not rejoice in him." (Kohelet 4:16a-b)

Unless Sholmo was writing about normal times and not the End of Days, we certainly remember kings and other celebrities—and we even pass down the knowledge of them to our children and grandchildren, and their grandchildren and their grandchildren. For example, who doesn't know about King Hammurabi?—and he died in 1750 BCE! Who doesn't remember or know about Elvis—the "King of Rock and Roll"? "Yet those who come afterward will not rejoice in him." Really?

Again, unless Shlomo wasn't being told about the time that is "such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be." (Mattityahu 24:21. cf. Markus 13:19, 1 Timote 4:1-2, and Romim 1:22-24), I question Kohelet 4:16a-b. Even a certain celebrity (and I guarantee that he'll be remembered) got 924 "likes" and 112 comments as well as 11 shares for one picture within five hours today. He also got 9 "favorites", 27 retweets, and 17 comments within the same amount of time. Unless the time where we say "Will a man make gods for himself, Which are not gods?" (Yirimiyahu 16:20) comes soon, the veracity of Kohelet 4:16a-b is a question for me.

<a href="http://www.sodahead.com/living/if-you-dont-want-to-be-famous-why-do-you-care-about-famous-people-so-much/question-4028601/" title="If you don't want to be famous, why do you care about famous people so much?">If you don't want to be famous, why do you care about famous people so much?</a>

Thursday, July 11, 2013

From a Question on Yahoo! Answers: "How Do You Reconcile Daniel In the Lions' Den With Six Million Daniels in the Gas Chambers?"

Let's look at the following Scripture:


"24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was alarmed, and rose up in haste; he spoke and said unto his ministers: 'Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?' They answered and said unto the king: 'True, O king.' 25 He answered and said: 'Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.' {S} 26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace; he spoke and said: 'Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of God Most High, come forth, and come hither.' Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth out of the midst of the fire. 27 And the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, and the king's ministers, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power upon their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their cloaks changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them. 28 Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said: 'Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent His angel, and delivered His servants that trusted in Him, and have changed the king's word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. 29 Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god that is able to deliver after this sort.' 30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon. {P}"


Who is the Angel of the Lord?


"20 Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 21 Take heed of him, and hearken unto his voice; be not rebellious against him; for he will not pardon your transgression; for My name is in him. 22 But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. 23 For Mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off."
We know, then, that the Angel of the Lord IS the Lord (thus, why He is Yehovah-Tzva'ot--Yehovah of Hosts). Thus, Yeshua was with the Holocaust victims as much as He was with Daniel's friends--even if he did not save them from physical death. For what has Yehovah stated? "Behold, they may gather together, but not by Me; whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall because of thee."


Sometimes, evil happens; and even if Yehovah does not rescue us from every consequence of it, He is with us in it--just like He was with the Holocaust victims.


Source(s):
Daniel 3:24-30, JPS; Exodus 3:20-23, ibid.; Isaiah 54:15. Also, I lost relatives in the Shoah--I do not believe that Yeshua was not with them, especially the children, when they were in Auschwitz and the other murder camps.

Sunday, June 23, 2013

"Life Is Like Coffee", So Says A Video

If only that were true. Life is like coffee: some got the light roast, some the medium, some the dark; some the cream and sugar, some cream, some sugar, some nothing; some the finest coffee, some the neutral quality, some the cheapest; some packed nicely in a Keurig cup or a disk, some filtered, some the cheapest and boiled on a stove, some just even plain beans--and then there are variations and even extras (e.g., chocolate and whipped cream, like hot chocolate). "You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?” But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?"

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Closing Thought For The Night: Non-Messianic Judaism Versus Messianic Judaism

Non-Messianic Judaism says, "I can attain merit on my own righteousness and follow tradition." Messianic Judaism says, "'And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.'--So if Abraham had to rely on G-d and on faith, what of me?! I can't do it on my own! 'Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.' Since human nature is like skin color, I can't rely on myself--I have to rely on G-d to merit my righteousness!" L'laila tov.

Monday, May 27, 2013

Even God Doesn't Create Like He Used To...

