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<\/a><\/p>\nFigure 1
\nMS river as seen from 9500\u2019 approaching Cairo, ILL, 89 deg. 05\u2019 longitude, 36 deg. 3\u2019 latitude, 6\/30\/2009<\/p>\n
\u201cDeep river, my home is over Jordan,
\nDeep river, Lord, I want to cross
\nOver into camp-ground.
\nOh, don\u2019t you want to go over
\nTo that gospel feast,
\nThat promised land where all is peace.\u201d<\/p>\n
From Favorite Spirituals by Ear arranged by Madonna Woods, Davidson\u2019s music.<\/p>\n
May it be Your Will to Favor Us
\n(on this Holy Day)<\/p>\n
The following prayer is said by Jews during community meal services which occur on the Sabbath:<\/p>\n
Ratzehh v\u2019hachalaytzeenu YHWH Elohaynu b\u2019meetz\u2019otehach, v\u2019b\u2019mtzot Yom hash\u2019bayay hashabat hagadol v\u2019hakodosh hazehh, Kay yom zeh gadol v\u2019kodosh Hu l\u2019phanehyach, l\u2019sha\u2019bat bo lan\u2019oach bo bahavah k\u2019mitzot r\u2019tzoneehach, v\u2019beer\u2019tzon\u2019ach hanayach Lanu YHWH Elohaynu. Sheelaa t\u2019hay Tzrah v\u2019 yagon v\u2019anacha baYom b\u2019nochatanu, v\u2019hraynu YHWH Elohaynu b\u2019naychamah Zion aorayach, v\u2019b\u2019beenyahn Jerusalem Or kad\u2019shach, cai Atah Hu bayl hayshoaaot v\u2019bayl hayn\u2019chamot.<\/p>\n
May it please You YHWH, our God\u2026to give us rest (to allow it by saving us from troubles and thereby strengthening us as we realize Your powers to help us) through the performance of Your commandments and through the commandment of the seventh day, this great and holy Sabbath. For this day is great and holy as it is itself a Presence (of Your Face) before You to rest on it and be content on it in Love, as ordained by Your will. May it be your will, YHWH, Our God, that there be no distress, grief, or lament on this day of our contentment. And, show us, YHWH, Our God, the consolation of Zion, Your city, and the rebuilding of Jerusalem, City of your holiness, for You are the Master of Salvations and Master of Consolations.<\/p>\n
There is naturally some question among theologians about why God would favor Jews and Israelites, in particular, among all of us. What this means is that God has shown \u201cgrace\u201d to Jews (in a similiar way that he shows \u201cgrace\u201d or \u201cfavor\u201d to Christians who believe in his Son for their salvation). It is in God\u2019s nature to want to show grace to all of us. Even as happiness consists in being able to see and find the good in every thing and every person (for every thing and every person is good in its\/their own way) so God\u2019s grace or salvation is found in different ways in different people. But for any one individual or people there is only one way to discover it. For Jews and Israelites salvation comes through the group and not the individual. And, it is so that he has \u201cfavored\u201d or saved through grace his people Israel. God has also favored the Christian Church which is made up of those who believe in His Son Jesus Christ and the effects of his life on earth two thousand years ago for their individual salvation and grace. What most people do not understand is that God\u2019s salvation, redemption, justification, sanctification through Christ in any of us cannot be complete until it is known as being able to occur in all of us.
\nTo be a human angel (eternal spiritual being who is a friend of God and a servant or helper of God) living here on earth one must be able to receive and understand God\u2019s philosophical and theological enlightenment of universal salvation and how it occurs in these many different ways. This particular form of human understanding of salvation in all of us was brought to us several hundred years ago in Europe and carried over by our forefathers on the Atlantic ocean to this blessed new land of the Americas.<\/p>\n
Some Jewish customs on Passover.<\/p>\n
Taken from \u201cThe Jewish Art Calendar, 2010\u201d by Mickie<\/p>\n
We ask the question at the Passover table:<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy is this night different from all other nights?\u201d<\/p>\n
Answers<\/p>\n
1) \u201cOn all other nights we eat leavened bread or matzah, on this night only matzah.\u201d
\n2) \u201cOn all other nights we eat herbs of any kind on this night only bitter herbs.\u201d
\n3) \u201cOn all other nights we do not dip herbs even once\u201d
\n4) \u201cOn all other nights we sit or recline, on this night we recline.\u201d<\/p>\n
Figure 2<\/p>\n Taking off from Paducah KY. View is from 7000\u2019 altitude of Lake Barkley (shown below the Cumberland River which proceeds toward Nashville, TN) 88 deg. 28 \u2018 long. 36 deg. 48\u2019 latitude. \u201cWell I look o-ver Jordan and what did I see, Swing low, sweet char-i-ot, From \u201cFavorite Spirituals by Ear\u201d by Madonna Woods, Davidson\u2019s music<\/p>\n Taken from a OurPrayerGroup.blogspot.com posting 2007<\/p>\n The 15 steps of the Passover Seder 3)karpas 2) urachatz Second three<\/p>\n 6)rachtzah 5)maggid 4) yachatz Third three Fourth three Fifth three Blessed is the One*<\/p>\n The joy that is in this song proceeds from my mouth to thank, to praise, to glorify my creator.<\/p>\n Haray\u2026nay m’zamen et pay l’hodot ul’halayl ul’shabe..ach et bor’ee.<\/p>\n Baruch shamar v’hayah holam. Baruch Hu.<\/p>\n Blessed is the One by whose speech the world came to be. Blessed is he.<\/p>\n Baruch oseh b’raysheet.<\/p>\n Blessed is the One who creates everything.<\/p>\n Baruch omayr v’oseh.<\/p>\n Blessed is the One who creates by speaking.<\/p>\n Baruch gozayr vm’kayaym.<\/p>\n Blessed is the One who sustains by decreeing.<\/p>\n Baruch m’rachaym al ha\u2026retz.<\/p>\n Blessed is the One who has mercy on the earth.<\/p>\n Baruch m’racharm al hb’rayyot. Baruch m’shalaym shachar tov leerayav<\/p>\n Blessed is the One who rewards those who fear him.<\/p>\n Baruch chay lad v’kyam l’ne\u2026tzach.<\/p>\n Blessed is the One who lives forever and endures for all eternity.<\/p>\n Baruch phodeh vmatzeel. Baruch sh’mu.<\/p>\n Blessed is the One who saves by redeeming. Blessed is his name.<\/p>\n * here are some thoughts and comments on this wondelful prayer, gained after many years of praying it: Among many of the purposes and benefits of this prayer SOME PRAYERS THAT COME FROM BEFORE THE HOLY COMMUNION*<\/p>\n \u201cLet this holy communion be to me, O God, a beginning of better things, as if only now I began to know Thee. Let me now and henceforth forsake that which has tempted me. Let me now and henceforth do those things that I have perceived to be of Thy will for me; by the grace of the Holy Spirit, and the intercession of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen\u201d INVOCATION PRAYER FOR PURITY<\/p>\n Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid, cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love Thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen<\/p>\n THE INVITATION<\/p>\n Ye that do truly and earnestly repent of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbors, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking henceforth in his Holy ways, draw near with faith, and take this Holy Sacrament to your comfort (standing while you are forgiven by the Almighty God ).<\/p>\n THE GENERAL CONFESSION<\/p>\n We believe in One God, maker of all things seen and unseen, and in his only Son Jesus Christ\u2026eternal light and life to and from eternal light and life…loving and true God to and from a loving and true God…born of the Virgin Mary and Our Father in Heaven, Son of Humankind, suffered under Pontius Pilate, crucified dead and buried. On the third day he rose from the dead and ascended into heaven where he sits at the right hand of the throne of God. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord the giver of life, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, and the resurrection of the body. Almighty God, we acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness, which from time to time we have most grievously committed, by thought, word, by deed and by omission of act against thy Divine majesty in heaven and that of you inside of our brothers and sisters, your creations, here on this earth. We do earnestly repent and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings. Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us most merciful Father; for thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ\u2019s in us sake, forgive us all that is past; and grant that we may hereafter serve and please Thee in newness of life, to the honor and glory of thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen<\/p>\n * From a Pocket Prayer Book, Complied by Bishop Ralph Spaulding Cushman and published by the General Board of Evangelism, United Methodist Church, The Upper Room, Nashville, TN, 1941. Note there are some slight changes in the text of the general confession.<\/p>\n A 10-Fold list of Biblical Words of Creation of Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit in US Also, it is possible to translate the first five of these Hebrew Juhuda prayers into some thanksgiving, affirmative, petitionary words of Greek, European, English, and American Christianity:<\/p>\n 1) YHWH Shammah iff God and their\/our Son Jesus Christ are present in us.