Monday 2 June 2014

Don't forget the Cheesecake....

We will be off writing the blog from tomorrow night to at least Thursday night, as it will soon be Shavuot. Please  use this thread to put your thoughts on if you so wish  and   may you be Blessed that you that you Should Receive The Torah with JOY , and in an a fashion that speaks to your innermost being.




PS- don't forget the cheesecake !

PPS- if  you've missed what Shavuot is about, check out this brief video -


35 comments:

  1. Hi David,


    Thanks for this post .We have loads of cheesecake, perhaps too much! :)

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  2. Hannah

    One can never have to much cheesecake. I see you've been arguing with our friends on Cranmer again. Keep up the good work. I'm seeing the sister I used to know coming back (:

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  3. Thanks David. Yeah I'm like a moth to a flame when it comes to arguing with Evangelical Protestants and Conservative Roman Catholics...A minor skirmish as far as I'm concerned. And I like the video you've put up on this thread as well. Fab! :)

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  4. Oooh, we've got to have cheesecake for Shavuot. What about more traditional Sephardi food though??

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  5. Go girl! Really impressed with you holding your own. You're getting back to your old self!

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  6. Dude, bro, have a great one!

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  7. And then everybody ate blintzes. The End lol.

    Seriously, Chag Sameach!

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  8. Time for a song! :

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVAEMD4YX3k

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  9. To all who read this blog


    Chag Sameach!

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  10. Another song , lol!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFG_2iT-Lm4

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  11. And I may yet stay up all night .Depending on what my housemates think! Will you join me in reading our Holy Torah?

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  12. Yep!! Will you help me out with the Hebrew though?

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  13. Cool! Can't wait. Almost at the house!!

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  14. We gotta plan!! Sounds cool sis! I'll even get my Fedora and put on my suit!

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  15. Hey bud, I've got an English version of the Bible and Talmud if it helps. But yeah, we can help you out with the Hebrew.

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  16. Dominique Vasilkovsky3 June 2014 at 17:58

    Yeah, we I'm happy to stay with you guys all night as well!

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  17. Hi Dom, you're welcome to stay with us all night!

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  18. Fab Sam! You're putting on your Fedora tonight ??! Cool!

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  19. Hi Paul,


    Yeah, I'll help you out with the Hebrew . But as Sam said we've also got English versions, if you can reach the top shelf of the book case.

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  20. Esa einai el heharim,
    Psalm 121


    "me'ayin me'ayin yavo ezri
    Esa einai el heharim,
    me'ayin me'ayin yavo ezri

    Ezri me'im Hashem,
    Oseh shamayim va'aretz
    Ezri me'im Hashem,
    Oseh shamayim va'aretz"

    "I will lift up my eyes to the mountains.
    From where does my help come?
    I will lift up my eyes to the mountains.
    From where does my help come?

    My help comes from the L-rd,
    who made heaven and earth.
    My help comes from the L-rd,
    who made heaven and earth."

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  21. One final song -


    "Am Yisrael CHai
    Od Avinu Chai.


    The people of Israel live.
    Our forefather still lives."

    (c.f. Genesis 45:3)

    http://image.aish.com/misc/01AmYisrael.mp3

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  22. Love U xx, enjoying studying Torah with U and everyone else. (:

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  23. Hi All,


    I really appreciate the chance to be able to study the Torah, your everlasting covenant , with you. As a Christian I am humbled by your devotion to God's word. Thank you for enabling I to be able to sit with you , our older brothers and sisters of the LORD and discuss these wonderful God given documents. I will never understand anti-semitism and Jew hate. You are such a creative, wonderful, kind people who have given us all so many blessings.
    God bless
    x (:

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  24. Lamnatseach 'al hagitit
    mizmor l'David.
    Adonai adoneinu ma adir shimcha
    bechol ha'arets
    asher tena hod'cha
    al hashamayim.

    Mipi ol'lim v'yonekim yisadta oz
    lema'an tsor'recha
    l'hashbit
    oyev umitnakem.

    Ki ere shamecha
    ma'aseh etsbeotecha
    yareach vechochavim asher konanta.

    Ma enosh ki tizk'renu
    uven adam ki tifkedenu.

    Vatechas'rehu m'at me'elohim
    v'chavod v'hadar t'atrehu.

    Tamshilehu
    bema'asei yadecha
    kol shatah
    tachat raglav.

    Tsoneh va'alafim kulam
    v'gam bahamot sadai.
    Tsipor shamayim udgei
    hayam over orchot yamin.

    Adonai adoneinu ma'adir shimcha bechol ha'arets

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  25. Love U too, G-d I am so happy at the present, never thought I'd ever deserve to be so my love xxxx

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  26. Hi Sophie,
    And thank you to pointing out to me Christians, aside from my own Anglo-Catholic Cousins, who are loving, kind, decent and nice. Yourself (of course) and other bloggers such as Tamara L , Rachel Held Evans and Benjamin M (:

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  27. 'The steadfast love of Hashem never ceases;
    his mercies never come to an end;
    23 they are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness'



    Lamentations

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  28. Exodus Chapter 3 vs14.

    'Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh'

    To our teacher Moses, G-d said -

    'I AM WHO I AM OR THE ONE WHO WAS WHO IS OR I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE HAS SENT YOU'

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpx618dfyxQ

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  29. "When he went before Hillel, he said to him, 'What is hateful to you, do not to your neighbour: that is the whole Torah, while the rest is the commentary thereof; go and learn it"

    Shabbat 31 a

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  30. Feels quite sad that our mammoth Torah study has almost ended....

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  31. Oh yes and wasn't it cool!

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  32. Hannah,


    Looks like you guys had an interesting time. I'll put a thread up sometime tomorrow, so we can all share our Shavuot experiences!

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