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The problem is that seldom do you find agreement throughout a whole religion as theorists define religion. There isn't really one Judaism, or one Christianity, or one Islam, or one Buddhism, or one Hinduism, or any other defined religion. No more than there's one French language, or one Spanish, or one Italian, or one Mandarin, or one Cantonese ( Read more... )

Isaiah 40:

ג קוֹל קוֹרֵא--בַּמִּדְבָּר פַּנּוּ דֶּרֶךְ יְהוָה יַשְּׁרוּ, בָּעֲרָבָה מְסִלָּה, לֵאלֹהֵינוּ
ד כָּל-גֶּיא, יִנָּשֵׂא, וְכָל-הַר וְגִבְעָה יִשְׁפָּלוּ; וְהָיָה הֶעָקֹב לְמִישׁוֹר וְהָרְכָסִים לְבִקְעָה
ה וְנִגְלָה כְּבוֹד יְהוָה וְרָאוּ כָל-בָּשָׂר יַחְדָּו כִּי פִּי יְהוָה דִּבֵּר
3 Hark! one calleth: 'Clear ye in the wilderness the ( Read more... )

Genesis 1:

ג וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר וַיְהִי-אוֹר
ד וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת-הָאוֹר כִּי-טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ
ה וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָד
3 And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light ( Read more... )

Just as Dance is made up of Stillness and Action, Music is made up of Silence and Sound, in effect, Hacah and Naba'. Dance is our reaction to Music. It is hard to dance without some form of Music. Stillness corrisponds to Silence, and Action corrisponds to Sound. Our lives are a Dance to the pattern of Hacah and Naba ( Read more... )

Netzach is connected to Action, about 'Asah.  Hod is connected to Prophecy, about Naba'.  When we receive Victory, it's because of Action.  We confront something straight on and overcome it.  This is Netzach.  Hod, however, is different.  Hod is about discussion and embracing, about closeness and Words.  Hod is using Prophecy to change the ( Read more... )

Naba' is the Hebrew word for "to prophesy" or "to be under the influence of divine spirit".  Words spoken out of Silence are Naba'.  Naba' are the words of the Divine spoken through man.  This leads back to Shilflut, Lowliness ( Read more... )

Just as Intention and Lowliness, Kavanah and Shiflut, lead to Stillness and Silence, Damam and Hacah, Damam and Hacah lead to Action and Words.  Action is Ritual, and the Hebrew word 'Asah best describes it.  Words are to Prophesy, Naba ( Read more... )

Hacah is pronounced hä·sä', and is spelled Heh, Samech, Heh (הסה).  It means "to hush, to command to be silent, hush, keep silence, be silent, hold peace, hold tongue, still ( Read more... )

Clouds of Glory, Miriam's Well, Manna - The Jewish Home:The Well of Miriam was for drinking and also for washing clothing. Water serves two purposes. One is for drinking, when it becomes part of the person's life force. The second purpose is for cleansing the body and clothing. The skin itself is also clothing of the inner dimensions of the body. ( Read more... )