<\/strong><\/p>\n 2) YHWH Yireh iff God and Christ Jesus are our providence.<\/p>\n 3) YHWH Rohi iff God and Jesus Christ enlighten us and are the head of us (our leaders).<\/p>\n 4) YHWH Nissi iff God and his\/her\/our Son Christ Jesus hold the whole world in their hands.<\/p>\n <\/strong>5) YHWH Rapha iff God and our Son Jesus Christ are our healers. Some remembrances and praise to the teacher of Saint Andrew (Jesus Christ, the greatest and most exalted man on earth) from his apostle<\/p>\n Jesus Christ, you are the door to Heaven for us\u2026 Figure 3 photo from 11,500\u2019 , 36 deg, 20 min. latitude 105 deg. 15 min. longitude along route from Central to the Jewish teaching for Passover in the Haggadah there is the 1) The wise son or daughter, who asks to be taught, whom we should tell Chocham, mah hu omayr? Mah haodot v\u2019 hachukim v\u2019hamsh\u2019phatim aser tzoach The wise son, what does he say? \u201cWhat is the meaning of these laws and In my opinion the wise son is he who knows that he does not know something.<\/p>\n 2) The evil son who thinks he is different( better) than others. For, he Rash amah hu omayr? Mah haobodah hazoach lachehm? L\u2019chehm v\u2019lo lo.<\/p>\n The wicked son, what does he say? \u201cWhat is the meaning of this that is Vol\u2019phi shehhotzi et atz\u2019mu mean hach\u2019lehl v\u2019chehpahr baakehr. V\u2019af atah Because he says it this way he has removed himself from us (the community)\u2026 Bobor zehh ashah Adonay Eloheynu B\u2019tzati meemeetz\u2019rim. Li v\u2019lo lu. Elu hayah Answer him by saying it is because of that which has been done by the Lord Is not the evil son like some one who doesn\u2019t know something (what we want to It is easy to make a mistake here if we try and connect this part of the Haggadah with the service in the temple where two completely different sacrificial animals (the scapegoat and the sacrificial lamb) come before the priests to be dealt with differently. According to the Torah the scapegoat (who is called Belial ) is to be released and sent away out into the wilderness. This animal is to wander further and further out into the realm of harsh worldly truth (coincidently the nation of Israel ended up doing this for centuries before it was finally able to reestablish itself ). This may seem to follow if we identify the scapegoal Belial with the evil Son who thinks he is different from others in this part of the teaching of the Haggadah. The lamb although it is sacrificed remains in the realm of mercy and spiritual heaven inside of the community of Israel. God\u2019s Son, Jesus 3) the simple son or daughter, whom we should assist by teaching him or her Tam mah hu omayr? Mah zoat? V\u2019amar\u2019ta elav. B\u2019chazehq yad hotzianu Adonai The simple son, what does he say? What is this? And, the answer to him:\u201dWith The simple son is some one who knows something and know that he knows it 4) What about the na\u00efve but potentially good son or daughter who hardly knows V\u2019shehaynu yoda lee\u2019shol et patach lu? Shehnehmar: Vhagad\u2019ata bhayom hahu And, what about him who does not know how to ask the question? (We quote from The na\u00efve son is some one who knows something (thinks that he knows it), but Passover\/Easter Poem<\/p>\n On Palm Sunday they asked:<\/p>\n “Who are you?” “I come from above, On Passover he said:<\/p>\n Know me and you shall be known, Be still and know who you are, “If you will not be who you are, “And, if not now, when?”<\/p>\n Figure 4<\/p>\n Flying a VFR path I through the clouds at 10,700\u2019 87 deg. 11\u2019 34 deg. 17\u2019. 7\/1\/2009<\/p>\n To God Be The Glory \u201cWe are climbing Jacob\u2019s lad-der! If you love Him, why not serve Him! From \u201cFavorite Spirituals by Ear\u201d arranged by Madonna Woods, Davidson\u2019s music \u201cThou art worthy O Lord, An original transliteration and translation of the Half Hallel from the Hebrew by Andrew as it appears written in \u201cA Passover Haggadah\u201d by Figure 5 North of Vicksburg,MS (on the Louisiana side of the river) 9500′ altitude lat. 32 deg. 26 min long. 91 deg. 03 min. Half Hallel The Talmud explains why a festival which has the same offerings on all days alternate words translations are enclosed in [ ] Lo lanu Adonai, lo lanu, kay l\u2019sheem\u2019ach tayn, kavod, ayl chas\u2019d\u2019ach, ayl Not for us Lord, not for us, but for the sake of the glory and grace in your (115:1 We pray that God will answer our prayers, not for our own sake, Lamah amru hagoyim, esh na elohayhem bashamayem; kola aser chaphaytz aseh.<\/p>\n Why should the gentile nations say, \u201cWhere is our God?\u201d. Our God is in the Atzbayhehm kehsehf v\u2019zahav, masheeh y\u2019day adom.<\/p>\n Their idols are silver and gold, the work of the hands of man.<\/p>\n Peh lahem v\u2019lo y\u2019daybayru, aynayim lahem v\u2019lo yayr\u2019a.<\/p>\n They have mouths, but they cannot talk[utter a word], Az\u2019naym lahem v\u2019lo yaysh\u2019maru af lahem v\u2019lo y\u2019dayhu.<\/p>\n Ears, but they cannot hear[listen], noses, but cannot smell[inhale the aroma].<\/p>\n Y\u2019dayhem v\u2019lo y\u2019mayshon, rag\u2019layhem v\u2019lo y\u2019halaychu;<\/p>\n They have hands but cannot feel[touch] with them, feet which cannot walk[dance];<\/p>\n Lo yeh\u2019gu bheg\u2019ronah ch\u2019mohem y\u2019h\u2019yu ashayhem, chol aser btach bahem.<\/p>\n They cannot make [utter] sounds with their throats, their makers, and all who Israel, bh\u2019tach b\u2019Adonai ehz\u2019ram vmageenam hu.<\/p>\n Israel trust in Adonai (Our Lord), He is their help and shield[guardian]!<\/p>\n Bayt Aharon, bheetachu b\u2019Adonai az\u2019ram v\u2019mageernam Hu.<\/p>\n House of Aharon, trust in Adonai, He is their help and shield!<\/p>\n Y\u2019ray Adonai, bh\u2019\u2019hu Adonai az\u2019ram v\u2019mageenam Hu.<\/p>\n Those that fear the Lord\u2026trust in the Lord (Adonai). He is their help and (115:9-11 There are three kinds of Jews, 1)Israelites\u2014are those who cling to God Adonai z\u2019charanu y\u2019barayach, y\u2019barayach et bayt Israel, y\u2019barayach et bayt May the Lord [or ‘the Lord will”] remember us and bless us, may He bless the house of Israel, may Y\u2019barach yeer\u2019ay Adonai, hak\u2019tanaym am hag\u2019doleem.<\/p>\n May all those who fear the Lord be blessed, the small and the great.<\/p>\n Y\u2019sayf Adonai alaychehm, alaychehm v\u2019al bh\u2019naychehm.<\/p>\n May the Lord increase his blessings unto you [or “increase you”], unto you and your children.<\/p>\n (115:14-15 The true nature of blessing means increase and abundance Ibn Exra. Bh\u2019rochaym atem l\u2019Adonai, asayh shamaym varehtz.<\/p>\n May you be blessed by the Lord who made with his hands heaven and earth.<\/p>\n Hashamaym shamaym l\u2019Adonai, v\u2019aretz natan leebh\u2019nay adam.<\/p>\n The heaven of the heavens is the Lord\u2019s [or ‘the heaven is the Lord’s heaven”], but the earth he gave to Adam Lo hamayteem y\u2019hallellu Jah, v\u2019lo kal yir\u2019day domah.<\/p>\n The dead do not praise Jah, nor those that sink into silence.<\/p>\n Vaanch\u2019nu n\u2019barach Jah matah v\u2019ad olam; Hallelujah.<\/p>\n But we will bless Jah, now and forever; Hallelujah.<\/p>\n Figure 6 Corps survey maps of the area of the MS river near Vicksburg. The city of Vicksburg is at the map’s lower right corner. The years the surveys were made are color coded as in the figure Figure 7 North of Vicksburg, MS, approaching the Vicksburg\/Talluhah airport from the Louisiania side of the river.<\/p>\n Psalm 116<\/p>\n Ahab\u2019tay kay yesh\u2019ma Adonai et kolay, t\u2019chanunay.<\/p>\n I love it when the Lord hears my call, receiving my appeal . Kay heetah az\u2019nu lay, vb\u2019yamay ehk\u2019ra.<\/p>\n For he has turned his ear to me, when I called [while I was alive].<\/p>\n Aphaph\u2019unay chehv\u2019lay moeht, vm\u2019tzaray sh\u2019aol m\u2019tza\u2019onay; zerah v\u2018yagon I have been surrounded by bonds [chains] of death, and caught in a narrow path of V\u2019b\u2019shaym Adonai ehk\u2019ra, anah Adonai, mal\u2019tah naph\u2019shay.<\/p>\n I called on the name of the Lord, \u201cPlease Lord\u2026save[liberate] my my soul!\u201d<\/p>\n Chanon Adonai v\u2019tzarayq, v\u2019Elohaynu m\u2019racham.<\/p>\n Gracious is the Lord and righteous[divine and just]\u2026 Shamayr ph\u2019taaym Adonay; dal\u2019tay v\u2019lay y\u2019hoshay\u2026<\/p>\n The Lord guards the simple[the innocent]; I was poor and ailing[humbled] and he saved me[liberated].<\/p>\n Shobay nayph\u2019shay leem\u2019nochaychay, kay Adonai gamal alay\u2019chay.<\/p>\n Rest my soul, again, for the Lord has been kind to you[acted graciously toward me].<\/p>\n Chay cheelaytzata naph\u2019shay meemaot, et anaynay meen deem\u2019ah, et rag\u2019lay For he has delivered[released] my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from Et\u2019halach leeph\u2019nay Adonai, bh\u2019ar\u2019tzot hachayeem.<\/p>\n I shall walk [journey with God befor me] before the Lord in the land of the living.<\/p>\n Haem\u2019n\u2019ay chay adaybayr, anay an\u2019yatay m\u2019od.<\/p>\n I kept faith with what had been spoken..I cried out even Anay emayr\u2019tay, kal hadam kzav.