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I hope not. I have not posted here, or anywhere, for a while, due to health reasons. However I am a regular reader here and value the really valuable discussions without falling into flame wars(like many other sites). It seems to me that the minds here have tamed away any aggressiveness and...

My eyes started to deteriorate about 15-20 years ago(I'm now 74), nothing too severe, but nevertheless a gradual deterioration.(Nowhere near as severe as yourself). This isn't unusual for my age, so I don't complain. I gave up driving a few years ago as it was stressing me out, mainly due to...

GA Badger I have a pair of those glasses. I had someone teach me the Bates method, but couldn't keep up with the amount of practice required. The Bates method, as I just found out by googling, is considered harmful by many professionals. I really have no opinion, other than that I had a few...

] GA Badger I agree with you globally in that we(i.e the planet and humanity) still exist; in spite of all the highs and lows etc. However there is a mass of individuals who have it bad all their lives and then die. This reminds me of a joke I heard when I was a teen.(You may know it). So...

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by balanced above. Do you mean here that 'these things' don't always have a positive effect?

A friend of mine who was a heavy smoker happened to be at someone's home who was showing a video of a Russian healer. The friend did not understand Russian, but nevertheless never smoked again. That was 30+ years ago.

From my early Jewish education I viewed heaven(the place where God is) , שָּׁמַ֖יִם, as singular, although it has a plural ending. The same verse has another example of this in the same verse, i.e. בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים (God created), the word for created is in the third person singular.

A mutual friend of myself(M) and another person(A) recently died. We were all fans of the Moody Blues and this is part of the conversation we had when we heard our friend had died, A: Sad! Not even on Tuesday afternoon M: He was a true (K)Night in White Satin A: And his Days of Future have...

RE: Some people claim that celibacy is healthy, linking it to discipline or deferred gratification. I think this is just sort of absurd, personally, because celibacy is not really necessary to have discipline or deferred gratification. Hello Ella, I was once a devotee of a Guru who, I believed...

Some 61 years ago, when I was 12, I dreamt I was living in a sugar plantation in South America. In the dream I lived 2 full years there. after awakening, I had difficulty returning to 'normal' life for about 2 weeks. I had to get used to being 'me' again. (Stranger in a strange land ?:) )...

Growing up in an orthodox community, plenty got tipsy during Sukot as well as on Purim(I loved clacking).

@RabbiO חג שמח (happy holiday) אל תשתכר יותר מדי (don't get too drunk):eek::cool:

Sin is an act of breaking a religious law, or such acts considered together i.e. 'Sin' can be used in the general sense, for example "Jesus is free of sin". which obviously means all sins. Same with the quote.

Greetings @stranger Well, a pole has two ends, Maybe there is such a pole with one end that can be reached by that one hand that claps It has been said that 'seeing is believing', Only believing is believing.

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Are you serious? Ehyeh means 'I will be'. Any Hebrew speaker will tell you that. 14God said to Moses, "Ehyeh asher ehyeh (I will be what I will be)," and He said, "So shall you say to the children of Israel, 'Ehyeh (I will be) has sent me to you.'" ידוַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־משֶׁ֔ה אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה...

Upwords is a sort of 3D scrabble Upwords - Wikipedia

There have been many ideas/theories as to the meaning of YHVH, the one that I particularly remember is that YHVH is a construct from the verb 'to be' (לִהְיוֹת) with the meaning 'that which was, is and will be'.

As the Sun rises thru the trees in the garden, I see starlings galore nipping at the coconuts. Other birds also visit sharing such excitement. An elegant site as the day starts to create itself. Indeed, my observation & feeling such an event is part of the day's creation.