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Hasidic Judaism is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that emphasizes spirituality and the worship of God through joyous and ecstatic prayer and devotion.
So, though Judaism is a set of beliefs, it is not a creed in the conventional sense. Instead, it is a series of truths that become true only in virtue of the fact that we have lived them. In living them, we turn the “ought” into the “is.”
-A Letter in the Scroll Understanding
Our Jewish Identity
and Exploring the Legacy
of the World’s Oldest Religion Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
In Judaism study is a form of worship, but it may also be said that worship is in a sense a form of study; it includes meditation. It is not enough to rely on one's voice. It takes a constant effort to find a way to the grandeur of the words in the Prayer Book.
-Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Insecurity of Freedom, pg. 249
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And a light unto my path. (Psalm 119:105).
The Psalms were the original hymn book of the Jewish people. Many of them are attributed to King David, Israel's greatest king and a fine musician. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David
But many of the later Psalms were composed in the Babylonian exile after the destruction of Solomon's great Temple in Jerusalem (587 BCE). It is believed that at this time the small synagogue became the centre of Jewish worship and the rituals of Judaism became formalised.
In Solomon's Temple there was a giant seven branched lampstand. This electric lamp (the main source of light in the Launceston synagogue) has seven branches.
"Dans le judaïsme, le Livre de Jonas (Iona dans la traduction de Chouraqui) est lu à l'occasion de Yom Kippour, « Jour du Grand Pardon » où le fidèle prie l'Éternel afin qu'il lui soit pardonné. Dieu envoie Jonas à Ninive, capitale de l’empire assyrien. Jonas désobéit à Dieu et se rend à Jaffa pour prendre la fuite sur un bateau en direction de Tarsis. Durant le voyage, le bateau sur lequel se trouve Jonas essuie une tempête due à la colère divine consécutive à sa désobéissance. Les marins décident alors de tirer au sort pour connaître le responsable de ce malheur. Le sort désigne Jonas. Ils le prennent, le jettent par-dessus bord, et à l’instant même, la mer s’apaise. Il est recueilli dans le ventre d’un grand poisson (souvent désigné à tort comme une baleine) durant trois jours et trois nuits. Le « gros poisson » le recrache ensuite sur le rivage."
"Yunus est également un des prophètes du Coran, son nom en arabe signifie « colombe » : يونس (yûnus)."
Source : Wikipédia
Tisha B'Av ("the ninth of Av") is an annual fast day in Judaism, on which a number of disasters in Jewish history occurred, primarily the destruction of Solomon's Temple by the Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Second Temple by the Roman Empire in Jerusalem.
*From the archive, re-edited.
At the grave of Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel (c. 1525–1609) in the Jewish Cemetery, Prague. He is known as the Maharal of Prague (an acronym for "Moreinu HaRav Loew," meaning "Our Teacher, Rabbi Loew"). He was a renowned Jewish scholar, mystic, and philosopher, famous for his deep Talmudic studies, Jewish philosophy and Jewish mysticism, and legendary for creating the Golem of Prague. He served as a leading rabbi in Prague and Moravia, leaving a significant legacy through his commentaries and mystical writings.
▪️Judaism
4000 years old
Sustained by Jewish people
100% Jewish
Based on faith
Wants Jewish people to live everywhere
Good relations with neighbors
Sustained through community
Existed in Western Levant for 3800 years ▪️Zionism
128 years old
Invented by atheists
93% Christian
Based on nationalism
Wants to concentrate all Jews in one place.....
Bombs every neighbor
Sustained through violence
Existed in Western Levant for 90 years ▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️ Pàirc Craigie, Inbhir Àir / Craigie Park, Ayr
Jerusalem the western wall. Israel. Urban landscape. City. Urban. Islam - Judaism - Christianity. Temple Mount, Jerusalem. Holiness. Religions. Religion. Faith. Jerusalem. Old city.
