OOMs ?


In an eggplant shape of sticky colourless mesh where the head would be, there swarmed thousands of small entities, obscured partly by the complexities of their brief forms.
The rest of the body was wrapped in slats of jagged armadillo-style shell. This strode under the dome, stooping to let down tendril-like tongues from various mouths between the tighter and more numerous slats of its face. The tongues it used to smell by feel, pattering on triangular succulent dinosaur plants.

#writtenoom 2024/08/04

OOMs ?


In an eggplant shape of sticky colourless mesh where the head would be, there swarmed thousands of small entities, obscured partly by the complexities of their brief forms.
The rest of the body was wrapped in slats of jagged armadillo-style shell. This strode under the dome, stooping to let down tendril-like tongues from various mouths between the tighter and more numerous slats of its face. The tongues it used to smell by feel, pattering on triangular succulent dinosaur plants.

#writtenoom 2024/08/04

OOMs ?


In an eggplant shape of sticky colourless mesh where the head would be, there swarmed thousands of small entities, obscured partly by the complexities of their brief forms.
The rest of the body was wrapped in slats of jagged armadillo-style shell. This strode under the dome, stooping to let down tendril-like tongues from various mouths between the tighter and more numerous slats of its face. The tongues it used to smell by feel, pattering on triangular succulent dinosaur plants.

#writtenoom 2024/08/04

Thought for Today: Wednesday August 07

Remember today: YHVH's sovereignty doesn't negate our responsibility. Just the opposite. It empowers it.

ROSH CHODESH SIGHTED

The crescent New Moon has been sighted from Israel 8/5/2024, thus marking the beginning of the 6th scriptural month.

The New Moon was sighted from:

· Jerusalem (Rechavia) at 7:59pm by Devorah Gordon, Hadar, Chaya, and Sara Heiney

· Kedumim at 7:56 by Yochanan Shaked and Yishai Shaked
Rosh Chodesh Sameach!

Sabbath Keepers Fellowship & Prison Ministry
Christi Banks
Yochanan Ben Yisrael

48 Shoph’tym – Day 4

D’varym/Deuteronomy 18:6-13

“And when the Lewite comes from one of your gates, from where he has sojourned among all Yisra’el, and shall come with all the desire of his being to the place which YHWH chooses, then he shall serve in the Name of YHWH his Elohim, like all his brothers the Lewites, who are standing there before YHWH.

“They are to have portion for portion to eat, besides what comes from the sale of his inheritance.

“When you come into the land which YHWH your Elohim is giving you, do not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations.

“Let no one be found among you who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices divination, or a user of magic, or one who interprets omens or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.

“For whoever does these is an abomination to YHWH, and because of these abominations YHWH your Elohim drives them out from before you.

“Be perfect before YHWH your Elohim.

Sabbath Keepers Fellowship & Prison Ministry
Christi Banks
Yochanan Ben Yisrael

TEHILLAH/PSALMS 94 - DAY 4 (YOM REVI’Y)

O YHWH, Ěl of vengeance; O Ěl of vengeance, shine forth!

Raise Yourself up, O Judge of the earth; Render punishment to the proud.

YHWH, how long are the wrong, How long are the wrong going to exult?

They pour forth words, They speak arrogantly; All the workers of wickedness boast in themselves.

They crush Your people, O YHWH, And they afflict Your inheritance.

They kill the widow and the stranger, And murder the fatherless.

Yet they say, “Yah does not see, And the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ pays no heed.”

Take heed, you senseless among the people; And you fools, when would you become wise?

He who planted the ear, does He not hear?

He who formed the eye, does He not see?

He who disciplines the nations, Does He not reprove – The One teaching man knowledge?

YHWH knows the thoughts of man, That they are but a breath.

Blessed is the man You discipline, O Yah, And instruct out of Your Torah, To give him rest from the days of evil, Until the pit is dug for the wrong.

For YHWH does not leave His people, Nor does He forsake His inheritance.

For judgment returns man to righteousness, And all the upright in heart follow it.

Who would rise up for me against evil-doers?

Who would stand up for me against workers of wickedness?

If YHWH had not been my help, My being would soon have settled in silence.

When I said, “My foot has slipped,” Your mercy, O YHWH, supported me.

When anxiety was great within me, Your comforts delighted my being.

Would a throne of destruction, Which devises trouble by law, Be joined with You?

