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We light these lights for the miracles and the wonders, for the redemption and the battles that you made for our forefathers, in those days at this season, through your holy priests. During all eight days of Hanukkah these lights are sacred, and we are not permitted to make ordinary use of them except for [...]

HE NEXT Section of the JRF’s essay, Is Reconstructionist Judaism For You? is the most important. (This is part three in our short exploration.) Those of you who are more-mature in your practice (this usually means Ethnic Orthodox or culturally Catholic instead of the hyper-maximalism common in the convert community) may find here a very [...]

ANY OF MY Readers and friends will be aware of my attachment and love for Judaism and my sense that Christianity is supposed to be Judaism for Gentiles. Laying aside, for a moment, questions of Trinity or Incarnation or our tradition of anti-semitism, I think our clearest sense of who we are is to be [...]

Hanukkah1.jpg Originally uploaded by w.wabbit. Hag Sameach (Happy Holiday) to all my Jewish readers and friends. This year may the light of Justice grow in this country! I love that, this year at least, the festival begins on the Winter Solstice: we celebrate the return of the light by increasing the lights of candles. (This [...]

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. FTEN I’ve heard these words quoted in such a way as to imply that we are still Roman slaves. You know: Q: What should I do, my boss/husband/parents/pastor is abusing me at every [...]

ABBI Derek takes us on a tour of Jewish Apocalyptic Literature from the inter-testement period. It a long list containing even parts of canonical books. I like the books of Enoch. Although the early apostles considered it canonical (it was quoted as a prophetic text in the New Testament in the Letter of Jude, etc), [...]

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