"Trouble ahead, trouble behind -- and you know that notion just crossed my mind . . ." כו  וַתַּבֵּט אִשְׁתּוֹ, מֵאַחֲרָיו; וַתְּהִי, נְצִיב מֶלַח. Genesis 19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. How (do) we understand the identity of Lot’s … [Read more...]

  כ  וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה, זַעֲקַת סְדֹם וַעֲמֹרָה כִּי-רָבָּה; וְחַטָּאתָם--כִּי כָבְדָה, מְאֹד. 20 And the LORD said: 'Verily, the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and, verily, their sin is exceeding grievous. כא  אֵרְדָה-נָּא וְאֶרְאֶה, הַכְּצַעֲקָתָהּ הַבָּאָה אֵלַי עָשׂוּ כָּלָה; … [Read more...]

Are African Americans re-emerging as pawns in a 'Ye' olde/new and ugly Game of Thrones . . . From the Parsha of Noah: Noah is angry at Ham, but lashes out at Ham with these words: "Cursed be Canaan . . . . " כב  וַיַּרְא, חָם אֲבִי כְנַעַן, אֵת, עֶרְוַת אָבִיו; וַיַּגֵּד … [Read more...]

To Eat and to Die in the Garden of Good and Evil . . בראשׁית ב:יו וַיְצַו יְ־‎הוָה אֱלֹהִים עַל הָאָדָם לֵאמֹר מִכֹּל עֵץ הַגָּן אָכֹל תֹּאכֵל. ב:יז וּמֵעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכָלְךָ מִמֶּנּוּ מוֹת תָּמוּת. Gen 1:10Genesis Ch 2: vs 16 And YHWH … [Read more...]

The lessons of Noah come flooding back but where's the Dove? -- The Raven, never more . The Hope . . . (Where's the Dove, where's the Rainbow) Genesis 9:15, 16 וְזָכַרְתִּ֣י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֤ר בֵּינִי֙ וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵ֛ין כׇּל־נֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּ֖ה בְּכׇל־בָּשָׂ֑ר וְלֹֽא־יִֽהְיֶ֨ה ע֤וֹד … [Read more...]