They band together against the life of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wrong.

But YHWH is my defense, And my Elohim the rock of my refuge, And brings back on them their own wickedness, And cuts them off in their own wrongdoing; YHWH our Elohim does cut them off.

Come, let us sing to YHWH! Let us raise a shout to the Rock of our deliverance.

Let us come before His face with thanksgiving; Let us raise a shout to Him in song.

For YHWH is a great Ěl, And a great King above all mighty ones.

Sabbath Keepers Fellowship & Prison Ministry
Ovadyah Ben Yisrael

The Selichoth Prayers

The Selichoth Prayers – Standard Edition, can be found at:

https://sabbathkeepersfellowsh....ip.org/articles-book

Yom R’vy’y – Fourth Day of the Week

“Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.”

Blessed be He who spoke and the world was; Blessed be He – and blessed be His Name.

Tehillah 65

To You, silence is praise, O Elohym in Zion, and to You the vow will be performed.

O You who hears prayer, to You all men come.

Iniquities prevail against me; as for our transgressions, You forgive them.

How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You to dwell in Your courts.

We will be satisfied with the excellence of Your house, Your set-apart temple.

By awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O Elohym of our salvation, You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea; Who establishes the mountains by His strength, being girded with might; Who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.

They who dwell in the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs; You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.

You visit the earth and cause it to overflow; You greatly enrich it; the stream of Elohym is full of water; You prepare their grain, for thus You prepare the earth.

You water its furrows abundantly, You settle its ridges, You soften it with showers, You bless its growth.

You have crowned the year with Your bounty, and Your paths drip with fatness.

The pastures of the wilderness drip, and the hills gird themselves with rejoicing.

The meadows are clothed with flocks and the valleys are covered with grain; they shout for joy, yes, they sing.

Tehillah 27

YHWH is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

YHWH is the defense of my life; whom shall I dread?

When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, my adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.

Though a host encamp against me, my heart will not fear; though war arise against me, in spite of this I shall be confident.

One thing I have asked from YHWH, that I shall seek:

that I may dwell in the house of YHWH all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of YHWH, and to meditate in His temple.

For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; in the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock.

And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me, and I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to YHWH.

Hear, YHWH, when I cry with my voice, and be gracious to me and answer me.

When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, YHWH, I shall seek.”

Do not hide Your face from me, do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; do not abandon me nor forsake me, O Elohym of my salvation!

For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but YHWH will take me up.

Teach me Your way, YHWH, and lead me in a level path because of my foes.

Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen against me, and such as breathe out violence.

I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the excellence of YHWH in the land of the living.

Wait for YHWH; be strong and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for YHWH.

Ben Adam

Son of man!

Why do you slumber?

Arise and call out in supplication; pour out words of prayer; seek forgiveness from the Master of masters.

Wash and purify yourself; do not delay before the days depart, and hurriedly run for help before He who dwells on high.

From transgression and also evil flee, and be dreadful of tragedy.

O, please pay heed to those who know Your name – the loyal ones of Yisrael.

For Yours, Adonay, is righteousness, and ours is nothing but shame.

Stand up like a man and be courageous, to confess your sins.

Seek El Almighty in earnest to atone for your sins, for never are hidden secrets from Him.

And every utterance that is spoken is read before Him.

May He who is merciful have mercy upon us, as a father has mercy for his children. For Yours Adonay is righteousness and ours is nothing but shame.

Vidduy

I make my sin known to You and do not conceal my iniquity; for I said that it is proper that I confess my transgressions to YHWH, and as a result, You have forgiven the iniquity of my sins.

And it is stated:

He who conceals his transgressions will not succeed, but he, who admits and forsakes them, shall be dealt with mercifully.

Please, YHWH, our Elohym, Elohym of our forefathers, let our prayer come before You, and do not hide Yourself from our supplication – for we are not so insolent nor so obstinate to say before You, YHWH, our Elohym, Elohym of our forefathers, “we are righteous and have not sinned,” rather, truly we have sinned – we as well as our forefathers and our household members:

(With each of the following statements, bring your right fist to your chest, over your heart.)

We have been guilty.

We have betrayed.

We have robbed.

We have spoken gossip and slander.

We have caused iniquity.

We have caused wickedness.

We have acted wantonly.

We have extorted.

We have accused falsely.

