There is only one way to truly study Torah and the rest of the Tanach, the Bible: word by word, verse by verse. We need to see for ourselves what our sacred texts have to say, rather than blindly accept what others tell us they say. Take Creation in Genesis Chapter 1. The only myth in that chapter is what people say it says. Read carefully, this is the story written 3,500 years ago of how the universe, and the Earth after it, came into being just as science today says they did. Our views of the Torah are colored by the things we are told about it, by the movies and films that seek to dramatize it,and even how Torah is misused and abused by the politics of our day. You will be surprised to discover what the Bible (the Tanach), the Torah especially, really does have to say.
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A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR THIS MOST TROUBLED TIME Av Harachamim, Most Merciful God, we are mindful that our brothers and sisters in Ukraine live among the dangers and dislocations that war has caused in their homeland. We are mindful, as well, that our brothers and sisters in Medinat Yisrael are living under a new round of violence and terrorism. Protect them, O Merciful One, in Ukraine and in Israel, as You protected Your children whom You led out of Egypt. And give the leaders on all sides the wisdom and desire to act justly and equitably with all people in the region, as Your Torah requires. We are mindful, as well, that wars rage in many parts of our world and that your children of all faiths and those of no faiths are suffering because of this. Put an end to all the wars that are currently being fought in Your world, so that all Your children, whoever they may be and however they may believe, will know only peace from now on and forever. May You cause peace to break out throughout Your world, and let hate in all its forms disappear from Your world. And let us say, Amen.
There is only one way to truly study Torah and the rest of the Tanach, the Bible: word by word, verse by verse. We need to see for ourselves what our sacred texts have to say, rather than blindly accept what others tell us they say. Take Creation in Genesis Chapter 1. The only myth in that chapter is what people say it says. Read carefully, this is the story written 3,500 years ago of how the universe, and the Earth after it, came into being just as science today says they did. Our views of the Torah are colored by the things we are told about it, by the movies and films that seek to dramatize it,and even how Torah is misused and abused by the politics of our day. You will be surprised to discover what the Bible (the Tanach), the Torah especially, really does have to say.
To contact Shammai, just click on his image above. Click on the image, as well, if you would like to join our virtual Shabbat and festival services, and let Shammai know so that he can send you the materials and information on how to log on. To listen to Shammai's "Keep the Faith" podcast, click HERE to go to the PODCASTS page. His latest: Government stalemate and the Torah’s take on compromise. Go there, as well, to help support his podcasts. To read Shammai's latest Jewish Standard