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[Trailblazer]

I will wait for the falsification.

You can wait, but what I believe is going to happen is the opposite...
You won't see that in your lifetime though.

 

[Trailblazer]

Which n light of the evidence is moot

True.

 

[ChristineM]

You can wait, but what I believe is going to happen is the opposite...
You won't see that in your lifetime though.

Ahh one of those, you believe but will never know the truth because it wont happen in your lifetime. Methinks many people have said that over billions of lifetimes.

 

[Trailblazer]

Ahh one of those, you believe but will never know the truth because it wont happen in your lifetime. Methinks many people have said that over billions of lifetimes.

That's true, and it was true then, just as it is true now.
I wish I could live to see it but I highly doubt it.

 

[chris baron]

Yup... how did you guess?

She-yibaneh beis hamikdash bi-m'heirah v'yameinu v'sein chelkeinu b'sorah-secha!!!

 

[chris baron]

Greetings chris.
Welcome to RF
Tom


Same reason all the people have white skin, I presume.
It wasn't always like that. The old RF logo had multi hued people.
Somebody "updated" the look a little while back.
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I want to say something about your mention of skin color but i don't want to come across as belligerent. I am more light skinned in the winter than I am in the summer, does this alter my humanity at all? some people make a lot of white vs black or yellow or red. i don't really understand where this comes from.

 

[Mock Turtle]

I noticed that, and I thought it was probably just easier.... It takes longer to add the capitals.
Me, I am such a grammar freak, I could not do it.... I even correct the spelling in posts I am responding to if I see errors.

I go by - would one want to see this in anything that people are likely to take seriously - but then I have always been a bit picky, having read so much. It tends to leak into one's brain.

 

[dybmh]

She-yibaneh beis hamikdash bi-m'heirah v'yameinu v'sein chelkeinu b'sorah-secha!!!

Amen! Cain Y'hi Ratzon.

speedily and in our days...

 

[dybmh]

@chris baron ,

What about this one? It's one of my favorites.. a great way to start the day...

HaReini m'kabail alay mitzvos asai shel v'ahavtah l'rai'acha kamocha.

I'm guessing that there's something similar in the Qur'an?

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Just in case the non-Hebrew speakers want to know what we're talking about...

Spoiler: a note for non-Hebrew speakers

She-yibaneh beis hamikdash bi-m'heirah v'yameinu v'sein chelkeinu b'sorah-secha!!!

This is a very joyous part of the prayer service in Chabad Chassidus which is a specific branch of ultra-orthodox Judiasm that I call home. In its entirety it begins with Y'hi Ratzton Milphanecha, May it be your will, G-d, She-yibaneh beis hamikdash bi-m'heirah v'yameinu v'sein chelkeinu b'sorah-secha, the Temple will be rebuilt speedily in our days, and grant us a portion of your Torah. And there is a lot of singing, clapping, etc...

HaReini m'kabail alay mitzvos asai shel v'ahavtah l'rai'acha kamocha.

This is a proclamation that is said that the very beginning of the morning prayer service also in Chabad Chassidus. It means: I take on myself to complete the commandment to love your fellow as yourself.

 

[chris baron]

@chris baron ,

What about this one? It's one of my favorites.. a great way to start the day...

HaReini m'kabail alay mitzvos asai shel v'ahavtah l'rai'acha kamocha.

I'm guessing that there's something similar in the Qur'an?

im not sure what that means.

i like this one. YISHTABCH SHIMCHA L'AD MELKEINU!!! HA EIL HA MELECH HA GADOL V'HAQADOSH ...

 

[dybmh]

im not sure what that means.

i like this one. YISHTABCH SHIMCHA L'AD MELKEINU!!! HA EIL HA MELECH HA GADOL V'HAQADOSH ...

I edited the post to include a translation. Scroll up... I added the translation because, If I recall, there are a few non-Hebrew speaking members who don't appreciate it when quotes are given without the translation...

But yes ,Yistabach is also nice. It's the closing of the "verses of praise" and leads into the blessings of the Shema. I like the melody of this one as well.

For the non-Hebrew speakers, this one says: Praised the name forever, our king, the loving G-d, the Great Holy King. But the melody is somber and a touch nostalgic. At least that's how it is among my friends...

 

[chris baron]

I edited the post to include a translation. Scroll up... I added the translation because, If I recall, there are a few non-Hebrew speaking members who don't appreciate it when quotes are given without the translation...

But yes ,Yistabach is also nice. It's the closing of the "verses of praise" and leads into the blessings of the Shema. I like the melody of this one as well.

For the non-Hebrew speakers, this one says: Praised the name forever, our king, the loving G-d, the Great Holy King. But the melody is somber. At least that's how it is among my friends...

thanks for the translation. that is a very pleasant sentiment!!

yeah the melody is somber so beautiful though. i learned it at the chabad shul with the shabbos service.

blessed are you Lord our God King of the Worlds who gave the rooster the binah to distinguish b/w night and day

 

[dybmh]

thanks for the translation. that is a very pleasant sentiment!!

yeah the melody is somber so beautiful though. i learned it at the chabad shul with the shabbos service.

blessed are you Lord our God King of the Worlds who gave the rooster the binah to distinguish b/w night and day

What are some of your favorites from the Qur'an?

 

[chris baron]

What are some of your favorites from the Qur'an?

this is a great verse - To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: for verily Allah,- He is free of all wants, Worthy of all Praise. (Surah Al-Hajj, 64)

 

[columbus]

I want to say something about your mention of skin color but i don't want to come across as belligerent. I am more light skinned in the winter than I am in the summer, does this alter my humanity at all? some people make a lot of white vs black or yellow or red. i don't really understand where this comes from.

Sorry I was unclear.
RF updated a lot of things awhile back.
One of them was the logo. The old one had decidedly multi-ethnic figures. I liked it better than this new one, for that reason.
But no big deal.
Tom

 

[Subduction Zone]

I want to say something about your mention of skin color but i don't want to come across as belligerent. I am more light skinned in the winter than I am in the summer, does this alter my humanity at all? some people make a lot of white vs black or yellow or red. i don't really understand where this comes from.

That sort of belief comes from tribalism:

"He looks different from us, therefore he is evil and wrong".

It is a very primitive belief based upon ignorance.

And welcome to the forum.

 

[chris baron]

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That sort of belief comes from tribalism:

"He looks different from us, therefore he is evil and wrong".

It is a very primitive belief based upon ignorance.

And welcome to the forum.

thanks for the welcome

tribalism threatens to shrink the universal nature of the Lord God Almighty into a tribal national mascot.
very primitive and regressive. only universal global Godliness can bring peace and cessation to all the misery on earth.

 

[Subduction Zone]

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thanks for the welcome

tribalism threatens to shrink the universal nature of the Lord God Almighty into a tribal national mascot.
very primitive and regressive. only universal global Godliness can bring peace and cessation to all the misery on earth.

I would disagree about the "Godliness" claim, but otherwise I agree. Education appears to be a more likely solution to me.

 

[columbus]

only universal global Godliness can bring peace and cessation to all the misery on earth.

I don't mean to sound belligerent, but I have not found this.

The problem is the lack of an objective standard for the term Godliness. Without such a standard people are strongly inclined to interpret it in rather self-serving ways. So I prefer a more objective, secular, moral code.
Tom

 

[Trailblazer]

I go by - would one want to see this in anything that people are likely to take seriously - but then I have always been a bit picky, having read so much. It tends to leak into one's brain.

But now that he has explained why he does not capitalize the word i, we can understand.