We have given bad advice.

We have lied.

We have acted frivolously.

We have rebelled.

We have infuriated.

We have committed adultery.

We have been deviant.

We have committed iniquity.

We have transgressed willfully.

We have oppressed.

We have been obstinate.

We have been wicked.

We have corrupted ourselves and others.

We have committed abominations.

We have strayed and caused others to stray, and we have veered from Your excellent commandments and laws, but it has not benefited us.

But You are righteous regarding all that has befallen us, for You have acted with truth, and it is we who have caused wickedness.

YHWH, Im Gadal Avony

YHWH, if my iniquity is too great to bear and I have acted foolishly, do not mete out justice to Your servant.

Cleanse the blemishes of my heart, and remove the sins of my youth.

Restrain Your servant also from intentional sins.

My sorrows have been overpowering and my groans have broken my heart.

Bring joy to Your servant’s soul.

The seekers of my misfortune made themselves great on account of me.

At my destruction they rejoice.

Do not hide Your countenance from Your servant.

Until when shall I cry out for the lack of justice?

When will You do justice to my pursuers?

How many are the days of Your servant?

May Your anger be stilled so as to have mercy on me.

May Your kindness please be to comfort me as Your promise to Your servant.

My ways have I related.

Upon You, from the womb, have I depended.

Shine Your countenance upon Your servant.

I am smaller than all the kindnesses – O Rock, who settles individuals – that You have performed with Your servant. Purify me from my sin.

Do not turn away Your ear from granting me relief because of my prayer.

Please, YHWH, because I am Your servant.

Show me wonders.

Do not conceal Your presence from me. Do not turn Your servant away in anger.

Eileyka YHWH

Toward You, YHWH, I have raised up my eyes; hear the sound of my pleas as befits Your great kindness.

I have trusted in Your Name and have spread out my palms; I have taken words and have come unto You.

My sorrows have been overpowering and my groans have increased, for all of my sins have You set before You.

My delicate soul dissipates from grief; release from anxiety the soul of Your servant.

Remove my sin, O Elohym of my salvation; also my tears may You place in Your flask.

In times of anger, Your mercy may You recall and reconsider, and gladden and console the soul of Your servant.

Our Father, our King, You are our Father!

Our Father, our King, we have no King but You!

Our Father, our King, have mercy on us!

Our Father, our King, be gracious to us and answer us, although we do not possess excellent deeds.

Deal with us with righteousness and kindness for the sake of Your great Name, and save us.

And we know not what more to do, but our eyes look to You.

Recall Your mercies and kindnesses, YHWH, for they have existed from ever.

May Your kindness be upon us, YHWH, as we have hoped in You.

Qaddish

Exalted and sanctified be His great Name in the world that He created according to His will.

May His kingdom reign, and may He cause His redemption to sprout, and may He hasten the coming of His Mashiach in your lifetime and in your days and in the lifetime of the entire house of Yisrael, speedily and very soon; and let us say:

Amein!

May His great Name be blessed forever and to all eternity.

Blessed, lauded, esteemed, exalted, extolled, honored, upraised, and praised be the Name of the set-apart One; Blessed be He; above all the blessings, songs, praises and words of consolation that may be uttered in the world; and let us say:

Amein!

May your prayers and pleas be accepted together with the prayers and pleas of the entire house of Yisrael before our Father in heaven and earth, in the name of Yehoshua HaMashiach; and let us say:

Amein!

May there be abundant shalom from heaven, life, contentment, salvation, consolation, deliverance, healing, redemption, pardon, atonement, comfort and relief for us and for His entire nation Yisrael; and let us say:

Amein!

Hon Tahon

Be merciful to Your children who are returning to You, and who stand before You with trepidation, fearful of the time they will be called to judgment; it is for that reason that they come in distress.

Recall compassion on the Day of Judgment; do away with anger and wrath at the time You will judge those who fear You and those who dwell on Your Name – they who are sitting in judgment.

Bring near to me the year of the Redeemer, and redeem me; upon restful waters, O Elohym, lead me, and recall for me the merit of the perfect man, Yehoshua HaMashiach, and place me like a seal upon Your heart.

Amein!

Sabbath Keepers Fellowship & Prison Ministry
Ovadyah Ben Yisrael

08-06-2024

The Selichoth Prayers

The Selichoth Prayers – Standard Edition, can be found at:

https://sabbathkeepersfellowsh....ip.org/articles-book

Yom Shlishy – Third Day of the Week

“Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart."

