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Post by alon on Apr 15, 2022 8:28:48 GMT -8
I apologize, and ask you all to bear with me. I am going through a lot right now. Cancer, new computer and cell-phone crashed right in the middle of set-up. Lost codes and caused all kinds of problems there. So I have not been as on top of the forum as I usually am. Then we get 2 new "problem posters" ... . I am also out of town a lot to go to doctors (@ 150+ miles away). I take a laptop, but still I'm not on as much or as on top of things as I like to be. However the regular posters here have proven they do not need a "moderator" and, if it comes to it they can handle any problems until I get here with the "magic buttons." So, hang in there, have a good Pesach and keep Unleavened Bread. I'll still be around, just not always as much. Thanks guys- y'all rock!
Dan
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Post by alon on Apr 29, 2022 9:57:02 GMT -8
Again this week- a lot of appointments (@3 hrs away, one way), helping friends and trying to work on fire damage while sick and hurting from meds. So no parasha again this week. Sorry. I intended to work on it evenings when I came in, but just too tired to do it. Then again, they said I'd be tired, but thankfully I'm not as bad as they said I'd be. I do not recommend cancer as a way to go, since the "cure" is as bad as the disease. To that end, I am about to go out in search of a LARGE plate of onion rings, extra greasy! Jus' workin' on that heart attack ... that has to be a better way to go, and if not at least I can enjoy the journey. Being terminal is freeing in a way- I can do whatever I want, within limits of course. I know where the journey ends, so I'm ok with that part. Just, cancer?! Really Lord, how about an acute myocardial infarction? Over in one massive pain and done. But, He has a plan, and He knows how and why each of us will die. That's the trust part we all signed on to when we accepted the offer of salvation. It's part of our personal halacha, our walk with God. So being serious for a moment, what I really pray for is the strength to deal with whatever comes next and a good witness right to the end. And from what I know of cancer, it will not be pleasant. So all prayers gratefully accepted. Shabbat shalom.
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Post by alon on Jul 13, 2022 6:27:21 GMT -8
Oncehttps://youtu.be/2D2IhQYB7Hg again, things are piling up. Appointments, 'chores,' and my comp has crashed (this is a borrowed Windows comp that I barely can use). The nearest repair facility for mine is 150 mi. away, So it may be a bit before I am able to do another parashah.
However, Ben Avraham puts up his parashot every week. Ya'll should read and discuss that until I get back online. Thanks for your patience.
Dan
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Post by alon on Jul 22, 2022 4:29:06 GMT -8
Computer is still in the repair shop, and I am going in for a solid week of radiation treatments. So still nothing for the next two weeks at least. I'm thinking that when I get it all back together I'll start where I left off. It will be out of synch with other 3 yr schedules, but that won't matter. And there is just way too much in Genesis to skip an entire block of readings (especially as we are in the Joseph narrative now). Hopefully we'll be back on track soon.
Dan
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Post by alon on Jul 29, 2022 5:58:10 GMT -8
Well, good news, bad news, and worse news:
Last radiation session this week is in a couple of hours. It's all palliative, as I am terminal. But my hip already feels much better. However they want me in for 3 more weeks of therapy, 5 days a week. And they are way over 150 miles away. But God is good and my sister lives about 3 miles from the facility, so I am not out the exorbitant gas and motel prices of these last @2 yrs. My computer is also going to take longer to repair, so I'll be on this Windows laptop (which I can barely use). Also I won't have my reference library. So I doubt I can get out a decent parashah for a while. But that's ok, we'll adjust when I get back "online."
Dan
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Post by alon on Aug 3, 2022 16:45:57 GMT -8
Well, I was going to do something simple like revive some of my older posts here. But after several attempts using this Windows system (and you'll never know how hard I am trying to keep out the expletives unless you use a Mac then have to go back to Windows), I am throwing in the towel. So apparently you won't be getting much from me at all for a while. but that does not mean you all cannot bring up things and discuss them! So let's hear what's on your minds!
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Post by alon on Aug 13, 2022 5:36:52 GMT -8
Well, back on my own computer, so I am starting to get things together. However I won't have much (any) time on it and will be away for another week. oping next week to start going at least on some light study, but the 'Ludite' in me says "don't make any promises." We'll see. Macs are pretty simple, so here's hoping ...
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Post by alon on Aug 19, 2022 15:49:39 GMT -8
Back home. I have a major undertaking to sort out my main computer, but hope to be back on track early next week. Thanks for your patience.
Procedures all went well. Great people there, and they know their stuff! It is a state of the art facility about 150 mi away and the treatment took 4 weeks. Price of gas and motels and food, I couldn't have done it. But my sister lives 3 miles from the facility, and I was able to stay with her! We also got to visit a lot, which was another blessing. GOD IS GOOD! Baruch HaShem!
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Post by alon on Aug 24, 2022 7:23:18 GMT -8
Well, I should be back on track with the parashot this weekend. This may put us more toward a 3 1/2 yr schedule than the three year one I am using as a guide, but that's ok. I don't want to give short shrift to Yoseph's story, and there are some really good ones in Exodus as well. Thanks for the patience.
Dan
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Post by alon on May 6, 2023 12:13:23 GMT -8
I have progressed to the point in my infirmity that it is extremely difficult to do these parashot. They take a lot of time and energy, and worse I find myself making too many errors. This week is the last in Exodus, and I think it best I make it the last full parashah. The last thing I want is for errors to slip through and lead someone astray.
Also it is almost 1:00 on Shabbat and I am writing this from home, which means I did not make it in to service today. This morning I was pretty bad, short of breath and almost passing out. So much as I hate it I had to stay home. This has been building for a while, and to that end I have asked the parent synagogue to start looking in their congregation for someone to either replace me or to work with me for a while with and eye to replacing me at some point.
This group pretty much self moderates anyhow, so I'll stay on in a diminished capacity as long as needed and able. Because as we saw just before I was appointed the position, when there is no moderation (no one with the 'magic keyboard,' as it were) the wolves start to gather.
Hopefully someone will step up to the plate and continue the parashot. However nothing stops the posters and even the lurkers from putting up observations, insights, or questions. And as I can I will put up either a comment or possibly a short darash. Even if they find a replacement I will probably stay on as a poster. Just as always, check what I say and if you disagree or find errors, say so (jimmie, keep an extra close watch as I know I can count on you for this!).
I've looked in on other forums from time to time, and there is a trend for them to be less active. Usually one form or another of missionaries take over. This however is a well moderated forum, and so the Flat Earthers, Sacred Namers and other special interests are kept at bay. It is really the only one of its kind I know of, here mostly for those who are trying to follow Torah with few (if any) others around. That is how I started, and as my Dad used to say, "that is a tough way to serve the Lord." Then I found Ahavat Elohim, and it was a God-send. Even after more Messianic congregations formed in the region this has been a good place to keep me on track and flesh out what I learned elsewhere. This forum is also a resource for those who are interested but not sure; who maybe have questions. So I hope to see the forum not just survive, but grow. However that will mostly be up to y'all.
In Yeshua, Dan
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