'Many of Babylon's kings were of foreign origin. Throughout the city's nearly two-thousand year history, it was ruled by kings of native Babylonian (Akkadian), Amorite, Kassite, Elamite, Aramean, Assyrian, Chaldean, Persian, Greek and Parthian origin. A king's cultural and ethnic background does not appear to have been important for the Babylonian perception of kingship, the important matter instead being whether the king was capable of executing the duties traditionally ascribed to the Babylonian king: establishing peace and security, upholding justice, honouring civil rights, refraining from unlawful taxation, respecting religious traditions, constructing temples, providing gifts to the idols in the temples and maintaining cultic order. Babylonian revolts of independence during the times the city was ruled by foreign empires probably had little to do with the rulers of these empires not being Babylonians and more to do with the rulers rarely visiting Babylon and failing to partake in the city's rituals and traditions.'

Ezekiel 3:15 ISR
And I came to the exiles at Těl Abib, who were dwelling by the River Kebar. And I sat where they were sitting, and sat there, stunned among them, seven days.

2 Kings 25:9-12 ISR
And he burned the House of Yahuah and the house of the sovereign, and all the houses of Yerushalayim - even every great house he burned with fire. And all the army of the Kasdim who were with the chief of the guard broke down the walls of Yerushalayim all around. And Nebuzaradan the chief of the guard took into exile the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who deserted to the sovereign of Babel, with the rest of the multitude. But the chief of the guard left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.

Deuteronomy 15:11 ISR
Because the poor one does not cease from the land. Therefore I am commanding you, saying, 'You shall certainly open your hand to your brother, to your poor and to your needy one, in your land.'

Genesis 10:8-10 ISR
And Kush brought forth Nimrod, he began to be a mighty one on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before Yahuah, therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before Yahuah." And beginning of his reign was Babel, and Erek, and Akkad, and Kalněh, in the land of Shin'ar.

I was out shopping yesterday and I came across this ingredient in the butter section called, 'Annatto' and the FDA has a complete 'Exemption from ALL FDA Certification'. To me, even though the FDA is already a drug cartel, an exception from standards is a red flag.

Whether by accident or on purpose, we tend to be destructive if we’re not careful about our actions. We can see the damage we do to things and to the people around us, but are we aware of the damage we do in the spiritual realm? That’s a more serous matter, and it requires our Creator’s intervention to repair not only the damage we cause, but us. We understand that on a personal level, but do we have any idea how it works on a national level?

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Whether by accident or on purpose, we tend to be destructive if we’re not careful about our actions. We can see the damage we do to things and to the people around us, but are we aware of the damage we do in the spiritual realm? That’s a

Lily Portion for Today: Shabbat February 24

Fathers, your children’s education NOT only rest on the shoulders of their mothers! Help her and teach your children that heaven is waiting to help those who have discovered and obeyed Elohiym’s will for their lives. (Prayer: Father, wake up the earthly fathers to help and teach his children to praise You. Comfort his and the children’s hearts and be their Guide, in wisdom and truth, amein)

Some people seem to be very calm when it would appear they are surrounded by evil and we often wonder how this can happen. 2 Kings 6:17, “Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. “ There is no need to panic when surrounded by evil if the evil that surrounds you is surrounded by the army of heaven.

Shabbat Shalom, fellow humans! Grafted into the same promise under the same exile, by the same Torah. Judaism doesn't condemn the breaking of Yahuah's Torah, only the breaking of the traditions of men, the Torah of the Pharisees. Diet and environment changes your pigment after only a few hundred years, but somehow where you live changes your ethnicity somehow. Biology and Science is a beautiful thing!