<\/p>\n I cried out in my affliction, \u201cAll mankind is a liar[all men are deceitful].\u201d<\/p>\n Mah ashayv l\u2019Adonai kal tag\u2019mol\u2019otay alay. Chos y\u2019shoaot asha, v\u2019b\u2019shaym How shall I repay the Lord for all his blessings? I shall raise the cup of N\u2019deray l\u2019 I will redeem my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.<\/p>\n Y\u2019kar bh\u2019aynay Adonai hamaotah lachasaydayy anah Adonai, chay anay eb\u2019dehach, The death of his faithfully beloved is difficult to the Lord\u2019s eyes. Please, L\u2019ach ehz\u2019bhach zehvah todah, vb\u2019shaym Adonai ehk\u2019ra.<\/p>\n I will sacrifice to you an offering of thanksgiving and call upon the name of N\u2019daray l\u2019Adonai ashalam, nehg\u2019dah-na l\u2019cal amu.<\/p>\n In the presence of all his people I will redeem my vows to the Lord.<\/p>\n Bh\u2019chatz\u2019rot bhayt Adonai, bh\u2019tocaycay Jerushalem: Hallelujah! Figure 8 MS river bridge at Vicksburg, MS 3500′<\/p>\n Psalm 117 Praise YHWH, all nations; praise Him all the states! For His kindness has overwhelmed us, Figure 9 Psalm 118 1-4<\/p>\n (this entire Psalm follows a repetitive pattern to praise God. Hodu l\u2019YHWH kay tov, kay l\u2019olam has\u2019du. Give Thanks to the Lord for He is good, His kindness endures forever. Anu YHWH Hoshayaah na. Psalm 118 5-9<\/p>\n This section is related to Micah 7:18-20 in which the 13 higher attributes of God\u2019s name The translation of these five verses follows with the extra verses superimposed and also translated. 118:5<\/p>\n I. Meen hamaytzayr,karaatay Yah,<\/p>\n In distress I called upon Yah.<\/p>\n II. YHWH erech<\/p>\n The Lord, slowly With abundant relief (since these verses are recited first at Rosh Hashanah and then Passover, after you have III). YHWH l\u2019ay Emmanuel — This refers to the Holy Spirit, which appears as a comforter and IV. lo ayra When we sin with our acts we create destroying angels in the astral realm. V. Mah ya\u2019sheh lay Adam VI. YHWH lay b\u2019azehra Since trangressions have to do with not respecting others and overstepping limits and bounds VII. v\u2019anay aehrehh b\u2019shon\u2019ay VIII. Tov h\u2019chasot b\u2019YHWH meebha\u2019t\u2019ach badam IX. Tov h\u2019chasot b\u2019YHWH meeb\u2019t\u2019ach been\u2019daybaym. bhatach means reliance h\u2019chasot means refuge<\/p>\n Trusting in God to deal with these problems (turning them over to Him) The traditional translation of the word n\u2019daybaym says it refers to the 70 angels one of which Christians might want to compare this half Hallel with the HaEl<\/strong><\/p>\n Hael b’tatzoomot oozeh\u2026ach, hagadol beech’vod sh’meh\u2026ach, hagabod laneh\u2026tzach O God, in the omnipotence of your strength [in your awesome acts of power *], great in the glory of your Name, mighty eternally Shoken Ad<\/strong> He who abides forever[inhabiteth eternity *], exalted and Holy is his name B’pe y’sharem teet’halal, By the mouth of the upright shall you be lauded [praised*]; Y’Shetabach<\/strong><\/p>\n Y’Shetabach sheem’ach laad mal’kay..nu, ha ayl hameh..lech hagadol v’hakadosh, May your name be praised forever, our King, high God, L’ach\u2026naeh Adonai E’lohaynu vAylohay a’botaynu,<\/p>\n For thanks befit thee, Adonay our God and God of our fathers,<\/p>\n Shayr vchabachah, halayl v’zeem’rah,<\/p>\n song and praise, uplifted praise[hymn*] and melody[psalm*],<\/p>\n az vmehm’shalah neht\u2026zach g’eduhlah vg’borah, t’heelah v’teeph’\u2026ehreet,<\/p>\n strength and power[dominion*], eternity[victory*], greatness and might[power*], worship[adoration*] and beauty[glory*],<\/p>\n k’duhchah vmeel’chot, b’rachot, v’hodot maytah v’od olam.<\/p>\n holiness and dominion[majesty*], blessings and praise[thanksgiving*], forever are in you.<\/p>\n Barch atah Adonah, ayl meh..lech gadol bateesh’bahot, ayl hahodaot,<\/p>\n Blessed are you Lord, high God, greatly lauded King[almighty King glorified with praises*], God of thankfulness,<\/p>\n Adon haneeph’laot, habochayr b’sheeray zeem’rah, meeh..lech ayl chay holamaym.<\/p>\n Lord of wonders[miracles*], Our God, our God of eternal life, who chooses melodious songs.<\/p>\n Translation of word taken from \u201cThe Haggadah Sinai Publishing, Tel Aviv\u201d<\/p>\n Had Gad\u2019ya*<\/p>\n \uf0b7 Some of the explanations are from the Haggadah commentary of the Gra Rabbi of Vilna One small goat<\/p>\n Had gad\u2019ya, d\u2019zybayn aba beet\u2019ray zuzay, had gad\u2019ya, had gad\u2019ya.<\/p>\n One small goat, that father bought for two zuzim, one small goat, one small goat.<\/p>\n (The small goat is the birthright of the first born which Jacob took from Esau)<\/p>\n V\u2019atah shun\u2019ra ach\u2019ulah l\u2019gad\u2019ya, d\u2019zybayn aba beet\u2019ray zuzay, had gad\u2019ya, had gad\u2019ya<\/p>\n And the cat came and ate the small goat that father bought for two zuzim, one small goat, one small goat.<\/p>\n (The cat is the jealously that Joseph\u2019s brother felt for him as a result of his spiritual birthright which was given to him by Jacob)<\/p>\n V\u2019atah cul\u2019ba vnashach shun\u2019ra dach\u2019ulah l\u2019gad\u2019ya, d\u2019zybayn aba beet\u2019ray zuzay, had gad\u2019ya, had gad\u2019ya<\/p>\n And the dog came and bit the cat that ate the small goat that father bought for two zuzim, one little goat, one little goat. V\u2019atah chu\u2019ra v\u2019hvah l\u2019cul\u2019ba, vnashach shun\u2019ra dach\u2019ulah l\u2019gad\u2019ya, d\u2019zybayn aba beet\u2019ray zuzay And the stick came and beat the dog that big the cat that ate the small goat that father bought for two zuzim. one little goat, one little goat.<\/p>\n ( the stick is Moses\u2019 walking stick (staff and support) with which he performed wonders and miracles before the Pharoah of Egypt)<\/p>\n V\u2019atah nora v\u2019sharach l\u2019chu\u2019ra v\u2019hvah l\u2019cul\u2019ba, vnashach shun\u2019ra dach\u2019ulah l\u2019gad\u2019ya, d\u2019zybayn aba beet\u2019ray zuzay And the fire came and burned the stick that beat the dog that bit the cat that ate the small goat that father bought for two zuzim. One small goat, one small goat. V\u2019atah maya v\u2019chachah l\u2019nora, nora v\u2019sharach l\u2019chu\u2019ra v\u2019hvah l\u2019cul\u2019ba, vnashach shun\u2019ra dach\u2019ulah l\u2019gad\u2019ya, d\u2019zybayn aba beet\u2019ray zuzay And the water came and doused the first that burned the stick that beat the dog that bit the cat that ate the small goat that father bought for two zuzim. One small goat, one small goat. V\u2019atah torah v\u2019shatah l\u2019maya v\u2019chachah l\u2019nora, nora v\u2019sharach l\u2019chu\u2019ra v\u2019hvah l\u2019cul\u2019ba, vnashach shun\u2019ra dach\u2019ulah l\u2019gad\u2019ya, d\u2019zybayn aba beet\u2019ray zuzay And the ox came and drank the water that doused the first that burned the stick that beat the dog that bit the cat that ate the small goat that father bought for two zuzim. One small goat, one small goat.<\/p>\n (the ox refers to the destruction of the 2nd temple at the hands of the descendents of Esau).<\/p>\n V\u2019atah hashochat v\u2019chachat l\u2019torah d\u2019shatah l\u2019maya v\u2019chachah l\u2019nora, nora v\u2019sharach l\u2019chu\u2019ra v\u2019hvah l\u2019cul\u2019ba, vnashach shun\u2019ra dach\u2019ulah l\u2019gad\u2019ya, d\u2019zybayn aba beet\u2019ray zuzay And the slaughterer came and slaughtered the ox that drank the water that doused the first that burned the stick that beat the dog that bit the cat that ate the small goat that father bought for two zuzim. One small goat, one small goat.<\/p>\n (According to some, the slaughterer refers to the Messiah Son of Joseph who will do this slaughtering when he vanquishes Edom and its descendents, According to the author of the Book of Revelations, after Satan\u2026our own evil self… is chained and sent down below to Hell there will be no more slaughterers or murderers (presumably this would also include the angel of death) allowed back inside the gates of Our Heavenly Kingdom and City of God)<\/p>\n V\u2019atah mal\u2019ach hamot v\u2019shochat l\u2019chachat, d\u2019shachat l\u2019torah d\u2019shatah l\u2019maya v\u2019chachah l\u2019nora, nora v\u2019sharach l\u2019chu\u2019ra v\u2019hvah l\u2019cul\u2019ba, vnashach shun\u2019ra dach\u2019ulah l\u2019gad\u2019ya, d\u2019zybayn aba beet\u2019ray zuzay And the angel of death came and slaughtered the slaughterer who slaughtered the ox that drank the water that doused the first that burned the stick that beat the dog that bit the cat that ate the small goat that father bought for two zuzim. One small goat, one small goat.