Mistranslated Verse

"For a child is begotten to us, a son will be given to us and the authority is upon his shoulder; Called, his name, by The Wondrous Advisor, The Mighty G-d and The Eternal Father, "The Prince of Peace". Yeshayahu 9:5"

Lately I have been studying this verse after listening to Handel's Messiah. It is a work of great momentum and enthusiasm. The above verse was quoted according to the KJV Bible in the Handel's Messiah. I seen some problem in the sentence as the original Hebrew read somewhat like my rendering above. The rendering in the KJV bible read thus:

"For unto us a child is born , unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder : and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6"

There is arguable translation however, the second sentence which describe the name of the Prince can be both as the sentence implying the meaning do not have a proper structure. However, Orthodox Judaism has always identify the verse with the former.

This verse states the greatness of Hezekiah, the righteous king after Ahaz (for Ahaz is evil). Hezekiah's throne name is as mentioned and through him, the eternal Throne of David will be established. This is also a two-fold verse foretelling what the Mashiach should do when he came. This is, also, the summary for the chapter 9 of Yeshayahu and it offers a reconciliation to the Yerushalamites after the reign of the terrible king, Ahaz.

Psalms in Its Original Majesty!

Shalom,

Thought to have been lost in time, the original tune of the Psalms as sung by the Levitical choir has now been reconstructed! Baruch HaShem. It is a long time ago the tune of the Psalms has been restored to its original majesty and I just know it this morning! I really felt ashamed for this. Haha.

The restorer is known as Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura, a very talented and precise musician composer. She notes that the Te'amim symbols are not only for accents while chanting but also for musical notation and gestures etc. This enables her to reconstruct the ancient melody of the Psalms.

This is where you can get further details:
http://www.rakkav.com/kdhinc/pages/suzanne.htm

They even included a link to download her complete work! Neat!

Published Siddur

Shalom,

I have my Siddur published through cafepress.com. It is now available in my online store and it is ready for purchase! The free edition is still here to be published though but I hope that I can have some side income for myself. Guys, if you like this site, have a look at my Siddur and if you can afford, support this blog by purchasing this inspirational Prayerbook. However, we do have to remember that we are not commanded to pray and prayers are completely voluntary. The Siddur is just a guideline and is fully inspired by Rabbinical ideas.

Think of it as a Tzedekah, I priced it at only USD10.99.

The book contains 62 pages and listed the basic liturgy we need everyday. I have included some of the blog posts as well so as to help all of you in your spiritual journey.

However, bear in mind that I am not a certified Noachide. The idea of publishing my Siddur came after I remember my struggle as a Noachide back then, when I am gasping my air out for a prayerbook.

I have included a sample page from my Siddur. This is the page for the preparation of Morning Prayers (click for a larger view).

However, this Siddur is not exhaustive as there is yet a lot of prayers to be inserted. However, this basic Siddur can be a useful guide for composing your own prayer. For Noachides, we can compose prayers to our needs. There is one specific book of Tehillim (Psalms) that I would like to use: the Artcroll Tehillim.

I hope that this could be a major funding for me to further my studies in Judaic field. Please help if you can, there is nothing to lose ;-). If you want to have a glimpse what is inside, there is a softcopy in my Google group. Everyone is welcome to join in, regardless of your religious affiliation. Come and learn together!

To enter my group, click on the Google Group link on the right hand side and if you want to purchase my Siddur, Click Here!

However, due to some issues, the siddur has been temporarily removed from the webshop. I will upload it back when we settled the issue. In the meantime, settle with the electronice version first. It is free!