In his right hand, the archangel holds a transparent sphere (mirror), inside which is usually depicted a half-figure of Christ Emmanuel, and in his left Labarum (standard, staff) with the inscription: "ἄξιος, ἄξιος ἄξιος" (аксіос - worthy)
Under Constantine's insisting his soldiers have placed the image labarum on the boards and next day have gained a loud victory which has presented their leader an imperial throne.
Архангел з лівого боку невеликої абсиди на хорах - фрагмент фрески «Два архангели з лабарумами». Художник Михайло Врубель.
У правій руці архангел тримає прозору сферу (зерцало), всередині якої зазвичай зображають напівфігуру Христа Еммануїла, а в лівій Лабарум (штандарт, жезл) із написом: "ἄξιος, ἄξιος, ἄξιος» ((аксіос - гідний).
На наполегливу вимогу Костянтина його солдати помістили зображення лабаруму на своїх щитах і наступного дня здобули гучну перемогу, яка подарувала їхньому ватажку імператорський трон.
Лабарум (лат. Labarum — державний прапор (хрестовий прапор, царський прапор, священна хоругва) імператорського Риму, військовий штандарт особливого виду, з часів християнства (ранні знаки у війську — manus, signa.
Жезл, традиційна з давніх-давен належність імператорів і патріархів, сприймався в мистецтві візантійського кола як свідчення влади і царської гідності архангелів.
Зерцало — у візантійському та давньоруському іконописі зображення прозорої сфери в руках архангела. Зерцало є символом накреслення, передбачення переданого архангелу Богом.
In Judaism, the biblical Judah (Hebrew: Yehuda), who gave his name to the tribe of Judah, was traditionally associated with the symbol of a lion.
In the Christian tradition, the lion is often one of the symbols of Christ.
"The Lion of Judah" is mentioned in the Revelation of John the Theologian (Rev. 5:5): "And one of the elders said to me: do not weep: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed and is able to open the book and loose its seven seals."
В юдаїзмі біблійний Юда (давньоєврейський - «Єгуда»), який дав імʼя коліну Юди (генеалогія), традиційно був пов'язаний із символом лева.
У християнській традиції найчастіше лев є одним із символів Христа.
«Лев Юди» згадується в Одкровенні Іоанна Богослова (Об. 5:5): «І один зі старців сказав мені: Не плач, ось, лев від племени Юдиного, корінь Давидів, переміг і може розкрити цю книгу і зняти сім печаток її».
Moses is considered the most important prophet in Judaism and one of the most important prophets in Christianity, Islam, the Druze faith, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. According to both the Bible and the Quran, Moses was the leader of the Israelites and lawgiver to whom the authorship, or "acquisition from heaven", of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) is attributed.
“Vrubel himself decided to portray the Prophet Moses not as Michelangelo’s bearded husband, but as a beardless young man, on the grounds that he began to prophesy in his youth. Some modern art historians mistakenly found similarities between the prophet Moses and Vrubel's Demon. They argued that the image of the Demon was already in the artist’s imagination at that time. They were misled by Moses' hairstyle, with long curly hair framing his face, which had nothing resembling the Demon. This literary theme captured the imagination of Mikhail Alexandrovich much later.”
/from the memoirs of Nikolai Adrianovich Prakhov/
Хори. Центральна частина. Погляд з західної сторони.
Фреска Михайла Врубеля «Мойсей» знаходиться нижче двух його композицій - «Сходження святого Духа на апостолів» та «Космос» (1884).
Мойсей (івр. משה — Мошенник; араб. موسى — Муса) — біблійний персонаж з Пятикнижжя у Старому Заповіті. За Біблією — вождь, політичний та релігійний лідер і законодавець єврейського народу, пророк і згідно з церковною традицією вважається першим священним автором. Для юдеїв, християн і мусульман та вірних інших авраамічних релігій Мойсей є одним із найбільших пророків. Вважається основоположником юдаїзму.
