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in hermetic qabbalah can both daat and keter be present at the same time?

Congratulations Alex!

HaSatan is a heavenly being with no free will. He exists in order to fulfill the purpose for which he was created which is to test man on behalf of God. I'm not sure about the second half of what you said but is an interesting idea. Surely, if the serpent is identified with HaSatan, there's no...

Negatory. A Divine Council composed of members, each with free will, is not a Jewish notion.

I'm pretty sure it's been allowed for a while. I read about it in one of getreligion.com's articles about Catholicism. Most people believe that a RC priest can't be married, but from what I've read there are certain situations in which a person can be both a RC priest and married.

Not relevant.

Essentially, yes. That's the point of infractions. They're warnings. Three strikes and you're out. Eventually they do expire.

I've never had anything quite like it. The chocolate and coffee flavors are very noticeable. I think I may like it more than guiness, very rich and layered. But it's not a beer that I would drink as frequently as guiness were both as easy to find at a bar. It tastes like beer, but not ordinary...

That's all I was going to say. Shin is one of the mother letters. You mentioned shin and fire so I thought it seemed relevant. Connecting it to the name YHWH: hei originates in shin, vav in aleph and yod in mem. hei/shin both relate to differentiatedness. Hei is actually in two parts. yod and...

Wil, are you aware that shin is associated with both fire and differentiation?

You have not told me your favorite beer. This sir, means war. Prepare your troops. I grow weary of our endless battling. What was it ever about? It's been so long, I can't remember. Attrition has crippled the spirits of both our nations. I extend the olive branch of my own favorite beer to you...

Good luck, Chris. Stay strong.

Raksha, the full name was Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh and it's sometimes accepted as suggestive of the meaning of YHWH. I think it's more likely a folk etymology that developed later, but theologically, in Judaism, it's sometimes used to explain the meaning of YHWH. In other cases within Jewish though...

Raksha, I think those examples are less definitive. One could say that olam hazeh and olam haba refer to this time and a time to come. Melech HaOlam, one could stretch it and say that it refers to the the king of timeless time. It becomes more difficult when referring to something like Olam...

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Gladly. If you rephrased it by saying: then it would not sound like an attempt to make authoritative claims and would, imo, create a greater potential for dialogue.

This is the best... game of tag... EVAR!!!!!!

I never said all biases are wrong. As you have just agreed, people become convinced of biases that are wrong and biases that are right in equally strong ways. Both make the same types of claims about the legitimacy of their beliefs. That our experiences confirm our biases through extensive life...

Avi, I don't disagree. That's why I called it a Sisyphean effort. There's no reaching that point. It's more about educating the congregation in all the Jewish stuff that originally wasn't the job of a rabbi. I know synagogues with lay leadership as well as chavurot with no rabbis. Being a...

Okay but, as we discussed earlier, that privileged information is by nature subjective and therefore, although you may find it persuasive, it's no more valid than anyone else's subjectively informed opinion. You may believe it's more likely true but it would be inconsistent for you to state that...