tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.comments2012-08-15T08:17:52.835-04:00KOEOYLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05575110651129425906noreply@blogger.comBlogger303125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-83071065765203941652012-08-15T08:17:52.835-04:002012-08-15T08:17:52.835-04:00Thank you so much, Maria! I really appreciate that...Thank you so much, Maria! I really appreciate that. Your wish came true. It was an awesome experience being in the mountains and surrounded by so many kind people and loved ones. I had a great time - and the memories are splendid! Thanks!Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575110651129425906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-65536274392576450802012-08-10T06:59:45.587-04:002012-08-10T06:59:45.587-04:00Tomorrow is the big day...It is around the corner....Tomorrow is the big day...It is around the corner. I would like to wish you to have fun gratification and splendid memories :)<br />mariaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-54489856481774650932012-06-12T21:39:46.846-04:002012-06-12T21:39:46.846-04:00Thanks, gents. I'm laying things out now. Ther...Thanks, gents. I'm laying things out now. There's so much information to arrange. I want to be sure it makes sense to more than just me. Talk soon!Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575110651129425906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-64366168540827636472012-06-12T10:35:03.860-04:002012-06-12T10:35:03.860-04:00that goes for me too. :)that goes for me too. :)s_brooksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-20656359217361562442012-06-11T15:09:45.979-04:002012-06-11T15:09:45.979-04:00Looking forward to this! Just saw it this weekend ...Looking forward to this! Just saw it this weekend and already have a friend asking these types of questions. Thx Luke!Aronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-89959773414071052672012-05-23T13:15:06.953-04:002012-05-23T13:15:06.953-04:00:):)Swannyhttp://dotrabbi.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-8596774062787436122012-04-15T16:21:54.085-04:002012-04-15T16:21:54.085-04:00Todah rabah, Meirav! I appreciate you thinking of ...Todah rabah, Meirav! I appreciate you thinking of KOEOY when bestowing such an honor. All the best to you this year!Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575110651129425906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-5029063400988174602012-04-15T11:58:16.316-04:002012-04-15T11:58:16.316-04:00Hi. Not sure why trying to post a comment with my ...Hi. Not sure why trying to post a comment with my WordPress account didn't work, so I'll try this way. This isn't a comment on this particular post, it's just a note to let you know that I included you in my Liebster Awards list:<br />http://meiravsblog.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/liebster-awards/<br />May our Lord keep blessing you in all that you do.<br />MeiravMeirav M. (Berale)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00067487655119966525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-64982736905667582522012-04-12T11:06:00.107-04:002012-04-12T11:06:00.107-04:00I'm with you, Rey. It's awesome. I love th...I'm with you, Rey. It's awesome. I love that Boyarin is secure and educated enough to be honest about what Judaism (and the faith that preceded it) has actually taught historically. His honesty and open-mindedness seems very rare in this field of research.<br /><br />I'm going back through the extensive footnotes now, and our rabbi just started teaching a six week course on it. We've been recording it, so I'll see if I can get that to you next month. Thanks so much for writing, Brother.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575110651129425906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-2914230599075533962012-04-12T02:38:21.186-04:002012-04-12T02:38:21.186-04:00Shalom U'vracha Luke,
I finished the book in ...Shalom U'vracha Luke,<br /><br />I finished the book in a day! I couldn't put it down and i'm actually reading it again. One amazing aspect is that Daniel Boyarin is not a believer in the Master! It is a great to see others writing of the fact that the subject of a Divine Moshiach is not foreign to Judaism, no matter how much many would make you believe otherwise it is sketched into Israel's history. <br /><br />Daniel Boyarin shows the inter connection of the first (Christians/Nazarenes)and how it was a sect within the Judaism of the 1st century! Personally it is one of my favorites!! <br /><br />ReyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-33250684614569958012012-04-11T08:09:33.872-04:002012-04-11T08:09:33.872-04:00It is. Thanks, Brooks. I only wish I made it. :^)It is. Thanks, Brooks. I only wish I made it. :^)Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575110651129425906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-45597069442497057082012-03-16T08:44:00.757-04:002012-03-16T08:44:00.757-04:00UPDATE: Tikkun prints are now available in 16x20 f...UPDATE: Tikkun prints are now available in 16x20 format. They're full color on matte paper and turned out beautifully. Just mail me at koeoy.blog[at]gmail[dt]com for details if you'd like to purchase one.