У Книзі Виходу розповідається, що Мойсей вивів євреїв із єгипетського полону в Обіцяну землю, водив 40 років по пустелі, отримав від Бога Десять заповідей на горі Синай і помер, не діставшись до святої землі.
«Пророка Моисея Врубель сам решил изобразить не микельанджеловским брадатым мужем, а безбородым молодым человеком, на том основании, что пророчествовать он начал в молодые годы. Некоторые современные искусствоведы ошибочно находили сходство между пророком Моисеем и Демоном Врубеля. Они утверждали, что образ Демона уже в то время носился в воображении художника. Их ввела в заблуждение прическа Моисея с вьющимися длинными волосами, обрамляющими его лицо, в котором нет ничего похожего на Демона. Эта литературная тема захватила воображение Михаила Александровича значительно позже.»
/из воспоминаний Николая Адриановича Прахова/
In Judaism, the biblical Judah (Hebrew: Yehuda), who gave his name to the tribe of Judah, was traditionally associated with the symbol of a lion.
In the Christian tradition, the lion is often one of the symbols of Christ.
"The Lion of Judah" is mentioned in the Revelation of John the Theologian (Rev. 5:5): "And one of the elders said to me: do not weep: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed and is able to open the book and loose its seven seals."
As soon as Christianity was born, Christian symbols appeared. And the very first of them was a fish. In Greek, ichthys. This word is written as ΙΧΘΥΣ - and this is an ancient monogram of the name of Jesus Christ, which is made up of the first letters in the words Jesus Christ God's Son Savior.
В юдаїзмі біблійний Юда (давньоєврейський - «Єгуда»), який дав ім'я коліну Юди (генеалогія), традиційно був пов'язаний із символом лева.
У християнській традиції найчастіше лев є одним із символів Христа.
«Лев Юди» згадується в Одкровенні Іоанна Богослова (Об. 5:5): «І один зі старців сказав мені: Не плач, ось, лев від племени Юдиного, корінь Давидів, переміг і може розкрити цю книгу і зняти сім печаток її».
Щойно зародилося християнство, з'явились і християнські символи. І найпершим із них стала – риба. Грецькою їхтіс. Пишеться це слово як ΙΧΘΥΣ – і це давня монограма імені Ісуса Христа, що складається з перших букв у словах Ісус Христос Божий Син Спаситель.
Знак також асоціювався з Альфою зі слів Ісуса Христа: «Я є Альфа і Омега, початок і кінець, перший і останній» (Откр.22:13).
The Menorah is a universal symbol of Judaism. It is modelled on the original seven-branched oil lamp that was in the Temple of Solomon. For some the seven branches represent the seven days of creation, or the seven heavens full of the light of God. Others see it as representative of the presence of God (seven being the number of perfection). Perhaps it even harks back to the burning bush of Exodus 3, out of which God called Moses to liberate his people from slavery.
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Architectes : Bruno Fléchet et Stéphane Maupin
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The Comforter, next Prophet or Kalki of Christians, Jews and Hindus has already arrived or not ??? – a method to Prove that whether the Supramental Force, Supreme Power, Comforter, next Prophet or Kalki of Christians, Jews and Hindus has already arrived on Earth or Not.
It may sound mind blowing to scientific minded people, surprisingly this method is especially for the Scientist and Intellectual Community of the World, who experiment and scrutinize every new concept before believing it, yes, and we must be able to prove it ourselves before believing or accepting it.
Yes; it is a complete and more advanced science than the modern science says Guru Siyag, capable of giving on the spot results just like modern science. Of course it was limited to myths, stories, faith and belief till today, because we were not able to prove it as a factual subject, it was regarded as a mere baseless theory. Guru Siyag has proved it to be a Practical Science; he has discovered and disclosed a new formula or Practical experimental Method, using this Method every Positive minded curious Human Being of the World can himself do this experiment to realize and visualize the truth of spiritual science, leading to spiritual evolution and holistic healing. Guru Siyag has proved that through Siddha Yoga method of Meditation it is possible to get rid of even the so called incurable diseases like cancer, AIDS, Arthritis, Insomnia, and Mental Stress and so on. The Practitioner also gets rid drug and other addictions like alcohol, tobacco, Brown sugar, Morphine, Opium, Heroine etc. These results are nothing but the removal of hurdles in the way to complete development of Human Beings, to attain a Divine Bodily Form, in other words we can call it the journey from man to superman.