Blessed be He who spoke and the world was; Blessed be He - and blessed be His Name.

Tehillah 51

Be gracious to me, O Elohym, according to Your mercy; according to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

Against You, You only, I have sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified when You speak and blameless when You judge.

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.

Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, and in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.

Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Make me to hear joy and gladness, let the bones which You have broken rejoice.

Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.

Create in me a clean heart, O Elohym, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Ruach Haqodesh from me.

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit.

Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will be converted to You.

Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O Elohym, the Elohym of my salvation; then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.

Adonai, open my lips, that my mouth may declare Your praise.

For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering.

The sacrifices of Elohym are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O Elohym, You will not despise.

By Your grace do excellence to Zion; build the walls of Yerushalayim.

Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in burnt offering and whole burnt offering; then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

Tehillah 27

YHWH is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

YHWH is the defense of my life; whom shall I dread?

When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, my adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.

Though a host encamp against me, my heart will not fear; though war arise against me, in spite of this I shall be confident.

One thing I have asked from YHWH, that I shall seek:

that I may dwell in the house of YHWH all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of YHWH, and to meditate in His temple.

For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; in the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock.

And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me, and I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to YHWH.

Hear, YHWH, when I cry with my voice, and be gracious to me and answer me.

When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, YHWH, I shall seek.”

Do not hide Your face from me, do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; do not abandon me nor forsake me, O Elohym of my salvation!

For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but YHWH will take me up.

Teach me Your way, YHWH, and lead me in a level path because of my foes.

Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen against me, and such as breathe out violence.

I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the excellence of YHWH in the land of the living.

Wait for YHWH; be strong and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for YHWH.

Ben Adam

Son of man!

Why do you slumber?

Arise and call out in supplication; pour out words of prayer; seek forgiveness from the Master of masters.

Wash and purify yourself; do not delay before the days depart, and hurriedly run for help before He who dwells on high.

From transgression and also evil flee, and be dreadful of tragedy.

O, please pay heed to those who know Your name – the loyal ones of Yisrael.

For Yours, Adonay, is righteousness, and ours is nothing but shame.

Stand up like a man and be courageous, to confess your sins.

Seek El Almighty in earnest to atone for your sins, for never are hidden secrets from Him.

And every utterance that is spoken is read before Him.

May He who is merciful have mercy upon us, as a father has mercy for his children.

For Yours Adonay is righteousness and ours is nothing but shame.

Vidduy

I make my sin known to You and do not conceal my iniquity; for I said that it is proper that I confess my transgressions to YHWH, and as a result, You have forgiven the iniquity of my sins.

And it is stated:

He who conceals his transgressions will not succeed, but he, who admits and forsakes them, shall be dealt with mercifully.

Please, YHWH, our Elohym, Elohym of our forefathers, let our prayer come before You, and do not hide Yourself from our supplication – for we are not so insolent nor so obstinate to say before You, YHWH, our Elohym, Elohym of our forefathers, “we are righteous and have not sinned,” rather, truly we have sinned – we as well as our forefathers and our household members:

(With each of the following statements, bring your right fist to your chest, over your heart.)

We have been guilty.

We have betrayed.

We have robbed.

We have spoken gossip and slander.

We have caused iniquity. We have caused wickedness.

We have acted wantonly.

We have extorted.

We have accused falsely.

We have given bad advice.

We have lied.

We have acted frivolously.

We have rebelled.

We have infuriated.

We have committed adultery.

We have been deviant.

We have committed iniquity.

We have transgressed willfully.

We have oppressed.

We have been obstinate.

We have been wicked.

We have corrupted ourselves and others.

We have committed abominations.

We have strayed and caused others to stray, and we have veered from Your excellent commandments and laws, but it has not benefited us.

But You are righteous regarding all that has befallen us, for You have acted with truth, and it is we who have caused wickedness.

YHWH, Dalu Eynay Lamarom

YHWH, my eyes are raised to the heavens.

In my distress I call out to YHWH.

My spirit was enveloped within me from my excessive anger and grief, and I poured out my soul before YHWH.

Yah, hearken to my statement and perform for me a sign for excellence.

Many have You performed, YHWH.

