http://www.israellycool.com/2006/07/01/lets-get-topical/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:23:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/07/01/lets-get-topical/comment-page-1/#comment-10647 Israellycool » Blog Archive » It’s All In There Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:53:44 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/07/01/lets-get-topical/#comment-10647 [...] through the weekly Torah reading Ha’azinu (Deuteronomy), I was once again struck by the contemporary relevance of some of the verses. 21. They provoked Me with a non-god, [...] [...] through the weekly Torah reading Ha’azinu (Deuteronomy), I was once again struck by the contemporary relevance of some of the verses. 21. They provoked Me with a non-god, [...]

]]> http://www.israellycool.com/2006/07/01/lets-get-topical/comment-page-1/#comment-6250 Anonymous Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:43:47 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/07/01/lets-get-topical/#comment-6250 nice job, dave. i really enjoyed that analysis of the portion. shows the torah is not some archaic history book, but a living, breathing word. just a question, since your little analysis sort of promted it for me. what do you think of isaiah 10 and 11? pretty...prophetic, don't you think? and if you see the outcome, there's very little need for "hope". as g-d says in genesis 12:3 "i will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you". very little room for failure for israel with a backing like that! anyway, just thought i'd throw that out there. shabbat shalom, in the purest sense to you during this time. :) nice job, dave. i really enjoyed that analysis of the portion. shows the torah is not some archaic history book, but a living, breathing word. just a question, since your little analysis sort of promted it for me. what do you think of isaiah 10 and 11? pretty…prophetic, don’t you think? and if you see the outcome, there’s very little need for “hope”. as g-d says in genesis 12:3 “i will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you”. very little room for failure for israel with a backing like that! anyway, just thought i’d throw that out there. shabbat shalom, in the purest sense to you during this time.

]]> http://www.israellycool.com/2006/07/01/lets-get-topical/comment-page-1/#comment-6249 Anonymous Wed, 05 Jul 2006 12:08:20 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/07/01/lets-get-topical/#comment-6249 FYI, this post has been included in this week's parsha blog roundup <a href="http://parsha.blogspot.com/2006/07/blog-roundup-for-parshat-chukat_05.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. FYI, this post has been included in this week’s parsha blog roundup here.

]]> http://www.israellycool.com/2006/07/01/lets-get-topical/comment-page-1/#comment-6248 Anonymous Sun, 02 Jul 2006 04:32:26 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/07/01/lets-get-topical/#comment-6248 Cool. Now, can you somehow work the <i>kar</i>ni crossing into that? ;) Cool. Now, can you somehow work the karni crossing into that?

]]> http://www.israellycool.com/2006/07/01/lets-get-topical/comment-page-1/#comment-6247 Anonymous Sat, 01 Jul 2006 23:22:36 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/07/01/lets-get-topical/#comment-6247 A very, very nice analysis. It's wonderful how we can derive contemporary relevance from such ancient holy writings! A very, very nice analysis. It’s wonderful how we can derive contemporary relevance from such ancient holy writings!

]]>