Well, it's the day after the Jewish holiday of Purim. And, I see that I originally started a Thread here on Purim of 2013. A lot of hamantaschen has gone by since then. And, I found the disparaging contentious nature of some posters to be disturbing - to say the least. However, I still enjoy answering questions and discussing religion, history, and politics in the light of being Jewish and American and a student of these things. So... Here is a brief Purim Torah to start off my day: The Jewish aphorism for all Jewish holidays: They tried to kill us. We won. Lets eat! (And on Purim . Drink!) Things that make you go "Hmmmm?" On March 3, 2015, on the Eve of the Fast of Esther, the day when Queen Esther prepared to go before King Achashverosh to try and reverse the Kings decree that all Jews in the Persian Empire be condemned to death - The Prime Minister of the Jewish State of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu went before the Congress of the United States and said: Today the Jewish people face another attempt by yet another Persian potentate to destroy us. Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei spews the oldest hatred, the oldest hatred of anti-Semitism with the newest technology On March 5, 2015, "The Iranian Ayatollah [Khamenei] was reportedly rushed to a hospital after developing complications from his ongoing bout with prostrate cancer and remains in critical condition." Hmmmm? Did you know that Stalin died on Purim in 1953? Hmmmm? Anybody know what day it was when the Russians voted to steal Crimea from the Ukraine? You guessed it! Purim 2014. The Hebrew word that best describes Purim is venahafoch hu, meaning flipped over story. Everything is upside down. Everything is topsy turvy. Nothing is what it seems. The Vilna Gaon, one of the Greatest Jewish Sages who ever lived, said, back in the 1700s: When you hear that the Russians have captured the city of Crimea, the Times of the Moshach have started, that his steps are being heard. Hmmm? Now for a quick speculation vort into the stock market pay attention near the end could be a money maker for you! October 19[SUP]th[/SUP], 1987 was the largest Dow Jones percentage drop in history including the Crash of 1929 and everything up until the present. This occurred shortly after the Succos holiday in October of that year and, after the end of the previous Shemitah Year, which is where the Torah commands that every 7[SUP]th[/SUP] year all of the land owned by Jews in the Land of Israel must lie fallow. On September 17th, 2001, Erev Rosh Hoshana, the Dow Jones went down 684.8 points, the largest single point drop in its history. This occurred at the end of the previous Shemitah Year. On September 29, 2008, Erev Rosh Hoshana, the Dow Jones went down 777.7 points, the largest single point drop in its history. This occurred at the end of the previous Shemitah Year. Hey! What happened to Purim? Well, the bottom of the stock market of the Great Recession, when the Dow Jones reached 6,547, happened on March 9[SUP]th[/SUP], the Fast of Esther. It was the lowest Dow Jones close since 1997. The following day, March 10[SUP]th[/SUP], Purim, the market rose 379 points, never to go that low again (For those who might be interested This year, 5776; or the rest of 2015, is a Shemitah Year. The first day of Rosh Hashana at the end of this Shemitah year is Sunday, September 13, 2015. My question was always if Jews did not keep Shemitah in the Land Israel/ if Jews did not let the Land lie fallow and ownerless in the Land of Israel every Seventh Year, and did not totally rely on Hashem to provide their sustenance, as G-d has Commanded us to do and then - G-d curtailed the sustenance of the entire world . Would anyone notice?) Hmmmm .? Your calendar is linear. It starts from Zero and goes forward (or backwards for that matter) from there. One year, two year, all the way up to two thousand and fifteen year! Day follows day and year follows year from there to here . But! The Jewish calendar is cyclical. Circular. The whole purpose of the calendar is to mark the Jewish Holy Days, beginning with Rosh Chodesh, the New Moon, of each Jewish lunar month. The idea is that we live in a spiral; a helix, with the exact same day being repeated each year but on a different level. The Jewish New Year is Nissan; the month of Passover! Huh? But But You always thought that the New Year was Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of Tishrei, right? Rosh Hashanah marks the Day of Creation of the World, the New Year for This World. But, Nissan and Passover begin the Jewish calendar year that commemorates our deliverance from slavery. It is the birth of the Nation of Israel! And, as it is in the beginning, so it is in the end Purim is both the advent; the herald of the New Year and Passover and, it marks the last holiday of the old year! And, did you know that the week of Passover tells us the dates of all of the Holidays of the coming year except for Purim! ATBASH! The letters ATBASH are an acronym for the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet AT = aleph/tav BASH = bes/shim, and ATBASH is a way of predicting when Jewish holidays will fall, based on Passover It works like this: The first day of Passover (alef) and Tisha B'av (tav) always fall on the same day of the week. The second day of Passover (bes) is always on the same day of the week as the following Shavuot (shin) The third day of Passover (gimmel) comes out on the same day of the week as Rosh Hashana (resh) The fourth day of Passover (daled) always falls on the same day of the week as Simchas Torah. Daled corresponds to kuf, which is the first letter of the word Kriah "reading." Simchas Torah. The fifth day of Passover (hay) corresponds to the day of the week that Yom Kippur falls. Yom Kippur is a Tzom, which is the letter tzaddi. But! The sixth day of Passover (vav) and Purim (pay) are always on the same day of the week of the previous Purim before Passover! (Which, of course, means that the ATBASH of Purim would be the same as Passover except that it would be missing Purim!) Which makes Purim the beginning and the end of our Redemption from the slavery of Egypt. These are the days of miracles and wonders. This is G-ds long distance call The way events follows us in slo-mo. The way it looks to us all. It might look like its all consternation, as we drink to the sky. But, these are the days of miracles and wonders So don't cry baby, don't cry Be Happy! Its Adar! (with apologies to Paul Simon another nice Jewish boy!) Anyway - any questions?
Very kabbalahistic. Interesting mnemonics. Wasn't Russia in control of Crimea during that war in 1854??
Crimea was absorbed by Russia in 1783 It became an autonomous Republic in the Russian Federation of the Soviet Union in 1922. All of the non Soviet and some of the Soviet Crimeans were deported during WWII. It became an autonomous province in Ukraine in 1991.
Moishe3rd .. I am a Gentile who believes firmly that there is a link between the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Third Temple complex with stabilization of the world climate. Do you personally think that I am somewhat naive to believe that the fulfillment of Ezekiel chapters 40 to 48 could actually begin the process to usher in a totally new world where wolves and lambs get along together very well . both literally as well as metaphorically? Am I especially naive to feel that this perhaps could be done by the year 2030 . but this will depend on decisions made by us Gentiles .. we have an opportunity to respect the covenant made with Abraham - Levi - Moses and King David .. or disrespect it and if we make a wise choice millions or even billions of unnecessary deaths could be prevented! If we Gentiles fail to grasp the importance of Jerusalem to world peace and stabilization of the climate then the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Third Temple complex could be delayed to 2070 . but millions of lives will probably be lost unnecessarily if we fail to grasp the gravity of the choice in front of us?! http://www.politicalforum.com/relig...ay-least-expensive-way-stabilize-climate.html Rebuilding of Jerusalem Third Temple may be least expensive way to stabilize climate?
The thing about Ezekiel is that a second temple was built after he died during the 70 years of the Babylonian captivity. In 516AD, that second Temple appeared and was destroyed in 70AD.
But was the detail about the brook and then river of "living water" coming from the Temple Mount fulfilled at that time? http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Eze&c=47&t=KJV Eze 47:1 ¶ ................. Eze 47:4 ....... Eze 47:8 These verses are especially interesting in the light of the Dr. Masaru Emoto research! http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/water-crystal.html
I also began a discussion on the day after Purim...... it is over in the Creative Corner forum if you are curious.....