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575110651129425906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-68564847217015071602012-03-14T23:35:19.696-04:002012-03-14T23:35:19.696-04:00Thank you so much, Bev! G-d willing and inspiratio...Thank you so much, Bev! G-d willing and inspiration hits, I will. Thanks again.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575110651129425906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-17588102225597696802012-03-14T10:25:57.560-04:002012-03-14T10:25:57.560-04:00So awesome! I didn't even know some of that. :...So awesome! I didn't even know some of that. :)S_Brooksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-18477586489713548872012-03-14T08:18:04.155-04:002012-03-14T08:18:04.155-04:00Excellent, Rey! Particularly the P'sqita Rabbi...Excellent, Rey! Particularly the P'sqita Rabbita reference and Rashi's commentary, though it's all tremendous. Thanks so much, brother - and it's very good to have you back, my friend!Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575110651129425906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-32741860518442721562012-03-14T01:27:30.638-04:002012-03-14T01:27:30.638-04:00Shalom U'vracha Luke,
Great post my friend!! ...Shalom U'vracha Luke,<br /><br />Great post my friend!! <br /><br />- (Pesikta Rabbati 146b)<br />“Our Sages said, ‘King Messiah is subjected to sufferings of every generation according to the sins of that generation.’ The Holy One, blessed be He, said, ‘In that hour of the Redemption I shall resuscitate him – create him a new and he will no longer suffer.’”<br /><br />Check this other info on the passage of the Talmud that you posted: <br /><br />Rashi (together with Ibn Ezra) comments in this verse: “The words: ‘The land shall mourn’, are found in the prophecy of Zechariah, and he prophesies of the future, that they shall mourn on account of Messiah ben Yosef, who shall be slain in the war of Gog and Magog”. When Rashi comments: ‘the war of Gog and Magog’ he refers the notes in Targum on Zech 12:12. However, according to many sages the one who fights the war of Gog and Magog is the Messiah King (Gog and Magog are midrashic names on which commentators and sages do not have a full agreement of their meaning. Some believe to be 70 nations collectively anti-Messiah, some believe to be religions [Targum on Ezekiel identifies Gog as Rome]).<br /><br />Zohar, Vayera: “In the 70th, on three, all the kings of the worlds shall gather to the (big) city, and HaShem shall awake on them hail and hailstones, and they will be lost from the world. And only the kings that shall not go there will remain in the world, to return for other wars. From that time the Messiah King will be awakened all over the world, and will gather with him few peoples and few armies from all the edges of the world. And all of the Israelites will be gathered, in all their places.”<br /><br />The professor Klaussner made a study on this war (that Rashi talks about), and on the fact that Targum Onkelos doesn’t mention Messiah ben Yosef on it, and said: “we conclude with reasonable certainly that in the pre-Hadrianic period it was believed that Messiah ben David would, with the aid of Sechinah, fight against and overcome the enemies of Israel; but in the post-Hadrianic period, the fight was attributed to Messiah ben Yosef, who after a great but not decisive victory, would have to be slain. The final and decisive victory… would give the crown to Messiah ben David” (Klaussner). <br /><br />In the Targum on Shir haShirim 8:4 we read:<br /><br />“Don’t stir up or awaken love, until it is ready. The King Messiah shall say: ‘I adjure you, my people, beit Israel! Why do you contend with the nations of the earth in order to get out of the Dispersion and why do you rebel against the armed might of Gog and Magog? Would that you might wait but a little longer, until the nations who have gone up to wage war against Jerusalem are destroyed, and after that the Lord of the Universe shall remember for your sake the love of the righteous, and it shall be His will who deliver you”<br /><br />ReyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-69745400688183614252012-03-07T17:53:53.184-05:002012-03-07T17:53:53.184-05:00This is quite lovely - just found it today. Write ...This is quite lovely - just found it today. Write another.