Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Historical highlights of South-West Turkey - holidays from Explore

Historical highlights of South-West Turkey - holidays from Explore: "Riverboat to Caunus
Starting at Dalyan, we take a meandering boat trip through a maze of reeds to the ancient Carian capital city of Caunus (400BC). We then drive to Alinda to see its impressive agora and little known ruins, before continuing northwards to explore Didyma, dedicated to Apollo, and the scattered remnants of Miletus and Priene.


Mighty Ephesus
With plenty of time at Selcuk, we set out to visit nearby Ephesus. At least half a day is spent wandering around the marble streets of this huge Greco-Roman city, once visited by Anthony and Cleopatra and where St Paul preached to the ancient Ephesians.


Pamukkale 'Frozen Waterfall'"

In The Beginning

In The Beginning: "The Beis of Creation.: ' first line of Bereishis contains 7 words. The seven words correspond to the seven days of the week. The opening remark ends with Ha-Eretz, which is translated as the earth. I know none of this is Earth Shattering kind of content. The expalnation then continues with Ha-Eretz we can actually count the hebrew words that are contained within the 1st 5 lines of Bereishis. Try it each and every time there should be no surprise that there are 52. So, we have the first sentence of Bereishis which contains seven words which sets an important cycle, the week. Then by the end of the Torah's description Bereishis 1-5, we have the completion of the first day of creation Yom Echod! I might be looking for holidays here but Yom Echod- the first day, seems like something worth celebrating"

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

— Ways of Israel

— Ways of Israel: "The Ways of Israel is a television network focused on keeping Jews Jewish. For 7 years now no other television program has touched more Jews who were on the verge of assimilation than any other religious based television program in South Florida. The Ways of Israel has a sister Spanish speaking counterpart focused on the thousands of Hispanic Jewry in the south Florida and the Caribbean Islands. We are involved in areas of Kiruv to the secular Jewish community, helping bring back those of Anusim background,"