I became destitute, and He saved me, El, righteous and a savior.

For Your salvation I hope, YHWH.

When my enemy rises up against me, my heart shall not fear, and I shall rely upon You, YHWH.

My hand is raised through You, my Fortress, and not through my sword, for not through the sword and the spear does YHWH save.

My enemies have prevailed, and above me they raise themselves.

With regard to these will You be restrained, YHWH?

Why do You conceal Your countenance while the enemy surrounds me?

A zealous and vengeful El is YHWH.

I place counsel in my soul, and I grieve within my heart.

Will YHWH forsake me forever?

For Your mercy I have hoped, because for You, YHWH, I have waited.

You will answer me, YHWH, my Elohym.

Eileyka YHWH

Toward You, YHWH, I have raised up my eyes; hear the sound of my pleas as befits Your great kindness.

I have trusted in Your Name and have spread out my palms; I have taken words and have come unto You.

My sorrows have been overpowering and my groans have increased, for all of my sins have You set before You.

My delicate soul dissipates from grief; release from anxiety the soul of Your servant.

Remove my sin, O Elohym of my salvation; also my tears may You place in Your flask.

In times of anger, Your mercy may You recall and reconsider, and gladden and console the soul of Your servant.

Our Father, our King, You are our Father!

Our Father, our King, we have no King but You!

Our Father, our King, have mercy on us!

Our Father, our King, be gracious to us and answer us, although we do not possess excellent deeds.

Deal with us with righteousness and kindness for the sake of Your great Name, and save us. And we know not what more to do, but our eyes look to You.

Recall Your mercies and kindnesses, YHWH, for they have existed from ever.

May Your kindness be upon us, YHWH, as we have hoped in You.

Qaddish
Exalted and sanctified be His great Name in the world that He created according to His will.

May His kingdom reign, and may He cause His redemption to sprout, and may He hasten the coming of His Mashiach in your lifetime and in your days and in the lifetime of the entire house of Yisrael, speedily and very soon; and let us say:

Amein!

May His great Name be blessed forever and to all eternity.

Blessed, lauded, esteemed, exalted, extolled, honored, upraised, and praised be the Name of the set-apart One; Blessed be He; above all the blessings, songs, praises and words of consolation that may be uttered in the world; and let us say:

Amein!

May your prayers and pleas be accepted together with the prayers and pleas of the entire house of Yisrael before our Father in heaven and earth, in the name of Yehoshua HaMashiach; and let us say:

Amein!

May there be abundant shalom from heaven, life, contentment, salvation, consolation, deliverance, healing, redemption, pardon, atonement, comfort and relief for us and for His entire nation Yisrael; and let us say:

Amein!

Hon Tahon

Be merciful to Your children who are returning to You, and who stand before You with trepidation, fearful of the time they will be called to judgment; it is for that reason that they come in distress.

Recall compassion on the Day of Judgment; do away with anger and wrath at the time You will judge those who fear You and those who dwell on Your Name – they who are sitting in judgment.

Bring near to me the year of the Redeemer, and redeem me; upon restful waters, O Elohym, lead me, and recall for me the merit of the perfect man, Yehoshua HaMashiach, and place me like a seal upon Your heart.

Amein!

Sabbath Keepers Fellowship & Prison Ministry
Ovadyah Ben Yisrael

Reishyth Tzom B’elul is the beginning of the fast of the sixth Hebrew month, a traditional forty-day fast of repentance during the days leading up to Yom Hakippurym.

On the eve of the first of the sixth Hebrew month, the shofar is blown as a clarion call to repentance.

It is blown again on each of the forty days to “awaken the slumberers” from their apathy and warn them of the impending arrival of their King.

“Then the kingdom of the heavens shall be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

And five of them were wise, and five foolish.

Those who were foolish, having taken their lamps, took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their containers with their lamps.

Now while the bridegroom took time, they all slumbered and slept.

And at midnight a cry was heard, ‘See, the bridegroom is coming, go out to meet him!’

Then all those maidens rose up and trimmed their lamps.

And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, indeed, there would not be enough for us and you.

Instead, go to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’

And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.

And later the other maidens also came, saying, ‘Master, Master, open up for us!’

But he answering, said, ‘Amein, I say to you, I do not know you.’

Watch therefore, because you do not know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Adam is coming.”

The prayers of Selichoth are also begun on this day.