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  1. pohaikawahine

    Beit Binah Virtual Intentional Community, My New Project

    I wish you the best in your new project(s) .... it looks really interesting .... by the way your new picture replaced all the old one's in this forum .... you look like you lost a lot of weight or is it just the photo? I signed on to Beit Binah because I always have much to learn from your...
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    Sea of Reeds vs. Red Sea

    hmmmm .... most interesting bb, in the south pacific on one of the islands the traditional title for one of the high chiefs is "didel" which means "to bridge" .... or "to cross" .... if one crosses over into the promise land (metaphorically) then this interpretation would be very insightful ...
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    Gog and Magog

    mahalo nui dauer .... that is very helpful, I'm still trying to understand the war of Gog and Magog, but I will ge there .... I suspect that the outcome of the return of the Mosiach will still herald an era of peace, but perhaps the birth into the world will be difficult because of our current...
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    Gog and Magog

    I've copied something that dauer posted on another thread related to the return of the Moshiach .... I don't believe he is considered a King, but his return will herald a new era of peace .... "Here are some of the primary activities of the Jewish Moshiach: • The Moshiach will be a man of...
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    Favorite Haggadot

    I got my first haggadot recently .... it is called Passover Haggadah for All Generations, A Modern Midrash....it is a four year haggadah set up to refresh each years reading with a different set of commentaries and addition of favorite commentaries by families .... it is a good start for one who...
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    Gog and Magog

    I'm not really replying to myself .... just wanted to add something new that I just read .... I've been enrolled in the "Know Your Bible" a one year study of all the books of the OT with Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov with AZAMRA. He just completed the study notes for the Song of Songs...
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    Drash on Waters of Meribah

    fascinating dauer .... lots of thought went into this .... I'm going to read it slowly and carefully and may get back with some thoughts .... aloha nui, poh
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    Happy B-Day Bananabrain!

    belated happy birthday bb .... much love to you and family .... aloha nui, poh
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    Posting on Sabbath

    aloha nui dauer .... your answer was very helpful to me .... since I am still learning the history of judiasm, the question of what came first "the chicken or the egg" still causes me confusion .... I was trying to understand the reasons for observance of the mitzvot (ta'amei ha-mitzvot) (in...
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    Posting on Sabbath

    I've been reading about "hitbodedut" and also "gemilut hasadim" ....and I read that "on three things does the existence of the world depend: Torah, avodah, and gemilut hasadim' (Shimon the Just declared in the opening lines of Pirkei Avot (1:2) .... how important is observing sabbath to the...
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    Temple's Location Found.

    I'm just bumping this thread to stay in the "courtyard" (so to speak) .... actually I do believe that the third temple will be made of light and when we remember who we are, we will no longer have to use words like "your people and my people" .... the temple will be a house of prayer for all...
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    Gog and Magog

    dauer or bb - can you tell me about Gog and Magog .... I've seen some references to the war of gog and magog and both punishment and redemption .... is this suppose to take place upon the return of the Masiach? Thanks for any insight you can give me .... aloha nui, poh
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    What is Theosophy?

    mahalo nui nick .... yes, I could use some help .... if you send me your e-mail (you can sent it in the PM section) I'll scan it and send it to you, then perhaps you can post it for me .... it is a pretty rough drawing since I copied it ,when I was on one of the islands, in my journal .... me ke...
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    What is Theosophy?

    I like to think of them not so much as "scattered remnants" but deeply planted seeds waiting to be nutured .... I've been searching for well over 40 years now, so "siriusly" (andrew that was for you) I must have a little bit of the theosophist in me .... it all connected about 10 years ago and...
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    What is Theosophy?

    andrew and nick - mahalo nui (thank you very much) for the charts and thoughts .... I do think that ancient hawaiian thought (as I understand it - not everyone would agree) is very compatable because it seems to stem from that ancient line of wisdom, buried in the sounds of the words...
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    What is Theosophy?

    aloha e nick - this is not exactly a hawaiian concept, but it is certainly a part of the overall way of life and understanding .... in a nutshell we have seven energy centers in the body, four are below the neck and three above (this corresponds to heaven and earth or sky father and earth mother...
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    What is Theosophy?

    -->Quote" I am curious. How do you feel when you hear the story of the woman who climbed up to Pele's volcano and defied her (and threw kapu fruit into the volcano, if I remember correctly), and brought Hawai'i into "the modern age"? End Quote By this time many were confused about the meaning...
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    The Ark of the Covenant

    Interesting that there are only 44 replies to this thread but over 2600 have stopped to read it or part of it .... the Ark of the Covenant continues to be something that draws people to try and understand it .... in my view it will be found when we rebuilt the temple and the Masiach returns ...
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    Reconciliation

    this is very interesting .... I did a search on Lashon Hara and went to Judiasm 101, here is part of what was written: " The Power of Speech Judaism is intensely aware of the power of speech and of the harm that can be done through speech. The rabbis note that the universe itself was...
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