We are in the Never-Was-and-Never-Again Time, and people are particularly wicked and apostate. Therefore, even God is creating more cheaply than he used to--even most of the vilest of sinners used to have a redeemable or redeeming quality back then (There were exceptions like Mohammed and, arguably, Martin Luther who had no redeeming quality whatsoever--after all, Luther stole the Reformation from Jan Hus.). Now the vilest of sinners has no redeemable or redeeming quality.

I know that the Bible admonishes to not look back on the days of old or preserve usable objects of this age, but I can't blame my mom for not wanting me and my sister to use Nana Pundt's heirloom family teapot but for special occassions. After all, "They just don't make them like they used to"--and neither does God.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

The Dangers of Talmudic Thinking For Messianic and Other Certain Jews

A conversation that I had with a friend illustrates how dangerous P'rushiyin groups like Hillel Campus Communities, Outreach Judaism, and MERCAZ are. Since he did comment on a public status and even asked if he could share what I am posting, I'm going to assume that linking to the conversation is okay. By the way, go after me if you want to go after anybody. Actually, go after Yehovah--" 'Why strive ye with me? wherefore do ye try the LORD?' " And see how well going after Yehovah goes--I guarantee that it won't go well. "Hear ye now what the LORD saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice2 Hear, O ye mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye enduring rocks, the foundations of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with His people, and He will plead with Israel. 3 O My people, what have I done unto thee? And wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against Me. "

The Dangers of Hillel Campus Communities For Messianic and Certain Other Jews

Obviously, UMBC JSU and Hillel taught me to avoid Hillel Camous Communities at all costs. I've heard horror stories about other branches as well. e.g., A kohen was rejected by Princeton Hillel "As a college student, my community has caused me an enormous amount of harm. Well-meaning friends advise me to "just convert," with no comprehension of the feeling of having your Jewish roots pulled out from under you. The treatment by my somewhat-learned peers has practical ramifications as well. For the past year, I have ceased attending Friday night dinners at my Hillel to avoid the embarrassment of declining to lead kiddush and motzi and having to explain why. "

This was originally cited as "2. Student at Princeton Hillel Rejected by Other Students after Discovery Mother was a Convert — This story has a better ending than many such stories. The Half-Jewish Network contacted the rabbi, and it is probable that many other people and groups did as well.

"The rabbi reached out to the student involved, set up an open community meeting on the subject, and created a committee to devise new policies for the future that will cut down on this type of incident. Rabbi Julie Roth’s response was impressive, as most Jewish institutions ignore complaints from half-Jewish members."

Of course, their policy on Messianics is "As a result, Outreach Judaism offers lectures on college campuses and in Jewish communities with multilevel informational resources, campus outreach, counseling, discussion groups, and networking with other Jewish organizations that deal with the dangers of the Messianic movement and cults." 


So, get out of any Hillel Campus Community that you are in if you are a Messianic or certain other (e.g., Karaite, Non-Messianic Patrilineal Jew and Talmudi) type of Jew. "For Israel is not widowed, nor Judah, of his God, of the LORD of hosts; for their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life, be not cut off in her iniquity; for it is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; He will render unto her a recompense7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken; the nations have drunk of her wine, therefore the nations are mad."

Friday, May 17, 2013

What Is Working On Shabbat? Does Driving Count?

Working on Shabbat is not any of the following, which needs to be addressed in order to understand what working on Shabbat is:

  1. Playing on the computer or any other device.
  2. Driving or walking to Shabbat services at your local synagogue or church (To the brats--and I address you later as well--, you ought to get some fresh air and realize that there are Jews and Israelophilic gentiles who observe Shabbat services in churches.).
  3. Preparing your food (which is specifically in Tanakh).
  4. Kindling fire for non-work purposes (which is implied in Tanakh).
  5. Bathing (unless you're bathing after you've engaged in certain activities; which, under the Old Covenant, you're arguably not supposed to be doing on Shabbat).
  6. Anything else that isn't intended as work (e.g., flushing a toilet).
Firstly, "[I]t is not as man seeth: for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart." If it is not intended as work, it is not work. Secondly, "no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you." The first day of Pesach is like Shabbat--you cannot work except for what you need to eat. Some will ask, "Well, what about as gathering the manna was or the Jubilee Year is? Shouldn't you prepare your food the day [or year] before, and double what you would prepare on every other day?" That may not work for everybody. For example, the composition of a food can change even in an hour depending on that which the food is exposed to; and that may not work for someone whose system is intolerant of even the slightest--v.g.--fermentation or temperature change in food, and they may need to eat only fresh foods. So, leaving out that challah for an hour or refrigerating that wine may be breaking piku'ach nefesh--saving a life (e.g., choosing life in the first place)--anyway, and piku'ach nefesh comes first. 