<\/p>\n (According to some (the Rabbi Gra of Vilna) this will occur when the Lord God comes with the Messiah Son of David.. In the final situation mentioned above in the last verse refering again to in the Book of Revelations there will be no more slaughtering at this point\u2026 even of our enemies. Perhaps thinking enough about the many blessings our eternal souls have received up to now may help alleviate any need in us to believe that mean spirited type of prophecy has any future like that planned for anybody) The parable below which I wrote in the early 1980s when I had been joggin on a daily basis for several years as a part of my US Army duty , deals with another aspect of the same problem of how we reconcile Figure 11<\/p>\n Ms river as it flows south of LeTourneau,MS toward Port Gibson,MS and Natchez,MS Parable of the Two Runners<\/p>\n Once there were two neighbors who were both amateur runners. Each day of their life, for as long as they could remember they met out on the local track and ran laps. One day one of the two men decided he wanted to improve himself so he hired a professional coach without telling the other. And, he practiced extra hours by himself. Then, each day, he would run more laps than the other. And, so each time they raced in public he would win. And, because he had practiced longer he felt he deserved this. He wondered why his neighbor didn’t care that he got the best of him each day. Then, the two men died and they each went to heaven. And, it turned out there was a prize in heaven that went to whoever had been the best runner on earth. These two men were the only two contestants left, because all of the professional runners had not lived as long as they. Nor, had the professionals run as long as these two amateurs. And, the neighbor who always won the races on earth was certain that he would get the prize… a crown of glory. But, the angels deliberated a while and they gave the prize to the other neighbor who always lost. And, the neighbor who won the most on earth asked the heavenly judges why they gave the crown for being the best runner to his neighbor. “Each day I ran more laps than him”, he said, “and each time we raced in public I won.” And the angels said, “You are right you ran the most laps. But, that is not how we count the score. We count the total number of days each runner showed up to run along side with the other. And, there was one day your neighbor came by and asked you to run with him, but you let him go by himself, without help. You reasoned that he needed the extra practice so he could run as fast as you. But, that is the day that he outscored you.” So, all the angels bowed down and gave the crown of eternal glory to the one man [or woman] who was always there to run along side with his [or her] brother. [for, in heaven, it is as Jesus Christ has said in John 18:33-37]And, the most glorious part of this prize that they gave was that his [or her] soul went on running inside of others throughout all of time– the past, the present, and the future. So, may things always be for us.<\/p>\n Figure 12<\/p>\n http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/343\/3769\/1600\/laughingfalls3.0.jpghttp:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/343\/3769\/1600\/laughingfalls3.0.jpg<\/p>\n Amen<\/p>\n After Passover we count the days until Shavuous (Pentecost) and we learn the answer to the question The first week we learn that Love is a \u201cmany splendored thing.\u201d<\/p>\n Figure 13<\/p>\n Flying a VFR path II through the clouds at 10,700\u2019 87 deg. 11\u2019 34 deg. 17\u2019 7\/1\/2009<\/p>\n From April 2007 posting at http:\/\/www.ourprayergroup.blogspot.com \u201cEzekiel saw the wheel, From Favorite Spirituals by Ear, arranged by Madonna Woods, Counting the Omer Seven Thoughts About Loving Kindness 2nd day 3rd day 4th day 5th day 6th day 7th day **note: For those who believe we are at many moments of our lives living right now, in the fullness of time in God’s heavenly present moment we will return to this topic considering passages from the Book of Romans, Chapter 12, during week seven of our Pentecost\/Shavuos this year.<\/p>\n (Along with Gevurah\u2026strength)<\/p>\n 1st day of the weekly count, 8th day of the omer count 2nd day of the weekly count, 9th day of the omer count 3rd day of the weekly count, 10th day of the omer count 4th day of the weekly count, 11th day of the omer count 5th day of the weekly count, 12th day of the omer count 6th day of the weekly count, 13th day of the omer count 7th day of the weekly count, 14th day of the omer count ‘You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good.\u201d *An idea is a representation in our minds of a thought. A concept can be distinguished from a perception in that it has a likeness class (that is likeness or non-visual intellectual thought as opposed to an image or perception). Concepts themselves have likeness classes. Therefore a great idea is a synonym for a likeness class of a concept. Figure 14 Photo from 13,500\u2019 104 deg. 30 min. longitude 37 deg. 10\u2019 min. latitude. The mountains in Figure 15 Descending from 13,500\u2019 coming into Pueblo, CO and Colorado Springs CO. Airspace to 1st day of the weekly count,15th day of the omer Chesed of \u201cBeauty is controlled grace.\u201d Renaissance Christian Definition<\/p>\n \u201cBeauty is a mutual adaption [toward a goal] of several factors in our Alfred N. Whitehead, \u201cAdventures [search for new perfections] of Ideas\u201d 2nd day of the weekly count, 16th day of the omer Gevurah of \u201cAwareness is a mirror reflecting the four Love and a mind that is open.\u201d<\/p>\n Thich Nhat Hanh,- Buddhist Gatha ***<\/p>\n \u201cThe perfection of beauty is defined in terms of the perfection of Harmony.\u201d 3rd day of the weekly count, 17th day of the omer Tiferet of \u201cBeauty is understanding that which is Upward toward eternal beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n Saint Augustine, Confessions.<\/p>\n \u201cThe teleology of the Universe is directed toward the production of Beauty.\u201d 4th day of the weekly count, 18th day of the omer Netzach of \u201cAnd, why do you worry about clothes? See Or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in<\/p>\n All his splendor was dressed like one of these.<\/p>\n If that is how God clothes the grass of the field,<\/p>\n Which is here today and gone tomorrow and is<\/p>\n Thrown into the fire, will he not much more<\/p>\n Clothe you. O you of little faith?\u201d\u2014Jesus Christ<\/p>\n Gospel of Matthew<\/p>\n 5th day of the weekly count, 19th day of the omer “As long as we have bodies, we must inhabit the dwellings prepared for us by Plotinus, Second Ennead, Chapter 9, verse 18. The Great Books, Edited by The beautiful is that which pleases us on being seen.\u201d Immanuel Kant<\/p>\n 6th day of the weekly count, 20th day of the omer Yesod of Keats—viewpoint of a poet<\/p>\n \u201cYour love, O YHWH, reaches to the heavens<\/p>\n Your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness<\/p>\n Is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the<\/p>\n Great deep\u2026For with you is the fountain of life,<\/p>\n In your light we see light.\u201d View of King David<\/p>\n About why God is beautiful .<\/p>\n \u201cA distinction must be now be made between Beauty and the Beautiful\u2026 A.N. Whitehead, ibid<\/p>\n 7th day of the weekly count, 21 day of the omer Malkuth of “We must always remember that beauty is a partial thing, “Pretty is as pretty does.\u201d Protestant Family (from Alma May Calohan) to her<\/p>\n Daughter Virginia Calohan Harrell<\/p>\n *** Quoted from \u201cPresent Moment, Wondelful Moment: Mindfulness Verses for Seven Thoughts About Patience and Integrity 1st day of the weekly count,22th day of the omer count “Let not mercy and kindness forsake you.” 2nd day of the weekly count, 23 day of the omer count 3rd day of the weekly count, 24th day of the omer count 4th day of the weekly count,25th day of the omer count “Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all you heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding.” * 5th day of the weekly count, 26th day of the omer count 6th day of the weekly count,27th day of the omer count 7th day of the weekly count, 28th day of the omer count * Most of these thoughts are contained in the 3rd chapter of the Book of the Proverbs of King Solomon April 28th<\/p>\n Seven Thoughts About Obedience and Glory Some twofold thoughts from the Birkat H\u2019shir, Blessing of Song 1st day of the weekly count, 29th day of the omer count 2nd day of the weekly count, 30th day of the omer count 3rd day of the weekly count, 31st day of the omer count 4th day of the weekly count, 32nd day of the omer count 5th day of the weekly count, 33rd day of the omer count<\/p>\n Hod of Hod 6th day of the weekly count, 34th day of the omer count 7th day of the weekly count, 35th day of the omer count Figure 17 8500′ Letourneau, MS (the company there employs a large number of workers and constructs large open ocean oil rigs )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Jewish\/Christian Haggadah and additional meditations and reflections for 35 days of the Omer count Containing the Seder steps, pictures of various scenes along the MS river taken from the air, some Gospel songs of Ms Madonna Woods, a discussion of the four sons,a continuation of the translation of the Hallel begun in April 7,10 … Continue reading “MS River Aerial Photos, Passover and Omer Count 2009”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":893,"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions\/893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n
\n7\/1\/2009<\/p>\n
\nCom-in\u2019 for to car-ry me home?
