There is hardly a Pagan tribe where the cross has not been found.

As these words were being written, Jewish people all over the world united in prayer waiting for a sign of life from the kidnapped boys. [T]he X which in itself was not an unnatural symbol of Christ, the true Messiah, and which had once been regarded as such, was allowed to go entirely into disuse, and the Tau, "†", the sign of the cross, the indisputable sign of Tammuz, the false Messiah, was everywhere substituted in its stead. In our context, the letter vav represents the movement of “return” (like direct light that descends downwards), while the letter zayin represents the movement of “run” (the returning light that rises upwards). This letter is a symbol of life, beginning with the fact that the word “life” (חַיִים) begins with the letter chet. Our wedding canopy, therefore, is made of the groom on the right and the bride on the left and above them rises a tall fragile roof that connects everything into one letter, the letter of life that alludes to new life that begins to be formed from that moment. Charles Whitaker Following the Revelation at Sinai, Moses ascended the mountain to receive the Torah for a period of forty days that ended on the seventeenth of Tamuz. This prompts her to build an obelisk which becomes a phallic symbol. 2004 BC) in the city of Umma (modern Tell Jokha), the marriage of the god was dramatically celebrated in February—March, Umma's Month of the Festival of Tammuz. Connecting to the figures of righteous individuals is the preventative medicine that gives us immunity against the dangers of spiritual decline like the sin of the Golden Calf (which took place in the absence of Moses, the righteous individual of that generation). From this point of view, Tamuz is definitely the pinnacle of the two months that precede it. The sages say that every catastrophe that meets the Jewish People is a partial punishment for the sin of the Golden Calf, which means that complete rectification of the sin is a messianic objective. . For they have filled the land with violence; then they have returned to provoke Me to anger.". This daily newsletter provides a starting point for personal study, and gives valuable insight into the verses that make up the Word of God.

Lent ends with Easter when it is tradition to eat ham. On Ash Wednesday, they mark the foreheads of Catholics with a t for Tammuz. [11] This means that as a result of our sin, new life no longer takes an “interest” in us and no longer wishes to arrive. In the “Working of the Chariot” the Prophet Ezekiel describes how the Divine “Living beings” looked, “And the living beings would run and return, like the appearance of lightning.”[7] The angels sense the Divine life-force that vitalizes them, and they aspire to return to their source and nullify themselves in it – this is the movement of “running.” But then, they immediately sense the Divine commandment that sends them out on a defined mission and they return to their place – this is the movement of “returning.” This is the movement of the constant life-pulse, running and returning again and again like an alternating electric current. The Vestal virgins of Pagan Rome wore it suspended from their necklaces, as the nuns do now. בשבעה עשר בתמוז נשתברו הלוחות, ובטל התמיד, והבקעה העיר, ושרף אפסטמוס את התורה, והעמיד צלם ב. In the month of Tamuz there is a danger of catastrophe, such as the sin of the Golden Calf and the breaking of the Tablets – the light of Divine life ascends and we are left as dead bodies. The Cross: Christian Banner or Pagan Relic? The letter vav is a relatively “male” letter, which represents influx that permeates mundane reality from above, while the letter zayin is “female,” representing reality’s reaction, as if it were growing from below to the height that concludes with the crown, like the petals of a beautiful flower, or, in Kabbalistic terminology: the returning light that rises in response to direct light. The 40 days of Lent symbolizes the 40 years that Tammuz lived. . We can begin to sense that there is a life-force that beats in the letter chet. Here, God supernaturally reveals to the prophet some of the secret sins of the nation of Israel. Tammuz {Nave's}.

During the 3rd dynasty of Ur (c. 2112—c. The cult of Tammuz centred around two yearly festivals, one celebrating his marriage to the goddess Inanna, the other lamenting his death at the hands of demons from the netherworld. באב. .

This needs some explanation: by contrast to the Counting of the Omer in Iyar and the festival of the Giving of the Torah in Sivan, the month of Tamuz appears to be somewhat mundane. They led their society to become one of rape and rapine, murder and violence in every quarter.

This symbolizes the remembrance of Tammuz, who was killed by a wild boar. [11] Midrash Tanchuma Parashat Ki Tisa, 30. Indeed, the Or Hachaim Hakadosh passed away on the 15th of Tamuz, and on that date throngs of people visit his grave on the Mt. In our familiar physical experience we can identify the pulses of “run and return” in many physiological systems. According to historian Alexander Hislop, Tammuz was intimately associated with the Babylonian mystery religions begun by the worship of Nimrod, Semiramis, and her illegitimate son, Horus. Tammuz, Sumerian Dumuzi, in Mesopotamian religion, god of fertility embodying the powers for new life in nature in the spring. Whereas the concept of “run and return” relates to the movement of life with reference to created life, beginning with the most ethereal angels, “touching yet not touching” describes the movement from the point of view of the Divine source. This letter is a symbol of life, beginning with the fact that the word “life” (חַיִים) begins with the letter chet. Earl L. Henn (1934-1997)