Month: September 2019

Yom Teruah – The Feast of Trumpets

Today is Yom Teruah (Feast of Trumpets) in Australia – for me. See “Feast Calendar” https://jmshistorycorner.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/feast-calendar/

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Shabbat shalom, everyone!  At least, it’s the Shabbat (Sabbath) here in Australia.  Today, in addition to being the regular Shabbat, it is also (in Oz) the Feast of Trumpets, known in Hebrew as Yom Teruah.  This feast is described in the Book of Leviticus and, as I pointed out in Does the Torah Still Apply? is still meant to be kept.  Here are Leviticus‘ instructions on this:

And YEHOVAH spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘In the 7th month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a Sabbath, a memorial of blowing of shofars, a set-apart assembly.  You shall do no work of any kind, but you shall offer an offering made by fire to YEHOVAH.  (Leviticus 23:23-25)

[Note: most translations read “no servile work”, but if you look up the Hebrew word for “servile work”, Strong’s H#5656 “avodah”, it actually means…

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Star Wars I & II

Blockbusters Reviewed

Welcome to the 17th edition of My Fortnightly Movie/TV Thoughts!  Last fortnight I reviewed Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983).  This fortnight, I’m reviewing:

  • Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), rated PG for mild violence
  • Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), rated PG for mild themes and violence

Those are the Australian ratings; in the United States, they’re rated:

  • The Phantom Menace – PG for sci-fi action/violence
  • Attack of the Clones – PG for sustained sequences of sci-fi action/violence

As usual, I give the trailer and a clip at the end.  And as usual, I offer the following disclaimer just to be safe:

WARNING: POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD.  PROCEED AT OWN RISK.

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)

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To quote the opening paragraph from Roger Ebert’s review: “If it were the first “Star Wars

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Restored English Translation of Esther: Chapter 9

Today I present my Restored English Translation (RET) of Ester (Esther) chapter 9.  As usual, it contains the Hebrew names, with a glossary of them at the end.  This chapter partly corresponds with what commonly appears as "Chapter 5" in the abridged translations in most Bibles.  See Restored English Translation of Esther: Chapter 1 and … Continue reading Restored English Translation of Esther: Chapter 9 →

How I See You

I’m Yoda!

miscellaneousoddity

Yesterday, I did a post about Looney Tunes and mentioned some of my favourite characters, and jokingly compared a couple of bloggers to a couple of LT characters. 😁 Well, it got me thinking about a few bloggers that I am quite good friends with and trying to figure out what movie/TV show character(s) they each were like and it inspired me to do a post featuring each of the bloggers, and the movie/TV show character(s) I think they are like. Some explanation of the movie/TV show characters I pick might be necessary. 😊

WARNING: Except some tongue-in-cheek. 😉

Number 1#:

BRITCHY!!!!

For those who are not yet aware of her blog, Britchy is a sassy, witty, hazardous female who’s family lives in daily terror of her shenanigans and whatnot. TRUST ME, she is sooo worth following!! (Of course, that last comment was probably just to protect my hide…;) ) Anyway…

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Restored English Translation of Esther: Chapter 8

G'day, mates!  Shabbat Shalom!  Today I present my Restored English Translation (RET) of Ester (Esther) chapter 8.  As usual, it contains the Hebrew names, with a glossary of them at the end. You WON'T find this chapter in most English translations; despite being part of the earliest texts of Esther, it was eventually rejected by … Continue reading Restored English Translation of Esther: Chapter 8 →