Besides (though this is another discussion), making Shabbat the Queen, the challah, the candle lighting, and the wine were all practices to Sikkut and Kiy'un (like the Star of David was a pagan symbol)--and Messianics can redeem those practices; Non Messianics (arguably) can not. That's part of why at least some Karaites don't follow those practices, and they look for "Rabbi"nical ways to be cleansed from Israel. 

As for the man who was gathering wood on Shabbat--since he needs to be addressed and was going to be brought up, anyway--was intending to work. Again, God looks at intent. As one woman stated (with my emphasis put on her words), "But what constitutes "for real" [Shabbatnikery]? Not using electricity? Not using money? Not watering the crops? Going to synagogue? I think it's clear that one can choose to observe a sabbath in many ways - from spending time with friends and family to not doing job-related work to having people over for a Friday night meal - any statistics will be self-reported and most likely not well-defined here." (Also, to be fair and for example, watering your gluten-free crops for your gluten-intolerant family member or your beloved flowers in your gadren is not work.).

Also, if you can't figure out why I'm linking to certain books in the JPS Tanakh, then you go look up the specific verses on BibleGateway yourself--I don't want to use the New King James Version and get accused of proselytizing by certain brats (and you know who you are; and that's the nicest way that I can describe you, since you are--and I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt by stating that you are--acting like petulant children). 

Friday, May 10, 2013

I Feel Sorry For Orayta's Wife (If Any Woman Is Unlucky Enough To Be Such)

As the Women of the Wall attempt to follow Tanakh over the P'rushim Talmudim, this P'rushi named Orayta (who apparently never shuts up, even when he knows that he is losing an argument against both man and G-d) steps in (After I'm done preserving these tweets, by the way, Orayta is blocked. Too bad that there isn't a Yad L'Achim antipart who rescues women and others from the likes of Yad L'Achim--who I'm sure that Orayta supports.):

[Addendum: As I was preserving the tweets, Orayta's "Russia" tweet was tweeted and got him blocked:]



[Back to what I was preserving:]

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Put another way, step-by-step:

