Ruth and Ester videos are posted as well as an introduction to the book of Ecclesiastes
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G'day all,
The mpeg-4 videos for Ruth and Esther are now posted on the website, and all slide sets are posted up to date as well. If you check, you may see something already posted for next session on Ecclesiastes.? While searching my computer I came across an Ecclesiastes calendar for 9 years ago that I gave as a gift to the group that I facilitated in Batemans Bay, NSW.? Quick as a flash, I updated it to 2021 and posted it for you if you are interested.? The reason for posting it now rather than sending it for Christmas or whatever is that it contains a detailed outline of Ecclesiastes and some other stuff that may be of interest.? Although at first glance, Ecclesiastes seems both intimidating and depressing, but in truth it is very uplifting and quite frankly practical.? It's just a bit weird. By the way, similar to Ruth and Esther, Ecclesiastes is one of the five Old Testament books read in the synagogue on certain Jewish feast days.? It is read at the highly symbolic seven-day* feast called Sukkot (a.k.a. the Feast of Tabernacles or the Feast of Booths (sukkah)), the final feast date of the Hebrew calendar.? Many Christian congregations celebrate this feast in some way, and it's coming up next month. Just a reminder that U3A has opened for enrolments (alas, all by Zoom) for Term 4 of 2020.? I noticed that some of you have already signed up.? Thank you! Blessings, Ray *NOTE: In the opposite fashion to Purim (book of Esther) which celebrates two days in Jerusalem and 1 day everywhere else ("the diaspora"), Sukkot is a 7-day festival in Israel and tacks an extra day on (8 days total) in the diaspora.? It's almost impossible to keep up with all their rules; but at least they're much more stable than those in Islam where verses in the Quran can be made obsolete by later verses or rules can be "updated" at any time through various means (Quran Surah 2:106 states, "None of Our revelations do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, but we substitute something better or similar: Knowest thou not that Allah Hath power over all things?") |
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Hi Peggy, Apologies for not making the point that the website is at?, a secure website. If you don't wish to download large video files from b4uc.xyz, the two videos can also be played directly from:
The difference is that the video download files are yours permanently, while there is no guarantee how long the soundslides links will remain active as it is a subscription website (which I have subscribed to for some eight years so far). Thanks for your support. Blessings, Ray?? On Sunday, 6 September 2020, 04:03:36 pm AEST, Peggy Fuchs via groups.io <peggy4110@...> wrote: Where is the website??? Peggy FUCHS
On Sunday, 6 September 2020, 04:01:19 pm AEST, Ray via groups.io <ray.sarlin@...> wrote:
G'day all, The mpeg-4 videos for Ruth and Esther are now posted on the website, and all slide sets are posted up to date as well. If you check, you may see something already posted for next session on Ecclesiastes.? While searching my computer I came across an Ecclesiastes calendar for 9 years ago that I gave as a gift to the group that I facilitated in Batemans Bay, NSW.? Quick as a flash, I updated it to 2021 and posted it for you if you are interested.? The reason for posting it now rather than sending it for Christmas or whatever is that it contains a detailed outline of Ecclesiastes and some other stuff that may be of interest.? Although at first glance, Ecclesiastes seems both intimidating and depressing, but in truth it is very uplifting and quite frankly practical.? It's just a bit weird. By the way, similar to Ruth and Esther, Ecclesiastes is one of the five Old Testament books read in the synagogue on certain Jewish feast days.? It is read at the highly symbolic seven-day* feast called Sukkot (a.k.a. the Feast of Tabernacles or the Feast of Booths (sukkah)), the final feast date of the Hebrew calendar.? Many Christian congregations celebrate this feast in some way, and it's coming up next month. Just a reminder that U3A has opened for enrolments (alas, all by Zoom) for Term 4 of 2020.? I noticed that some of you have already signed up.? Thank you! Blessings, Ray *NOTE: In the opposite fashion to Purim (book of Esther) which celebrates two days in Jerusalem and 1 day everywhere else ("the diaspora"), Sukkot is a 7-day festival in Israel and tacks an extra day on (8 days total) in the diaspora.? It's almost impossible to keep up with all their rules; but at least they're much more stable than those in Islam where verses in the Quran can be made obsolete by later verses or rules can be "updated" at any time through various means (Quran Surah 2:106 states, "None of Our revelations do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, but we substitute something better or similar: Knowest thou not that Allah Hath power over all things?") |
Ray