\nA band of an-gels a-com-in af-ter me,
\nCom-in\u2019 for to car-ry me home.<\/p>\n
\nCom-in\u2019 for to car-ry me home.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n(forming a Jacob\u2019s ladder from heaven to earth)
\nFirst three
\n1)hakadesh
\nSantification<\/p>\n
\n(vegetables, wash hands)<\/p>\n
\n(wash hands,tell story, break middle matzoh)<\/p>\n
\n8)maror 9) matzah 7)motzyaa matzah
\n(bitter herb, bread of life, grace before meal)<\/p>\n
\n12)tzaphun 11)shulchan arayrech 10)koraych
\n(eat middle matzah, eat meal, bitter herb sandwich)<\/p>\n
\n14)hallayl 15) nirtzah 13) baraych
\n(praise to God, prayer for acceptance, grace after meal)<\/p>\n
\n.
\nBlessed is the One who has mercy on all creatures<\/p>\n
\nit helps us better understand how our faith is “The light of the One increasing”.
\nThe One God in this prayer is undivided, but he is also an individual inside
\nof multiplicity. He speaks as well as acts. That is he does what he says, acting by speaking (decreeing). He has created all of us…and, he is compassionate to us all as different types of beings. Thus, when we dedicate
\nthe merits of our own actions to the glorification and sanctification of his name, we are at the same time dedicating them for the benefit of “all sentient beings.” We have preserved in him the name of a responsible person that we can dedicate the merit of our work to… not just an absolute consciousness inside of us all. Our God is both the “Totum Bonum” (total good) and the “Summum Bonum” (highest good). This prayer affirms that, for us, he cannot have one of these titles and purposes without the other; and not the other without this one.
\nHe or she who has God’s love in their heart and knows the total good that God has placed in our souls and spirits…they are themselves a source and blessing of his or her hope and this Good unto others.
\nHe or she who has God’s love in their heart and knows the highest good that God has placed in our souls and spirits…they are themselves a source and blessing of his or her faith and this Good unto others.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cTake away from us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, all our iniquities, and the spirit of pride and arrogance, which Thou resisteth, and fill us with the spirit of fear, and give us a contrite and humble heart, which Thou dost not despise; that we may be enabled with pure minds to enter into the Holy of Holies: through Jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen\u201d<\/p>\n
\nGlory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be world without end. Amen<\/p>\n
\n
\n1) YHWH Shammah (Ezekiel 48:35) The Lord is present
\n2) Elohim Yireh (Genesis 22 8-14) The Lord will provide for us
\n3) YHWH Rohi (Psalm 23) The Lord will guide us
\n4) YHWH Raphael (Exodus 15:26) The Lord God heals
\n5) YHWH Nissi (Exodus 17:15) The Lord is our banner
\n6) YHWH Mekadishkem (Exodus 33:13;22, 34:6-9, Leviticus 20:8;21:8;22:9,16) The Lord our Sanctifier
\n7) YHWH Tzidkeenu (Jeremiah 23:6,33:16) The Lord is our righteousness<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong> <\/strong>Seven of these names of God manifest themselves as God inside of different spiritual places in our individual spiritual bodies\u2026They are very similar to the seven I am meditations that Jesus Christ speaks about himself in the Gospel of John.
\nThe other three invoke God, as being greater than each of us, but, inside of all of us..
\nWe can meditate on the first seven, then the last three…then the first seven as the last, the first three after that and then the first three twice as the first again (which makes a total of 26 the numerical value of the Hebrew letters in God’s name the Tetragrammaton. This name is the most sacred name of our creator, the father of Jesus Christ, the Word or concept, of God. His only Son or concept of himself inside of us being the most sacred person or the most sacred lifting up him upon us. He is an image and likeness, the face of our God in us that is with us in the present moment now and which we can worship as God among us on this earth today…If we have faith we can, with his help, do this in order for our souls to go forwards and backwards in time
\n
\n8) Yah YHWH Saboath (1 Samuel 1:3) The Lord God of Hosts
\n9) Yah YHWH Elohim (Genesis 2:4-25) God as the Lord God
\n10) Yah YHWH Shalom El Chai (Judges 6:24) The Lord God of Peace and Eternal Life<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nThis becomes true once we remember you are our light and the knowledge of that which nourishes and sustains us eternally.
\nJesus Christ, you are the way the truth and the life for us\u2026
\nOnce we go through the doors you open for us on this earth
\nYou are the joy and jubilation for us\u2026
\nThis becomes true once we remember that you are our resurrection and our life.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nLas Vegas CO to Cimmaron CO. Twin peaks of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range and the Philmont
\nEagle scout ranch in the background.
\nThe twin peaks are Eagle Nest Peak at 13,161\u2019 and another at 12,441\u2019 10\/24\/2008.
\nPhoto 18<\/p>\n
\ndiscussion of the four different types of sons:
\n( there are also four different types humans know about God, the World, and
\nEach other:
\n1) We can know that we don\u2019t know something.
\n2) We can not know something and not know that we don\u2019t know it.
\n3) We can know something and know that we know it.
\n4) We can know something and not know that we know it.<\/p>\n
\neverything (so he or she can be independent of us) when we are teaching him,<\/p>\n
\nAdonai Elohaynu etachehm V\u2019af atah ehmor lo k\u2019heel\u2019chot haphehsah. Ayn
\nmaph\u2019tirin echar haphasach aphikoman.<\/p>\n
\nordinances which the Lord Our God has commanded us?\u201d What then do we say to
\nhim to teach him about Pesach? Nothing is left out, including the rule that
\nnothing is eaten after the Afikoman<\/p>\n
\nthinks that we don\u2019t need to interact and work together with others. Him, or
\nher we should confront. But, not because he or she is different from us.
