In two volumes two different ages are
Advised.' So I am informed.' Perhaps
Its filthy lies.? Do let me know because
I have never read.' Of the quran or talmud
On their lines I've never fed..I hear
An age of nine years old..In the quran is
Advised? for females as suitable for making wives? And in the talmud four years
Old here I must be bold.' is the
counterpoint there carried.?
If this is so.? I wonder not that Yeshua
Took a stand.' And turned the tables over
He drove them whip in hand.' Out of His
Temple out to the streets, where later they
Would (send Him?) hln His cross to meet.'
I wonder not why He died to quell this un-palatable division that sketches hell.' No
More to have islam and jewish strife.' With
such lies to tell.'
Rather to cut away the dead flesh of laws
So rife, with disadvantage with slave and free.' Who were; yet both in darkness as far
As i see..I say call to Yeshua in these troubled hours, put no faith in worldly kings
And cold stone towers.'
( it is finished !)
Sweet rainwater, where is it from
Does it evaporate from the oceans
and come down from the clouds
If so, it should be salty, not sweet
Unless the clouds separate out the salt…
Or does it come from water above the clouds -
described in the six days of Creation –
which is not salty from the get-go …
How many angels can dance on the head of a pin
Scoffers ask to mock Talmudic discussions
Let these same scoffers debate the origin of rain
Citing the science behind evaporation-separation
~ and Big Bang Creation
They scoff at us Jews for our traditions
the myriad laws and restrictions
Never mixing milk and meat
watching every bite we eat
No wearing garments of mixed materials
not even on our ‘interiors’
Never planting mixed seeds, and
for our cattle no non-kosher feed
Letting the land lie fallow every seven years
no matter some accounts in arrears…
Yet these traditions ensure ecological balance
which our Rabbis safeguard with Talmudic talent
A poor soul approached who was singing the blues
He asked, 'What does God no longer want me to do?'
'What is hateful to you, do not do to others
All the rest is commentary, my dear brother'
He said, 'I've never heard it that way before
When you've time, I'd like to hear more'
Though I thanked the blues singer very much ~
Hillel's words, not mine, his heart touched
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Hillel was a Talmudic Sage of the 1st Century
BCE. On the brink of the Sabbath one late Fri-
day afternoon, a stranger asked him: 'Tell me
the Torah on one foot.' Hillel replied, 'What is
hateful to you do not do to others. All the rest
is commentary. Go and learn.' (Talmud,
Shabbos 31a)
Love your friend* as yourself
That is the whole Torah**
The rest is commentary
How can that be?
We are commanded to love God too
with all our heart, soul, and might***
So how is just loving your friend
to Almighty God not a slight?
The answer, of course, lies in the verse --
Who is the friend you can count on
Through thick and thin, through bad and worse?
~ Why, that friend is God, foremost and first ****
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*Leviticus 19:18: 'Love your friend as yourself,'
The word ' your friend' (Hebrew, rey-eh'cha) is
often mistranslated into English as 'your neighbor.'
In Biblical and Talmudic Hebrew, 'rey'us' always
refers to friendship. 'Shakhen' is 'neighbor.'
**This is how the Sage Hillel responded to a
fellow who wanted to be taught the whole
Torah while standing on one leg. (See Talmud
Shabbos 31a).
***Deuteronomy 6:5
****See Proverbs 27:10: 'Do not forsake your
friend and your father's friend...' (Your father's
friend is God Himself -- Rashi's Commentary).
An old-fashioned modern Jew
He was brilliant, unique
Weaving the strands of tradition
Into best-selling novels sleek
A Navy man, aboard a WW2 mine-sweep
Mr. Wouk loved letters, his country, and
Talmudic wisdom, from which his works drew deep
Herman Wouk, the prolific novelist and
lifelong student of the Talmud, has
passed on to his Maker today, at the
tender age of 103. May he rest in peace...
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