Another surprising Disclosure by Guru Siyag is the Method to prove whether the Comforter, Next Prophet or kalki Avatar of Christians, Jews and Hindus has already arrived on Earth or not, yes we can test the truth about presence of that supramental force on earth. It takes only 15 to 20 minutes to experiment it, right now. The Method ---
1. Sit in a comfortable posture on the ground with crossed legs.
2. Close the eyes and concentrate on the Forehead between the Eyebrows.
3. Make a Mental Prayer to that Supramental Force, saying that if the Comforter, Prophet or Kalki is Present on Earth, then I must get the proof, if the Supramental Force is Present on Earth, then I must go into automatic (Kundalini controlled) Spiritual Meditation for 15 or 20 minutes.
4. After this mental prayer start continuous mental repetition(Chanting) of any one sacred word of your choice(God, Jesus, Allah, Rama, Krishna, Buddha, etc.,) in the mind without moving lips or tongue, simultaneously keep concentrating on the forehead between the eyebrows.
5. Continue this process and within a few minutes you will be induced by automatic spiritual meditation, might even hear and see visualizations during this state of meditation.
6. Don’t panic if your body starts moving automatically during this process, these are the Yogic body movements (Real Yoga is induced automatically by inner spiritual power Kundalini), required to free the body from physical, mental and spiritual diseases of all kinds, these will stop automatically after 15 or 20 minutes, and you will come out of spiritual meditation into normal state.
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Another way to get into automatic spiritual meditation is by listening to Guru Siyag's voice with closed eyes.
Two young boy Orthodox Jew protestors from the Sat 11 October 2025 march through London, attended by approx. 500,000.
Block 10 at the Auschwitz I camp was the so-called experimental block. SS doctors conducted medical experiments there, including those focused on sterilization.
Although I spent much time at the Western Wall photographing the sites, I also spent quite a bit of time in prayer as well. Here, I passed my camera off to someone and asked them to take a photo of me.
It is difficult to fully describe my time in Israel. In many ways, I feel as if I was "home." As an evangelical Christian, I share my foundations with the Jewish people, for my origins as a Christian are from Judaism. I believe in and follow the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I study and follow the Old Testament as well as the New.
I like this photo because here I can pray side by side with my Jewish brethren. I am reminded of the words of the Apostle Paul in Romans, where he states,
"But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry" But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree, do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you." --Romans 11:13, 17, 18, NASB
Clearly, as a Gentile and as a Christian, I am the wild olive who is "grafted in" to a covenant relationship with the God of Israel. The Jewish people are the "branches." Although I believe in Yeshua (Jesus) as the promised Messiah, and although Jews would disagree vehemently with me on that point, I still believe that the Jewish people are God's chosen people, and God will continue to have a plan for them.
I am just thankful to be grafted in.
Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה, Yehudah, "Judah"; in Hebrew: יַהֲדוּת, Yahedut, the distinctive characteristics of the Judean eáqnov) is a set of beliefs and practices originating from the saga of the ancient Israelites, as embodied and codified in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts. Judaism presents itself as the covenental relationship between the Children of Israel (later, the Jewish nation) and God. As such, many consider it the first monotheistic religion although many aspects of Judaism correspond to Western concepts of ethics and civil law. Judaism is among the oldest religious traditions still being practised today, and many of its texts and traditions are central to other Abrahamic religions. As such, Jewish history and the principles and ethics of Judaism have influenced various other religions, including Christianity and Islam.