\nIndeed they are our sons and daughters too.<\/p>\n
\ncommanded to you?\u201d (that is he says this to you and not himself).<\/p>\n
\nhak\u2019hayh et sheenavm emar lo:<\/p>\n
\neven he has denied the laws said to him.<\/p>\n
\nsham lo hayah neeg\u2019al.<\/p>\n
\nGod for me when I came out of Egypt. \u201cFor me\u201d and not \u201cfor him\u201d. Had he been
\nthere, he would not have been redeemed.<\/p>\n
\nteach him) and doesn\u2019t know that he doesn\u2019t know it.<\/p>\n
\nChrist clearly thought a lot about this teaching and these two animals and this service as commanded in the Torah. His parable of the prodigal Son in the Gospels relates to it. According to the New Covenant established in the Gospels we are not to differeniate in terms of the way we love others who are different. We are to love others not on the basis of how they understand truth but all equally and unqualifably as \u201courself\u201d. For those who understand this teaching in this manner the differences in the four Sons do not affect our love but only the way we teach each of them. Even though the prodigal Son chooses to search for meaning in the outside World instead of in his Father\u2019s realm His Father in the parable of the Gospels mercifully accepts him back and forgives him as if nothing had happened (does not reject him back out into the Worldy realm as the scapegoat is rejected back by the priests in the sacrifical Torah service).<\/p>\n
\nto expect miracles and giving them a simple and easy to understand answer.<\/p>\n
\nmeemeetz\u2019rim, meebayt abhadaym.<\/p>\n
\na mighty hand Adonay brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage.<\/p>\n
\n(because what we have taught him is indeed, though a simple interpretation of
\nthing, what he knows).<\/p>\n
\nwhat to ask as a question or how to ask it? Them we should assist by treating
\nthem special and using all our advanced techniques of breathing, assisted
\ncontemplative prayer. But, we leave out the part above about the miracles and
\nthe mighty hand,<\/p>\n
\nlimor:
\nBhovor zeh ashah Adonai Eloheynu bh\u2019tzati meemeetz\u2019raym.<\/p>\n
\nthe Torah) \u201cAnd, on that day you shall teach him.\u201d \u201cWe do all of this because
\nthe Lord Our God brought us out of Egypt.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nhe doesn\u2019t actually know it yet (since we haven\u2019t taught it to him yet).<\/p>\n
\n“And, where do you come from?”<\/p>\n
\nwhere I live with the Peace dove.”<\/p>\n
\neven as you know.<\/p>\n
\nand you shall be who you are (I am).<\/p>\n
\nthen who will be?”<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWords Isaac Watts 1718
\nPsalms of David
\n\u201cPraise the Lord,
\nPraise the Lord,
\nPraise His name,
\nLet the earth hear his voice,
\nLet the people rejoice.
\nO come to the Father through
\nJesus the Son,
\nAnd give Him the glory,
\nFor the good things he has done.\u201d
\nGalatians 1:4-5
\n\u201cGreat is the Lord and most worthy of Praise<\/p>\n
\nWe are climbing Jacob\u2019s lad-der.
\nWe are climbing Jacob\u2019s lad-der,
\nSol-diers of the Cross.<\/p>\n
\nIf you love Him, why not serve Him,
\nSoldiers of the Cross.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nPrepartory affirmation to be said and meditated
\nOn by the speaker (and listener) before speaking (or listening to) the truth
\nContained in the following translation:<\/p>\n
\nTo receive glory and honor\u2026
\nGlory and honor, forever\u2026
\nAnd ever\u2026
\nThou have created our being,
\nBless our creator.
\nAmen\u201d<\/p>\n
\nElie Wiesel as the fourteenth step in the Jewish Seder. Much of the commentary is from \u201cThe Complete Artscroll Seder\u201d published by Mesorah Arts.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n
\nThe Third Cup of Salvation is drunk at this point.
\nThis blesing cup symbolizes God’s promises to sustain us
\nand uphold us [even as the Hebrew letter vav is an upholding]
\nin our quest for the completion of the process of our spirtiual freedom.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nPsalms 115:1-11
\n12-18
\n116:1-11
\n12-19
\n117
\n118 1-4
\n5-24
\n25
\n26-29<\/p>\n
\n(like Passover) should have a half-hallel instead of a full one. Having a different
\nsacrifice on different days indicates a fuller creative spiritual manifestation.<\/p>\n
\nsome are from “A Mystical Haggadah” by Rabbi
\nEliahu Klein” North Atlantic Books<\/p>\n
\nameetehach.<\/p>\n
\nname, in your loving kindness, and in your truth.<\/p>\n
\nbut for His and His name\u2019s sake \u2026His name\u2019s sake being full of true glory
\n[in order to manifest glory],
\neternal kindness, and truth[graciousness].<\/p>\n
\nheavens, and he does what he desires (wills).<\/p>\n
\neyes but they cannot see[envision].<\/p>\n
\ntrust[identify] in them, shall become like them.<\/p>\n
\nshield.<\/p>\n
\nbecause they feel He is their Father. 2) House of Aaron—are those who cling to God
\nout of love only, 3) those who do it out of fear of Him)<\/p>\n
\nAharon.<\/p>\n
\nhe bless the house of Aaron.<\/p>\n
\nWhen we are praying with God all it takes to receive this blessing of increase and abundance,
\nIs to open our hearts and minds faithfully and mindfully to His Grace. The blessing is repeated
\nThree times since each successive group mentioned above possesses a
\nDifferent level of faith.)<\/p>\n
\n(humankind).<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nEagle Lake, Chotard Lake, Mayersville, the Great River Road Hwy 1 (which are referenced in other photos in this blog are above Vicksburg on the MS side.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n(according to tradition these verses are a resurrection song
\nSung by Jews on the final day of Judgement as it occurs during the
\nFestival. It is also written to encourage us to expect God
\nTo hear and answer our prayers. Being Christian means we
\nBelieve the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ
\nHas already occurred and will foreshadow our own.)<\/p>\n
\nehm\u2019tz.<\/p>\n
\ndistress; faced by trouble and sorrow [trouble and sadness].<\/p>\n
\nIn compassion, He is our God[our God is merciful].;<\/p>\n
\nmeedehtay.<\/p>\n
\nstumbling.<\/p>\n
\n[even when I cried while suffering].<\/p>\n
\nAdonai ehk\u2019ra.<\/p>\n
\nsalvation and call upon the name of the Lord.
\n(116:12 the cup of salvation mentioned here refers to the four thanksgiving cups
\nOf wine in the seder service representing respectively 1) salvation, 2) redemption,
\n3)justification, 4)santification.)<\/p>\n
\nAdonai ashalaym, nehg\u2019dah-na l\u2019chehl amu.<\/p>\n
\nany eb\u2019dehach ben amehtahach;pheet\u2019h\u2019ta l\u2019mosaray.<\/p>\n
\nLord, I am your servant, I am the child of your handmaiden, You have released
\nmy bonds.<\/p>\n
\nthe Lord<\/p>\n
\nIn the courts of the House of the Lord in Jerusalem..Halleluah!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nHal\u2019lu et YHWH, cal goyim, shab\u2019chuhu cal habmaym, kay gabar
\nAlaynu chas\u2019du, v\u2019emet YHWH l\u2019olam, hal\u2019luyah.<\/p>\n
\nAnd the truth of the Lord is eternal, Halleluyah!
\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe City of Vicksburg from the Louisiana side of the river flying at 7000′
\nCessna 182 8189G<\/p>\n
\nEach new theme is repeated in the next verse or two in slightly
\nDifferent words.}<\/p>\n
\nYamar na Israel, kay l\u2019olam has\u2019du
\nYamar na bayt Aaron, kay l\u2019olam has\u2019du
\nYamr na yeeray YHWH, kay l\u2019olam has\u2019du<\/p>\n
\nLet Israel say: His kindness endures forever.
\nLet the House of Aaron say: His kindness endures forever.
\nLet those who fear the Lord say: His kindness endures forever.
\n(the verses in this first part of the Psalm are recited aloud by the prayer leader, after each verse the
\nassembly responds, \u201cGive thanks to the Lord for He is good, His kindness endures forever. Some patience, confession of personal shortcoming, offering up the solution of one\u2019s problems to God, humble reflection and extended meditation on what is happening here will convince those who participate that the prayer is self-fulfilling.)<\/p>\n
\nAnu YHWH Hoshayaah na.
\nAnu YHWH Hoshayaah na.
\nAnu YHWH Hoshayaah na.
\nPlease, YHWH, save us now!
\nPlease, YHWH, save us now!
\nPlease, YHWH,save us now1
\nPlease, YHWH, save us now!
