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God in the 21 st Century

God in the 21 st Century. Is there a place for the Divine in our Congregational School settings?. About God?. God in the 3 rd person God in the 2 nd person God in the first person. God is like a ___________.

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God in the 21 st Century

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  1. God in the 21st Century Is there a place for the Divine in our Congregational School settings? Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  2. About God? • God in the 3rd person • God in the 2nd person • God in the first person Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  3. God is like a ___________ • because God ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  4. God is like …. -Hallmark Cards He cares enough to send His very best -General Electric He brings good things to life -Scotch Magic Tape You can’t see Him, but you know He’s there -Delta He’s ready when you are Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  5. God is like… -Allstate You’re in good hands with Him -Dial Soap Aren’t you glad you have Him? Don’t you wish everybody did? -The Post Office Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor ice will keep Him from His appointed destinations. Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  6. “Prove to me there is a God” • “The proof is not in the proving that there is a God.” • “The proof is in proving that there isn’t a God! Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  7. “Prove to me there is a God • The signs of God are found not in the reports of the change in the natural order of things, but in nature’s orderliness. Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  8. “Prove to me there is a God” • God is discovered in the intelligibility of the Universe rather than in its capriciousness. -Harold M. Shulweis Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  9. Rabbi Akiva on God Proof A min (non-believer) asks Rabbi Akiva to prove that God created the world. Rabbi Akiva answers, as your cloak points to its weaver, so the world points to its Creator. His students later ask for the “real” answer! My sons, just as the house bears witness to the builder, and the cloak bears witness to the weaver so does the world bear witness to the Holy Blessed One who created it.” (Otzar ha’midrashim) Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  10. The Most important verse in the Torah: • Shema • Braisheet • Anochi • Hineini • ------- • ------- • ------- Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  11. The Most important verse in the Torah .rtv ,tu ohnav ,t ohekt trc ,hatrc • “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” • “At the beginning of God’s creating the heavens and the earth.” • “When God began to create the heavens and the earth.” Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  12. Truth & Faith - v b u n t u , n t • This verse makes everything after it both logically tenable and morally necessary. • If God did not create the world, the rest of the Torah and the whole Jewish vocation become pointless. • Indeed all of life is pointless without God the Creator. - Dennis Praeger Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  13. Does God Exist? • Judaism views the existence of God as a necessary prerequisite for the existence of the universe. • The existence of the universe is sufficient proof of the existence of God. (Dennis Praeger) Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  14. The Third Commandment: • You shall not swear falsely (in vain) by the name of the Lord your God; for the Lord will not clear one who swears falsely by His name. Exodus 20:7 Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  15. Etymology of Hashem • Adon ist • Adoni hbst • Adonai hhbst • Abbreviation hh • The Name oav • Abbreviation wv Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  16. Lesson using the 3rd Commandment • What makes the 3rd commandment important? • What is the name to which the 3rd commandment is referring? • Why would this be in the list of the top ten? • What would make the use of God’s name in vain? • Why would you want to create that type of an aura? • If you were to come up with another name for God what would it be? • Write a sentence about God using your new name for God Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 200 300 400 t c d s v u z j y h f k n b x g p m e r a , Gematria - Numerology Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  18. THE NAME OF GOD The Tetragrammaton h v u v Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  19. v u v h h =10 v =5 u =6 v =5 26 Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  20. GOD IS ONE! If in fact God is one… and God’s four letter name has a value of 26… is there a relationship between 1 & 26 in Hebrew? Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  21. Kabbalah - vkce t Find the hidden letters in the letter Aleph that total 26. Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  22. 26 = 1 h h u t Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  23. Adon Olam Text: The Lord eternal reigned before the birth of every living thing When all was made as He ordained, then only He was known as King Paraphrase: God lived before all things were created. When God finally created the world God became the ultimate ruler known as the King. Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  24. Adon Olam • He who was, He who is, and He who will remain vhvh tuvu vuv tuvu vhv tuvu vhvh tuvu vuv tuvuvhv tuvu Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  25. I AM THAT I AM vhvt rat vhvt What does that mean? Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  26. Create With Words vrCsF trCt abra k’dabra - (Aramaic) rCsF trC bara k’daber - (Hebrew) Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  27. There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  28. YouTUBE Videos • Subliminal & Miri • Barbara Steisand’s Avinu Malkeinu Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

  29. Barbara Streisand & Duhaney Synagogue, Budapest Dr. Leon Weissberg, Jewish Education Commission, So Palm Beach County, FL

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