Some sources say that the earliest Jews were those who settled in the Malabar coast during the times of King Solomon of Israel, and after the Kingdom of Israel split into two . They are sometimes referred to as the "black Jews". The Paradesi Jews, also called "White Jews", settled later, coming to India from European and Middle Eastern nations such as Holland and Spain, and bringing with them the Ladino language. Spanish and Portuguese Jews (Sephardim) settled in Goa in the 15th century, but this settlement eventually disappeared. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Cochin had an influx of Jewish settlers from the Middle East, North Africa and Spain.
Jews came to Kerala and settled as early as 700 BC for trade. An old, but not particularly reliable, tradition says that Jews of Cochin came in mass to Cranganore (an ancient port, near Cochin ,now known as Kodungallur) after the destruction of the Temple in 70 C.E. A chieftain by the name of Joseph Rabban, according to local tradition, was granted a principality over the Jews of Cochin by the Chera Emperor of Kerala, Bhaskara Ravivarman II . His descendents had, in effect, their own principality (called Anjuvannam in Indian sources) for many centuries until a chieftainship dispute broke out between two brothers (one of them named Joseph Azar) in the 15th century. The dispute led neighboring princes to dispossess them. In 1524, the Muslims, backed by the ruler of Calicut (today called Kozhikode), attacked the Jews of Cranganore on the pretext that they were tampering with the pepper trade. Most Jews fled to Cochin and went under the protection of the Hindu Raja there. He granted them a site for their own town that later acquired the name "Jew Town" (by which it is still known).
Unfortunately for the Jews of Cochin, the Portuguese occupied Cochin in this same period and indulged in persecution of the Jews until the Dutch displaced them in 1660. The Dutch Protestants were tolerant, and the Jews prospered. In 1795 Cochin was occupied by and came under the control of the British Empire. In the 19th century, Cochin Jews lived in the towns of Cochin, Ernakulam, Aluva and North Paravur.
For an insight to Cochin Jewish life in eighteenth Century. read Volume VIII (page 336 to 354) of The Land of the Permauls, Or, Cochin, Its Past and Its Present By Dr Francis Day, a British Civil Surgeon of 1863 AD .
The Jews of Cochin did not adhere to the Talmudic prohibition, followed by other Orthodox Jews, against public singing by women, and therefore have a rich tradition of Jewish prayers and narrative songs performed by women in Judeo-Malayalam.
This shot is taken from Jew Street , Mattancheri, Cochin. I visited the Jewish Synagogue also , unfortunately photography was not allowed there.
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A visitor to the western wall in Jerusalem, holding the Book of Psalms.
Tisha B'Av ("the ninth of Av") is an annual fast day in Judaism, on which a number of disasters in Jewish history occurred, primarily the destruction of both Solomon's Temple by the Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Second Temple by the Roman Empire in Jerusalem.
*Re-edited June 2022
Its members are often referred to as strictly Orthodox or ultra-Orthodox. Haredim regard themselves as the most religiously authentic group of Jews and the state of ISRAEL would destroy JUDIASM due to secularity.
They are Pro-Palestinian.
Their lives are run by the TORAH..no ifs ands or buts!
Manhattan
Photography’s new conscience
one of the thousands of pilgrimages to the Holy City every month,
Jerusalem, Israel
Armenian Courtyards
In Judaism, the period between the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Antonement) is often known as Yamim Noraim (Hebrew: ימים נוראים "Days of Awe"). I, personally, spend the time reflecting on the past year's events, and how I can do better.
I had driven down to Jones Lake, this evening, to go for a bit of walk, to also enjoy the peacefullness and solitude there. I had brought my camera, just in case, something caught my eye, and I could share it with you. This scene most certainly did.
Very little processing was done on this scene, enjoy!
Taken at Jones Lake, in Moncton, NB, Canada, on 26 September 2017.
Judaism
This term appears three times in the Book of Daniel (7:9, 13, 22), and is used in the sense of God being eternal.
“I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of Days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.” Daniel 7:9.
