Selected Writings of Rabbi Yosef Qafih, of blessed memory Excerpt from Journal “Sinai,” pub. by Mosad HaRav Kook, Jerusalem, Tammuz 5718, from article entitled “HaRMb”M wegaluth Teman,” pg. 261 “I have heard from the old men that there is a tradition with the Jews of Yemen which says that the prayer version that Maimonides wrote…
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Emergence of the Synagogue
Sacred Realm: The Emergence of the Synagogue in the Ancient World, 1996, Entire manuscript! by Steven Fine | Bookmarked by Albert Baumgarten The rich tradition and profound spirituality of Judaism has touched people the world over for thousands of years. With the arrival in the Near East of Alexander the Great and the destruction of…
D’var Torah Parshas Vaera
Hiding in the Open Daily By Rabbi Label Lam And G-d spoke to Moshe and said to him; “I am Hashem! I appeared to Avraham to Yitzchok and to Yaakov as El Shaddai, but with My name HASHEM I did not make Myself known to them. (Shemos: 2-3) What’s this whole business with the names…
The Baladi-rite Amidah
The Baladi-rite Amidah English Translation Original Hebrew Lord, open Thou my lips and my mouth shall declare Thy praise. אֲדֹנָי שְׂפָתַי תִּפתָּח וּפִי יַגִּיד תְּהִלָתֶךָ Blessed art Thou, O Lord our God and God of our fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, mighty, revered and exalted God. Thou bestowest favour…
The Twelve Commandments
There are Twelve Commandments which have been given by YAH for His people. The first Ten Commandments were given to the Prophet Moses on Mount Sinai, and the last two came from Jesus, who said, “Do not think that I have come loosen the law or the prophets, I have not come to loosen, but…
Jewish Aleppo, Lost Forever
The Syrian diaspora in Israel watches its once-vibrant ancestral home fall to ruin in the country’s civil war By Joseph Dana|August 23, 2012 7:00 AM|Comments: 0 PrintEmail Share251 Tweet1 0 0 Jewish family in Aleppo (left) and the Aleppo Citadel seen from the southwest, c. 1910. The original stereographic images have been altered into an anaglyph. When…
Dwell in the Shelter of Elyon
1He who dwells in the shelter of Elyon, will abide in the shadow of Shaddai. 2I will say of Adonai, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust. 3For He will rescue you from the hunter’s trap and from the deadly pestilence. 4He will cover you with His feathers, and…
The situation of Nazareth
The situation of Nazareth from John The situation of Nazareth, according to Borchard, Breidenbach, and Saligniac, ought to be measured and determined from mount Thabor. For so they unanimously: “From Nazareth two leagues eastward is mount Thabor.” Nor is there any cause why, with respect to that region of Galilee in which they place…
MESSIAH
OF the six things which existed before creation, when only ‘the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters,’ two, the Torah and the throne of God, were complete in every detail. The remaining four, however, viz., the Patriarchs, Israel, the Temple, and the name of Messiah, existed prior to the creation only…
Judaism
Jewish Mysticism, by J. Abelson; London: G. Bell and Sons [1913] http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/jm/index.htm The Babylonian Talmud in Selection, by Leo Auerbach; New York: Philosophical Library [1944] http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/bata/index.htm The Duties of the Heart, by Rabbi Bachye, tr. by Edwin Collins; London, John Murray (Wisdom of the East) [1909] http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/doth/index.htm The Wisdom of Israel, by Edwin Collins; London,…
Teimani Halakhah
Why Teimani halakhah? To reconstruct the ancient Netzarim halakhah, modern Netzarim were faced with the challenge of restoring the lacuna left by nearly 2,000 years of dormancy. To fill this lacuna, based on the state of the first-century Jewish community described in Dead Sea Scroll 4Q MMT, the Netzarim adopted as the base set the…
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