  1. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear9m
    So you say. And you persecute the for following Tanakh. Your problem is not with women as it is with G-d.
  2. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear10m
    According to , Reform Jews are taking a Neo-Karaite approach to reading Tanakh. @TheWomenoftheWall seem to exemplify that.
  3. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear11m
    : are you going to make a case against or who called themselves "rabbis" and attempted to pervert Tanakh?
  4. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear12m
    Your g-d is not that of Shmu'el or that of the , then. Go read 1 Shmu'el 16:7.
  5. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear14m
    Why don't you study Yirimiyahu 8? The have as far as I can tell. They let Talmud not override Tanakh.
  6. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear16m
    As long as it doesn't contradict Torah, you ought to leave the alone. Besides, G-d looks at intent.
  7. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear18m
    : are you going to follow or chauvinist who called themselves "rabbis" and attempted to pervert Tanakh?
  8. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear19m
    via . This is what face for trying to follow Tanakh, as explains.
  9. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear21m
    I (and I think that the ) hope that you have no more to say. Better that a fool hold his tongue. Shabbat Shalom.
  10. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear22m
    and other women are trying to follow, e.g., B'midbar 15:37-41 & D'varim 21:22, and are persecuted by those who add to Torah.
  11. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear23m
    I hope that everyone can see that wasn't kidding about the Talmud. Talmudic Judaism attempts to oppress women like .
  12. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear25m
    Actually, G-d disregards Talmud. He told us to neither add nor take from Torah or the rest of Tanakh.
  13. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear26m
    You only show what kind of people persecute the and women in general, and that you're one of them is a shame.
  14. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear27m
    The , as you seem to testify, then, know that Tanakh either overrides Talmud or is the only Scripture.
  15. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear28m
    You're persecuting the , and you responded to my tweet to them. Who's persecuting who again?
  16. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear30m
    And Tanakh at the least takes precedence over Talmud, which the recognize. At most, Talmud isn't Scripture.
  17. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear33m
    "Herdi" was a typo. The are trying to restore the heritage and the glory which you have corrupted.
  18. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear35m
    Your lashon hara against your achot who are the is verbal abuse and persecution--worse than physical violence.
  19. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear36m
    You're only adding to your avodah zara by speaking against who attempt not to have their hearts go astray.
  20. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear37m
    Your g-ds are mentioned in 'Amos 5:26-27, by the way; so be careful against speaking lashon hara against the .
  21. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear39m
    Your deeds certainly can't. The follow, e.g., B'midbar 15:37-41--and you dare to have them break a mitzvah?
  22. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear40m
    By the way, you say that you love Israel. That's bull. You don't even love your achot who are the .
  23. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear42m
    If anarchy is following the mitzvah to wear tzitziyot, then the should be anarchists and follow HaShem.
  24. Tiny Klout Flag57N. Mara Czarnecki ‏@Nickidewbear46m
    The don't worship your g-d; that's for sure--and I don't want to know who your g-d is, since I worship Adonai.



With responses:


Interactions

  1. Tiny Klout Flag25Orayta ‏@oraytw1tter9m
    Your life philosophy is all a mess
  2. Tiny Klout Flag25Orayta ‏@oraytw1tter13m
    God of Christinaity looks at intent. And reform Jews. MY God looks at effort
  3. Tiny Klout Flag25Orayta ‏@oraytw1tter14m
    Shame on u for using only whats comfortable
  4. Tiny Klout Flag25Orayta ‏@oraytw1tter15m
    Can tefilin be made without tge instructions of oral law? Is there even a 18blessing prayer without Talmud?
  5. Tiny Klout Flag25Orayta ‏@oraytw1tter16m
    Is saying halel, praying in the wailing wall or wearing a missing cyan thread talit mentioned in ur torah?
  6. Tiny Klout Flag25Orayta ‏@oraytw1tter21m
    Honestly, what have I got else to say to u after showing such a twisted conception in Judaism. Shabat Shalom
  7. Tiny Klout Flag25Orayta ‏@oraytw1tter25m
    If u disregard Talmud then uve proven my point. You can not speak in the name of Judaism
  8. Tiny Klout Flag25Orayta ‏@oraytw1tter26m
    They dont restore my legacy. Women never peayed with talitot in the kotel and sang songs loudly Its propaganda
  9. Tiny Klout Flag25Orayta ‏@oraytw1tter28m
    Please stop persecuting me
  10. Tiny Klout Flag25Orayta ‏@oraytw1tter28m
    Ask them and ull see they dont believe every Jew should observe every mitsva. They dont fight my fight
  11. Tiny Klout Flag25Orayta ‏@oraytw1tter30m
    Read Shulchan Aruch and see 4urself wearing talit is arrogancy. Wonen r much superior and close to Gd 2 do so
  12. Tiny Klout Flag25Orayta ‏@oraytw1tter33m
    Protesting against those who want 2 change heritage isnt lashonharah Saying haredi Jews (why state herdi?) is
  13. Tiny Klout Flag25Orayta ‏@oraytw1tter35m
    I love them, thats why I teit here ciz it hurts. I would never spit or throw chairs at my sisters.
  14. Tiny Klout Flag25Orayta ‏@oraytw1tter40m
    Do you honestly believe any deed, even those who contradict Jewish heritage can be called Adonai worshipping?
  15. Tiny Klout Flag25Orayta ‏@oraytw1tter42m
    They wear talitot to enpower the anarchy of reform Judaism. Provocations and US-exile-confusion.