Eastern Christianity
In Eastern Orthodox Christian hymns and icons, the Ancient of Days is sometimes identified with God the Father or occasionally the Holy Spirit; but most properly, in accordance with Orthodox theology he is identified with God the Son, or Jesus. Most of the eastern church fathers who comment on the passage in Daniel (7:9-10, 13–14) interpreted the elderly figure as a prophetic revelation of the son before his physical incarnation.
Eastern Christian art will sometimes portray Jesus Christ as an old man, the Ancient of Days, to show symbolically that he existed from all eternity, and sometimes as a young man, or wise baby, to portray him as he was incarnate. This iconography emerged in the 6th century, mostly in the Eastern Empire with elderly images, although usually not properly or specifically identified as "the Ancient of Days."
The first images of the Ancient of Days, so named with an inscription, were developed by iconographers in different manuscripts, the earliest of which are dated to the 11th century. The images in these manuscripts included the inscription "Jesus Christ, Ancient of Days," confirming that this was a way to identify Christ as pre-eternal with the God the Father. Indeed, later, it was declared by the Russian Orthodox Church at the Great Synod of Moscow in 1667 that the Ancient of Days was the Son and not the Father.
“Ветхий днями” - библ. (титул Бога; термин, которым символически обозначается одно из свойств Бога; термин этот употреблён пророком Даниилом при описании одного из его таинственных видений в Вавилоне:
"Видел я, наконец, что поставлены были престолы, и воссел Ветхий днями одеяние на Нем было бело, как снег, и волосы главы Его - как чистая волна; престол Его - как пламя огня, колеса Его - пылающий огонь" (Даниил 7:9)
Діонісій Ареопагіт про значення імені "Вєтхий деньми":
«Як Вєтхий деньми Бог оспівується тому, що Він існує і як вічність, і як час всього і до днів, і до вічності, і до часу. Однак і час, і день, і година, і вічність треба відносити до Нього богоподібно, тому що Він при кожному русі залишається незмінним і нерухомим, вічно рухаючись, перебуває в Собі і є Причиною і вічності, і часу, і днів. Тому і в священних богоявленнях при містичних осяяннях Бог зображується і як сивий, і як юний: старець означає, що Він Стародавній і сущий «від початку», а юнак — що Він не старіє, а обидва показують, що Він проходить крізь усе від початку до кінця, або ж, як каже наш Божественний священнодосконалець, обидва вони виявляють Божественну давнину: старець - першого в часі, а більш юний - більш початкового за кількістю, оскільки одиниця і найближчі до неї числа спочатку далеко від них відійшли ».
«Основная софиологическая антиномия выражается в целом ряде частных антиномий в общем учении о Боге. Так, антиномичны вечность и время: Бог вечен и в этом смысле сверхвременен, но для мира Бог открывается во времени, как во времени совершилось и пришествие Христа в мире и вознесение из него.
Далее, – антиномичны сверхпространственность и всепространственность или вездесущие Божие – свобода Творца от всякой ограниченности и внеположности пространства, и пространственная обусловленность действия Бога в мире, в частности, и в явлении Христа.»
/Икона и иконопочитание, протоиерей Сергий Булгаков/
An orthodox Jewish man
heading back
to temple
during
Yom Kippur
in
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Photography’s new conscience
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Today, most affiliates reside in Israel and the United States. Israel Ben Eliezer, the "Baal Shem Tov", is regarded as its founding father, and his disciples developed and disseminated it. Present-day Hasidism is a sub-group within Ultra-Orthodox ("Haredi") Judaism, and is noted for its religious conservatism and social seclusion. Its members adhere closely both to Orthodox Jewish practice – with the movement's own unique emphases – and the traditions of Eastern European Jews, so much so that many of the latter, including various special styles of dress and the use of the Yiddish language, are nowadays associated almost exclusively with Hasidism.
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These scrolls are written in Hebrew text on parchment and kept shrouded in magnificently decorated mantles in velvet, satin, silk or embroidered brocade.
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