As my name implies, I am a guy in Tampa! I am not Jewish, but I have a heart for Judaism and love the history and Traditions. I am starting to attend a local Reform congregation and very much enjoy the journey.

Brady may be the G.O.A.T. but I'd love to see him go down to the blast of the shofar.

Hi I am a non Jew who is a philosemite I guess. I really am fascinated with Jewish history, and Judaism. Thank you.

Hi I hope this is the appropriate sub Reddit for this. I wanna discuss Don Finto. Finto wrote a book called Your people shall be my people: How Israel, the Jews, and the Christian church will come together in the last days. Now I think it's great that Finto supports Israel and doesn't believe that the Christian church has replaced the Jews ( replacement theology), however I just wonder what Jewish people think about Finto and his beliefs. I was watching a video on Finto and he believes Christians are grafted into Israel. I just think that maybe Finto is misguided a bit. Judaism Stresses endogamy for Jews and I am sure most Jews are against Christians trying to convert Jews to Christianity. Now, Finto is the type of Christian who believe Jews and Christians will come together as one new man. But doesn't Judaism teach that Jews need to remain distinct from all other people, including Christians? Now I just wonder Jewish and Israeli opinions on this. Do you think Israel and Jews need all the friends and allies it can get, so it doesn't matter what people like Finto believe, or do you have a different opinion of Finto and people like him? Not trying to drive a wedge between Jews and Christians, I think it's great some Christians support Jews and I am not trying to start a flame war, I am just genuinely curious about your thoughts and opinions on this topic. Thanks so much!!!

I am the OP. lol I copied and pasted from my Reddit post. Lol at the first sentence, my bad.

This thread can be used for our Sabbath Greetings, and any other daily greeting throughout the week. You can write a masterpiece, but on Sunday all posts/shouts will be deleted. We get to start over - That's a good thing :=)

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This music video expresses how the sound of Shabbat is what a lot of us need -- at least one day a week. Enjoy!

7 * 5^2 = lifespan of Abraham
5 * 6^2 = lifespan of Isaac
3 * 7^2 = lifespan of Jacob

First, from the Everett Fox translation and commentary ...

Quote:28 Then he said:
What is your name?
And he said: Yaakov.

29 Then he said:
Not as Yaakov/Heel-Sneak shall your name be henceforth uttered,
but rather as Yisrael/God-Fighter.
for you have fought with God and men
and have prevailed.

29 God-Fighter The name may actually mean "God fights." Buber further conjectured that it means "God rules," containing the kernel of Israel's concept of itself, but he retained "Fighter of God" in the translation.

Quote:striven with God ... In fact, names with the 'rl ending generally make Gos the subject, not the object, of the verb in the name. This particular verb, sarah, is a rare one, and there is some question about its meaning, though an educated guess about the original sense of the name would be: "God will rule," or perhaps. "God will prevail."

Quote:Striven שָׂרִיתָ (sarita), connected with the first part of יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrael). But the word may ay first have been יָשָׁרְאֵל (yashar-el, the one you God makes straight), as opposed to ya-akov-el, the one whom God makes limp.

I was curious to learn what the most popular names are in the world-wide Chabad-Lubavitch community. So I took a sampling of 8,680 names from Chabad engagement and birth announcements.

The names below represent the top ten names for males and females in the Chabad-Lubavitch community, exactly as they appear in English transliteration. Transliterations obviously vary ("Chani" and "Chanie," or "Sara" and "Sarah," for example). The frequency of each name variant represents the personal preferences of those who made their engagement or birth announcements. The frequency percentage (in parentheses) for each name below is calculated from the total of the sampling that I used.

I present this data for anyone who shares an interest in names and naming.

MALE:

1. Mendy (7%): A hypocorism of the Yiddish name Mendel, which is itself a hypocorism of the Hebrew name Menachem (see below).

2. Levi (6%): A Hebrew name, meaning "joined; attached."

3. Mendel (5%): A Yiddish hypocorism of the Hebrew name Menachem (see below).

4. Yossi (4%): A hypocorism of the Hebrew name Yosef (Joseph), meaning "the Lord will add."

5. Chaim (3%): Hebrew, meaning "life; living; alive."

6. Dovid (2%): A variant of the Hebrew name David, meaning "a friend; beloved."

7. Menachem (2%): Hebrew, meaning "comforter; to comfort." The popularity of the name Menachem (and its variations) is due to honoring Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), the much-beloved spiritual leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. "Menachem Mendel" is a popular combination name.

8. Sholom (2%): Hebrew, meaning "peace."

9. Eli (2%): Hebrew, meaning "my God." Eli can be a diminutive of many Hebrew names such as Eliyahu ("my God is Lord"), Eliezer ("my God helps"), and Elimelech ("my God is king").

10. Yisroel (2%): Hebrew, meaning "nobly contended with God and prevailed." The name that the Biblical Yaakov took for himself after he wrestled with an angel of God.

FEMALE:

1. Chaya (9%): Hebrew, meaning "life; living."

2. Chana (4%): Hebrew, meaning "gracious; graceful."

3. Mushky (4%): A hypocorism of the Yiddish name Mushka (see below).

4. Chani (2%): A hypocorism of Chana (see above).

5. Devorah (2%): Hebrew, meaning "a bee."

6. Mushka (2%): A name derived from the Yiddish word מושקאט, meaning "nutmeg." The popularity of the name Mushka (and its variations) is due to honoring Chaya Mushka Schneersohn (1901-1988), the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn. "Chaya Mushka" is a popular combination name.

7, Chanie (2%): A variant of Chani, which is a hypocorism of Chana (see above).

8. Sara (2%): Hebrew, meaning "ruler; chieftainess; princess."

9. Rochel (2%): A variant of the Hebrew name Rachel, meaning "a ewe."

10. Nechama (2%): Hebrew, meaning "comfort; rest from anguish."

So, I just finished preparing a goat crockpot. The key question? Do I cook with a red or a white wine? I chose the former. Wish me luck.