\n(the verses in this part of the Psalm are also recited responsively, during Succos the four species
\nare waved here)<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nFigure 10 Port of Vicksburg (north of the city) from 6500′ . Part of the Yazoo river diversion channel which empties into the MS river provides access to the Port<\/p>\n
\nAre superimposed for meditation during Tashlich. Tashlich is the service conducted before Rosh Hashanah near a body of water in order to symbolically wash away our sins, iniquities, and transgression. The 13 attributes in Micah explain how man
\nIs \u201clike his creator\u201d. The 9 attributes here explain how the \u201ccreator is like man\u201d. In the book \u201cThe Palm Tree of Deborah\u201d there is a good explanation of the Micah verses in the Kabbalistic system of the Jewish Rabbi called the ARI. You can now find a good translation of this Hebrew work into English at http:\/\/digital-brillance.com\/kab\/deborah. If you add the number of attributes of God inside man, 9, to the number of man inside of God you get 22 for the number of dimensions where this concept of a concept is realized. If you include 4 more in order that the name of God itself can be a witness to all of this we get 26 the value of the letters in God\u2019s name, the Tetragrammaton, YHWH.<\/p>\n
\nThe parenthectical Roman numeral corresponds to one of the nine superimposed attributes.<\/p>\n
\nAnnanay bhemehr\u2019cha\u2019yah.<\/p>\n
\n(taking His time, slowly)<\/p>\n
\nprayed along with the service for several years you will understand how having it performed over
\nthe whole year self-fulfills this prophecy)<\/p>\n
\n(v\u2019rav chesed)
\nThe Lord is with me
\n(abundant in kindness)<\/p>\n
\nDefender for the pray person against his heavenly accuser. For Christians, this is as promised
\nand prophesized by Jesus Christ in the Gospel of John book 14.<\/p>\n
\n(I do not fear)
\nNasha ayn
\n(because he is the bearer of my iniquity)<\/p>\n
\nThe Holy One of Israel has the ability to carry the soul and spirit of these destroying angels inside of a worldly prodigal son as a sacrificial goat.
\nHow this has already happened for the whole nation of Israel is explained further on in the Poem One little goat which is sung later at the end of the Seder service.<\/p>\n
\n(What can man do to you?)
\nv\u2019pasha
\n(and transgressions)<\/p>\n
\n(the Lord being for me through my helpers)
\nv\u2019nekah
\n(He erases)<\/p>\n
\nToward them, we we allow others to transgress us Jesus Christ has explained in His prayer
\nThat God then forgives us through our helper the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n
\n(in this way I shall see my enemies)
\nlo ynakah
\n(and does not erase)
\nThis means we shall see them as a means sent for our own salvation, justification and forgiveness.
\nOnce we see them in the above light there is no need for these transgressions of theirs to be held
\nAgainst them by us. Because we have given God nodt us the responsibility of handling this.<\/p>\n
\n(It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to rely on man).
\nPaka ayn abot al\u2019bhanen
\n(He(God) accounts the iniquity of the fathers.)<\/p>\n
\n(It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to rely on noble angels)
\nal shelshaym v\u2019 al rabaym
\n(to the third and fourth generations)<\/p>\n
\nis better than relying on the promises of any particular humans, or even all of us humans together.<\/p>\n
\nHas been assigned to a different nation by God in the Book of Genesis.<\/p>\n
\nTe Deum Laudemus and Bendictus sections in the
\nCatholic Mass. For Protestants these are contained in
\n\u201cA Pocket Prayer Book\u201d by Methodist Bishop Ralph Spaulding.<\/p>\n
\nv’hanora b’nor’oteh\u2026yach, hameh\u2026lech hyoshev al Keesay ram v’neesha.<\/p>\n
\nand awesome through your awesomeness [revered for your inspiring manifestations8], O King [Divine King] enthroned upon a high and uplifted throne [seated upon a transcendent and sublime throne*].<\/p>\n
\nShoken Ad, marom v’kadosh sh’mu. V’katov ran’nu tzadekem bayay, lay’sharem navah t’heelah.<\/p>\n
\n[most exalted and most holy *]. And, it is written: Sing joyfully [rejoice in
\nthe Lord*], O righteous, before the Lord;
\nfor the upright[just *], praise is fitting [comely*].<\/p>\n
\nuv’deb’rey tzadekem teet’barach,
\nuveel’shon chasedem teet’romah,
\nub’kehrehb k’doshem teet’kadash.<\/p>\n
\nBy the words of the righteous, shall you be blessed;
\nBy the tongue of the devout[pious*], shall you be exalted[extolled*];
\nand amid the Holy[saints*] shall you be sanctified.<\/p>\n
\nbasham..aym vba\u2026retz.<\/p>\n
\nour great and Holy King, in the heavens and on the earth.<\/p>\n
\nThe Fourth Cup of Wine is drunk at this point.
\nThis Cup of Salvation symbolizes God promise to manifest himself as
\na divine advocate for us in heaven (as a Holy Spirit or Sheckinah)
\neven as the Hebrew letter Heh in the four letter divine name represents
\nthe Divine presence of God in the natural world we live in.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\uf0b7 Published in the Artscroll Mesorah series<\/p>\n
\n(the dog is the Egyptians who enslaved the Israelites for many years)<\/p>\n
\nhad gad\u2019ya, had gad\u2019ya<\/p>\n
\nhad gad\u2019ya, had gad\u2019ya<\/p>\n
\n(the fire refers to the urge (yetzer hara) to worship pagan deities)<\/p>\n
\nhad gad\u2019ya, had gad\u2019ya.<\/p>\n
\n(the water refers to the loving great assembly of Israel that built the 2nd temple)<\/p>\n
\nhad gad\u2019ya, had gad\u2019ya<\/p>\n
\nhad gad\u2019ya, had gad\u2019ya<\/p>\n
\nhad gad\u2019ya, had gad\u2019ya<\/p>\n
\nMany Jewish writers interpret the goat as the nation of Israel itself, however it is also possible to interpret as above, one of two different personality types: 1) a prodigal son who leaves to live in the world, 2) a son that stays with His father in heaven<\/p>\n
\nGod\u2019s justice inside of two different types of truth (objective truth in the world and what seems often only like subjective truth inside of each of us).
\nThe standard Torah and Kabbalah readings before Passover this year, are from the first ten chapters of the Book of Leviticus (Viyikra and Zav). They deal with the definitions of the different types of animal and meal sacrifices for the temple service at that time\u2026 how they are to be conducted and what circumstances each are required. Of course for Christians, differentiation of the type of sacrifice or penance required is much less severe. We believe, as Saint Paul has said, that we all have sinned and are sinners. Therefore it is not necessary to determine whether the person who or the sin for which God is giving forgiveness to at this time of year is a chieftain, an ordinary person, or the whole community. Nor is it necessary to have animal sacrifices or apply the blood from the sacrifice at a particular part of any altar. Thinking back on it I am sure if Moses or whoever wrote the Book of Leviticus were alive today (and I think He or they probably are) they might be wondering whether it was actually God
\nWho told them that sacrificing these animals like this was the best way to help us in terms of our salvation, redemption, justification, santification. To say this, which is the truth, does not dishonor the Torah or the glorious history of those who believe in it. It only makes it stronger. For the truth is itself who it is.
\nUntruth is an illusion and only lasts as long as people mistakenly don\u2019t examine it or allow it to be hidden for such a view.
\nIt is certainly true that there is both harsh side (the left side) and a lenient side to God\u2019s judgement. It is Lord God of Hosts, He whose name is three times Holy, who administer this judgement of the Holy Spirit of God\u2019s name inside of all of us. The mental and logical difference between the two sides can be very sutle. His name for the harsh side is YHWH Elohim Adonai, his name for the lenient side is YHWH Adonai Elohim. To be more precise, it is his lenient side which judges our souls the third time\u2026after they have been judged more strictly the second time. As our souls are judged in front of all the heavenly hosts it is usually not God but ourselves who are our own worst enemy. Satan (is the adversary in the judgement proceedings while the Holy Spirit whom Jesus Christ has promised his followers is the advocate) is usually our own self inside of others or all of us. Often it is full of the fear, anger,hatred, lust, greed that living for centuries inside of this world\u2019s earth creates inside of it. However, it is also true that we cannot just \u201cdo nothing\u201d in order to realize the full purpose for His goodness and His glory that God has already placed in high places inside our pre-existing souls and spirits. Looking back on the last century it is clear that Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin were evil of thier own selves and full of more evil than was in any of those they were allowed for a short time in history to be the judge of. Tens of millions of people perished, that shouldn\u2019t have, during this period of our human history\u2026not because of any natural disaster that they happened to be a part of or wander into. But, it was because of the evil human plans of the Nazi\u2019s, the Communist\u2019s and others who devised and preached these forms of totalitarian philosophies and governments that hopefully will never again be allowed to reign over any of us. It is the archangel Gabriel (Moses) and the archangel Michael (Elijah), being helped by our Mother of God Mary, Comforter to the eternal soul of the Lord Jesus, Queen of Heaven, Star of the Ocean, Rose of Sharon who are best able to take the responsibility for this. It is they living on earth among us who should have done a better job of minimizing the damage and cost of this. Jesus Christ their prayer partner in heaven has already done his part 2000 years ago. He has a human personality more of the nature of the Lamb of God who lets things happen without trying to do anything about it before hand. Gabriel and Michael and Mary have spirits which can go both forward and backward in time. They and their Protestant and Jewish followers should have done a better job to protect and glorify the good name of Our God before something like this happened to all of us, Christians and Jews. For as the hymn says in matters as important to our core beliefs as the Holocaust turned out to be, \u201cIf it can happen to any of us, it can happen to all of us\u201d. Some people, including my own foolish self, have said in the past that if Jesus Christ was to return to this earth again (for the third time) the same thing would happen to him as before. They and I were wrong this doesn\u2019t have to be the case. For, praying with God and all of us working together with all we know together now and the faith of a better future that has grown inside of us since then, hopefully, will forbid that it should ever happen again. Amen.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAll Angels Day September 29, 2006<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWhat has Love got to do with it?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n(see full posting for the rest of the 49 days of meditation of these great ideas)<\/p>\n
\nway up in the middle of the air.
