We're On First, But Who's On Second?

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Last week I blogged about the awesome phenomenon of peak-cicada.

The other day, a friend gave me a list he had made of 17 things one can learn from cicadas.

Myself, I'm just observing them. Remember the sound I shared with you last week (it' has now dropped from fortissimo to forte)?

One thing you cannot miss when listening to them - millions of them - singing together is that the collective sound goes in waves.

I actually went under a tree this week with my hand-held sound meter and registered the wave fluctuating between 85-96 db. That unity, that harmony, is phenomenal. 

On the theme of multiplicity v. unity, here's a simple question for your table:

Does the Shema Yisrael mean that God is one or that God is three?

Obvious answer, right? 

Well, maybe not.

To many Christians, the Shema is in fact a declaration of the Trinity. 

You think this is just academic. It isn't. For nearly 2,000 years there has been an active effort to convert Jews to Christianity. 

This effort continues today both openly and surreptitiously (read this).

Question for your table: in our free-market world, should missionaries be allowed to operate in Jewish communities? 

Final question: How do we know that our interpretation of the Shema is right and their's is wrong?
 

​Shabbat Shalom
 

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