<br />Cheers, BevAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-40307745896273501492012-03-05T09:52:35.339-05:002012-03-05T09:52:35.339-05:00Todah rabah, Anon! We're praying for you over ...Todah rabah, Anon! We're praying for you over there!Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575110651129425906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-21490322751923028142012-03-05T09:48:35.266-05:002012-03-05T09:48:35.266-05:00Thanks so much, Sharon! That's music to my eye...Thanks so much, Sharon! That's music to my eyes. :'D Keep up the good work!Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575110651129425906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-79773610595696605592012-03-05T08:32:25.692-05:002012-03-05T08:32:25.692-05:00That, indeed, is a beautiful realization. Nowhere ...That, indeed, is a beautiful realization. Nowhere else in history do we find a deity that is concerned and compassionate towards their people. There is no god that hears, loves, rescues or redeems humanity, but the G-d of Israel. B"H!Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575110651129425906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-13810832438596168472012-03-05T08:27:21.791-05:002012-03-05T08:27:21.791-05:00All true, Swanny. But, as you well know, HaShem wi...All true, Swanny. But, as you well know, HaShem will fix perceptions and correct misunderstandings as He sees fit. It's difficult enough just getting people to admit that they might possibly hold an errant view. Pride is the king of all lawlessness. Clearly, while we can make ourselves available emissaries, this battle is not our own.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575110651129425906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-26384087860063971402012-03-02T20:23:06.578-05:002012-03-02T20:23:06.578-05:00"Can there be a greater stumbling block than ..."Can there be a greater stumbling block than Christianity? All the prophets spoke of Mashiach as the redeemer of Israel and their savior who would gather their dispersed and strengthen their observance of the mitzvot. In contrast, Christianity caused the Jews to be slain by the sword, their remnants to be scattered and humbled, the Torah to be altered, and the majority of the world to err and serve a god other than the L-rd...<br /><br />The entire world has already become filled with the mention of Mashiach, Torah, and mitzvot. These matters have been spread to the furthermost islands to many stubborn-hearted nations. They discuss these matters and the mitzvot of the Torah, saying: 'These mitzvot were true, but were already negated in the present age and are not applicable for all time.'<br /><br />Others say: 'Implied in the mitzvot are hidden concepts that can not be understood simply. The Mashiach has already come and revealed those hidden truths.'<br /><br />When the true Messianic king will arise and prove successful, his position becoming exalted and uplifted, they will all return and realize that their ancestors endowed them with a false heritage and their prophets and ancestors caused them to err." (Rambam - Mishneh Torah->Sefer Shoftim->Melachim uMilchamot->Ch. 11 Halacha 4)<br /><br />Sometimes it feels like we have so much work ahead of us to fix the perception and misunderstandings of the past 1700 years.Swannyhttp://dotrabbi.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-62859941482347414212012-03-02T19:55:29.107-05:002012-03-02T19:55:29.107-05:00It seems to be a theme here with G-d, even since w...It seems to be a theme here with G-d, even since we started reading Exodus. The notion of a deity desiring for humanity to draw near to him. We even see it in this weeks parashat where He tells us again that he brought us out of Egypt specifically to dwell among us. And when you think about other gods of the nations, no where in history has a deity done that or had that mission concerning a people.Swannyhttp://dotrabbi.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-38976260369603793032012-02-24T16:56:36.623-05:002012-02-24T16:56:36.623-05:00Awesome, Swanny! Thanks for that. See you in two, ...Awesome, Swanny! Thanks for that. See you in two, my brother.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575110651129425906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638291599409408464.post-29714882425262343272012-02-24T15:37:38.512-05:002012-02-24T15:37:38.512-05:00Another way to look at it is 365 + 8 = 373
The heb...Another way to look at it is 365 + 8 = 373<br />The hebrew word "atsarah" has a gematria of 365 and is used to describe a religious assembly. And the hebrew letter "chet", 8, is the letter of life.Swannyhttp://dotrabbi.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com