Posted: 7/9/2019
Just attended a great Jewish and Black American spiritual music event in a Baptist church here in central Phoenix, Arizona. It was an interfaith event. It was truly uplifting!
A female rabbi spoke to the attending community and mentioned among other things the “da lfinei mi atah omed” inscription you find on top of many arks in synagogues to remind worshippers (I hope this is a somewhat accurate description). She also emphasized that it was also her who faced the community in the church as she spoke. This two way street this rabbi pointed out was something I found to be very profound. An expression of great humility and civility! No matter who you stand before whether it is God or your fellow human!
Unfortunately, neither the Google nor the Microsoft (Bing) search engine produce very good search results to better understand this Hebrew/Jewish expression.
The black American preacher invoked the Jesus parable “As for a person who stirs up division (a heretic in King James Bible), after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him” (Titus 3:10) “knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned. (Titus 3:11)” (S2). Emphasizing, that you have to confront the person first and give warning, but do not kill the person.
Caveat: I am not an expert on Judaism. However, the more I learn about Judaism, the more fascinated I am.
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