\nEzekiel saw the wheel,
\nWay up in the middle of the air,
\nThe big wheel run by faith,
\nThe little wheel by the grace of God,
\nA wheel in a wheel,
\nWay up in the middle of the air.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nDavidson Music<\/p>\n
\nTuesday March 30<\/p>\n
\n(Chesed)**
\n1st day
\nChesed of Chesed
\nLoving kindness is compassionate
\nand forgiving
\n(it does not keep a record of wrong)<\/p>\n
\nGevurah of Chesed
\nLoving kindness is stronger than death
\n(Song of Songs)<\/p>\n
\nTiferet of Chesed
\nLoving kindness seeks more to give
\nthan receive. (It is beautiful)<\/p>\n
\nNetzach of Chesed
\nLoving kindness is patient
\n(while having integrity and supporting the rights of others)<\/p>\n
\nHod of Chesed
\nLoving kindness is obedient and submissive
\nto God\u2019s will (it therefore shares in his glory)<\/p>\n
\nY\u2019esod of Chesed
\nLoving kindness rejoices not in wrong
\nintentions, but in the truth (2 Corinthians)<\/p>\n
\nMalkuth of Chesed
\nLoving kindness fears God and does not consider what will happen to itself.
\n(This is its royalty)<\/p>\n
\nChesed of Gevurah
\n\u201cThe quality of mercy(justice) is not strained.\u201d
\n(its definition is not tightly controlled)
\nWilliam Shakespeare
\n\u201cLet justice roll like water and righteousness
\nLike a mighty stream.\u201d Jewish Prayer Service<\/p>\n
\nGevurah of Gevurah
\n\u201cJustice is freedom combined with equality.\u201d
\nMortimer Adler, Six Great Ideas *<\/p>\n
\nTiferet of Gevurah
\nJustice is everyone and everything
\nparticipating in its virtue (its good according to its kind or its concept) Plato, The Republic<\/p>\n
\nNetzach of Gevurah
\nNo good fruit (end) can come from a bad tree
\n(bad means). No bad fruit (end) can come from a good
\nTree(good means).\u201d Jesus Christ according to the
\nGospel of Matthew
\nGood defines evil, evil defines good, good comes
\nFrom good, evil from evil.\u201d
\nSefirah Yetzirah, Book V.<\/p>\n
\nHod of Gevurah
\nGood \u2013 What is desirable for its own sake<\/p>\n
\nYesod of Gevurah
\ndivine order\u2014a rightful (according to a sound
\neverlasting principle)** procession of truth from Beginning as good faith to its correspondence And completion as a realization in one of us or
\nAll of us or the World around us.<\/p>\n
\nMalkuth of Gevurah<\/p>\n
\nJoseph to his brother, story in the Torah<\/p>\n
\n** Being divine, this correspondence can only take place inside of a field of being which has its existence as a part of God\u2019s name. Furthermore, in order for God to have a name he must be a unique individual, that is, a one.
\nApril 16<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe center of the photo are called the Spanish Peaks.
\n10\/24\/2008 photo 21<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe west of the route is the La Veta High military operations areas used by the Air Force Academy to
\nTrain cadets. 10\/24\/2008 Photo 24
\nSeven Thoughts About Beauty
\n(Tiferet)<\/p>\n
\ncount .\u201d<\/p>\n
\nTiferet<\/p>\n
\nLeonardo da Vince<\/p>\n
\nOccasion of an experience \u201c<\/p>\n
\np. 252<\/p>\n
\ncount<\/p>\n
\nTiferet<\/p>\n
\nelements. Beauty is a heart that generates<\/p>\n
\n\u201cAnd, the perfection of harmony is defined in terms of the perfection of the subjective
\nForm and in final synthesis.\u201d
\nA.N. Whitehead, ibid, p. 253<\/p>\n
\ncount<\/p>\n
\nTiferet<\/p>\n
\ndesirable for its own sake. Love is aspiring<\/p>\n
\nA.N. Whitehead, ibid, pg 265<\/p>\n
\ncount<\/p>\n
\nTiferet<\/p>\n
\nhow the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor<\/p>\n
\ncount
\n\u201c
\nHod of Tiferet<\/p>\n
\nour good sister the Soul in her vast powers of labourless creation.”<\/p>\n
\nMortimer Adler, U. of Chicago Press.<\/p>\n
\nSaint Thomas Aquinas
\n\u201cThe beautiful is that which pleases us upon being contemplated.\u201d<\/p>\n
\ncount<\/p>\n
\nTiferet
\n\u201cTruth is beauty and beauty truth, that
\nis all you know and all you need to know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nPrimarily Beauty is realized in actual occasions of it in the reality we experience
\n[paraphrased]. But in the analysis of an occasion in experience, some parts of its
\nObjective content contribute to the perfection of the completion of the subjective
\nForm of the occasion.[paraphrased]\u201d<\/p>\n
\ncount<\/p>\n
\nTiferet<\/p>\n
\nthat cannot be identified with what pervades the whole;
\nnor can several objects be stated as everything.”
\nPlotinus ibid, verse 17.<\/p>\n
\nChristian saying passed down in the Calohan<\/p>\n
\nDaily Living.\u201d( 1990) by Thich Nhat Hanh with permission of Parallax Press,
\nBerkeley California<\/p>\n
\n(Netzach)<\/p>\n
\nChesed of Netzach<\/p>\n
\nSanctify the name of God
\nwith our love
\n“Withold not good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.”[Romans 13:7; Gal. 6:10]*<\/p>\n
\nGevurah of Netzach
\nExalt and lift up the name of God*
\n“Keep sound and godly wisdom and discretion.”
\n“Be not afraid of sudden terror and panic.”
\n“For the Lord shall be your confidence, firm and strong, and shall keep your foot from being caught.”<\/p>\n
\nTiferet of Netzach
\nBless the name of God
\nbring it into our consciousness
\n“Be not wise in your own eyes; reverently fear and worship the Lord.”*<\/p>\n
\nNetzach of Netzach<\/p>\n
\nRest in the name of God
\n(with patience)<\/p>\n
\nHod of Netzach
\nGive glory to the name of God
\n“Happy is the man who finds skillful and godly Wisdom, and the man who gets understanding. For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, and the profit of it better than fine gold…more precious than rubies; and nothing you can wish for is to be compared to her. [Job 28:12 -18] Length of days are in her right hand, and in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are highways of pleasantness, and all her paths are of peace “* #<\/p>\n
\nYesod of Netzach
\nPraise the name of God
\n(in eternal life)
\n“Do not despise or shrink from the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary or impatient about or loathe or abhor his reproof. For whom the Lord loves, he corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.” *<\/p>\n
\nMalkuth of Netzach
\nHonor the name of God
\n“Honor the Lord with your capital and sufficiency [from righteous labours] and with the firstfruits of all your income; so shall your storage places be filled with plenty.” *<\/p>\n
\n# For those who gain wisdom, will eventually learn to have peace of mind, and, as my Buddhist prayer partners teach, peace of mind is, dear friends, our most precious attainment and highest happiness. For if we have this, God can supply us with the rest of the riches of the glories in Christ he has prepared for us through the divine order of his providence and the hidden protections that the small, but important, parts of each of us play in his great plans for all of us (the contributions of each of us being tied together in a huge and complex network of salvation, the stronger for the fact that the temporary loss or transformation of any part of it can be made up by the reserve forces contained in the rest).<\/p>\n
\n(Hod)<\/p>\n
\nWhich is part of the 15 expressions of praise of God in the Yishtabach prayer<\/p>\n
\nChesed of Hod
\nb\u2019arachot v\u2019hodaot
\nblessings and thanks<\/p>\n
\nGevurah of Hod
\nk\u2019dehshah v\u2019malchot
\nholiness and dominion<\/p>\n
\nTiferet of Hod
\nt\u2019ehllah v\u2019tiferet
\npsalm singing and beauty<\/p>\n
\nNetzach of Hod
\nRest,eternally, in the name of God
\n(with patience)<\/p>\n
\naz v\u2019mem\u2019shalah strong help and power<\/p>\n
\nYesod of Hod
\nhallayl v\u2019zim\u2019rah
\n(praise or veneration and melodies)<\/p>\n
\nMalkuth of Hod
\nsong and praise
\n<\/a>
\nFigure 16 City of Vicksburg from 7000′ looking East from north of the city on the Louisiania side of the river<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n