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  1. John D. Brey

    Are humans only the larval stage?

    Perhaps groups of humans, sedentary and packed together in communities, cities, and webs of electromagnetic communication, are already beginning to form a network as far beyond thought as thought is from the concerted swimming of spirochetes [motile bacteria]. We stand no more chance of being...
  2. John D. Brey

    Behold the Man whose Name is Tsemach.

    Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Tsemach [צמח], and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall save, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he [the tsemach] shall...
  3. John D. Brey

    Behold the Man whose Name is Tsemach.

    For all these reasons the first-born, which is ראשית [origin, original], is more like G'd who is the quintessence of all ראשית. On earth no first-born is a true ראשית [origin, original], since every first-born was sired by a father and born by a mother who both preceded him. It follows that only...
  4. John D. Brey

    Mother mary without sin?

    No. But ritually speaking, she represents אדם הראשון (Adam prior to the first sin) since prior to Genesis 2:21 ----where a new gender was formed according to the Hebrew phrase ויסגר בשר ("closed up the flesh," hint: penile-raphe) ----Adam was able to give birth him or herself rather than through...
  5. John D. Brey

    Mother mary without sin?

    If you claim "God created all" THEN belittling absurdity (which would be part of God's creation) equals belittling God equals blasphemy. John
  6. John D. Brey

    Is it smart to claim "my Religion is superior"?

    . . . Well there is the slight counter-factual truism that whereas I quote the Talmud you quote Homer Simpson. And fwiw, the "ya know babe," was in response to your calling me "dude," which, "dude," isn't the sort of lingo one expects from a brilliant polymath like yourself. It's more like...
  7. John D. Brey

    The Gospel According to the Shelah.

    Since Abraham circumcised himself on Passover, and since technically speaking his circumcision symbolizes his willingness to sacrifice Isaac as a human lamb (korban peshat), it's patently obvious why the Jewish sages say two blood were placed on the doorpost on Passover: the blood of the lamb...
  8. John D. Brey

    Is it smart to claim "my Religion is superior"?

    . . . Says the one somewhat confused about the nature of interpretation. Even male flesh disappearing into a bush can be interpreted sexually if that's how a person wants to interpret it. John
  9. John D. Brey

    Is it smart to claim "my Religion is superior"?

    . . . But doesn't the Torah have to be interpreted before you can reject a teaching or interpretation that contradicts it? In other words, are you under the impression that all the sages agree on what the Torah actually says? Are you unaware that Nachmanides and Rashi don't always agree, and...
  10. John D. Brey

    Is it smart to claim "my Religion is superior"?

    . . . Although you do have the luxury of choosing which interpretation to accept. John
  11. John D. Brey

    The Gospel According to the Shelah.

    The Shelah gets the gist of all this. Abraham and Sarah are the תיקון, reformation of Adam and Eve ensuring their continuity. Shenei Luchot HaBerit, Torah Sheikhtav, Vayera, Chayei Sara, Torah Ohr, 7. Rabbi Samson Hirsch implies that the language used to affect the covenant in Genesis 17...
  12. John D. Brey

    The Gospel According to the Shelah.

    Since Jesus was conceived without semen, even his physical body was free from the poison that infects everyone else. If he fathered offspring through phallic-sex, his offspring would be immortal since the seed of the woman, if not infected by contaminated semen, is immortal and can return...
  13. John D. Brey

    The Gospel According to the Shelah.

    They need a mechanism to receive the salvation that's provided through the sacrifice. John
  14. John D. Brey

    The Gospel According to the Shelah.

    Not sure what you mean? John
  15. John D. Brey

    The Gospel According to the Shelah.

    In the quotation above, the Shelah points out that all the laws pertaining to sacrifices are reminders of the first sin committed by Adam, through which man's diminution of stature, to include the senescence and death of his physical body, come into being. In this context, the Shelah notes that...
  16. John D. Brey

    The Gospel According to the Shelah.

    But when he became corrupted and sinned, the pollution of the snake went into him, the snake being the Satan and the evil impulse. And that is the leavening in the dough. And then the dough became leavened and became a turbid body of a skin tunic; so he caused his own death. . . if man on earth...
  17. John D. Brey

    The Gospel According to the Shelah.

    This "sexually transmitted disease" is what Christians call "sin nature," and which Jews call the "evil inclination" יצר הרע (yetzer hara). Thieme points out that since this disease is transmitted through sexual congress, i.e., copulation, therefore, if a person is conceived apart from sexual...
  18. John D. Brey

    The Gospel According to the Shelah.

    Since this examination fancies itself little more than a thumbnail sketch, and since only the broadest and most orthodox parts of the Gospel message are being examined, it would be useful to draw a brief outline of the Gospel elements being parroted (meaning no disrespect) by the Shelah. The...
  19. John D. Brey

    The Gospel According to the Shelah.

    The Shelah is a consummate scholar who demonstrates mastery in every aspect of rabbinic learning, to wit, halakah and talmudic jurisprudence, homiletics and biblical exegesis, philosophy and ethics, and above all else the esoteric traditions known as Kabbalah. Horowitz combines an extensive...
  20. John D. Brey

    Why Jews don't believe in Jesus

    Such a beautiful script. I think this is the most beautiful script in the world. John
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