A Journey

The year is 1991. An old Jewish woman was then not so very old. A future grandmother in Kentucky was raised in a cult-like society in a small coal mining town. This was a society that believed all forms of joy and happiness were from Lucifer. To “earn” your way into heaven, you must live a life of suffering and pain. She was born into this society, and it wasn’t until she was 17 that she escaped it.

Fast forward to 1991, and a baby boy was born. A boy named Dana. A name that comes from the tribe of Dan; one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The grandmother prayed to GOD, “Please, let this one follow in Your ways”.

From the age of 5 the boy had suicidal thoughts, and many attempts, many dangerous and close attempts with a large kitchen knife. It seemed the whole world was against him. Other kids, adults, even family did terrible things to the boy through most of his childhood. But there was at least one ally, the best ally, the best supporter, and the best of saviors, GOD.

[3:150] GOD alone is your Lord and Master, and He is the best supporter.

 

The boy didn’t grow up with a traditional Jewish upbringing. Yet he had a conscious acknowledgement of his Creator, maybe not all the time but perhaps more so than the average child. When he became a young adult, he wanted GOD to be happy with him. So, the grandmother’s prayers were answered; the boy studied the Tanakh, the 5 books of Moses and the many writings of the prophets.

[17:4] We addressed the Children of Israel in the scripture: “You will commit gross evil on earth, twice. You are destined to fall into great heights of arrogance.

The boy wanted truth, the true way of GOD. He went full Orthodox, and tried to catch up on what he missed out in his childhood. But the more he learned about the Talmud (The Oral Torah) the more corruption he found.

“Do not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk” which we find in Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, and Deuteronomy 14:21. Torah law only prohibits the cooking (and eating) of the meat of a domesticated animal in milk.

The rabbis added that one may also not cook (or eat) the meat of a kosher wild animal or bird with milk based on the “hidden meaning” found in those 3 verses.

The rabbis added that one may not eat meat and milk together even if they were not cooked together.

In addition, the rabbis instituted that one must wait a certain amount of time (6 hrs) between eating meat and milk.

The rabbis also decreed that two acquaintances may not share a table if one is eating dairy products and the other is eating meat products.
The boy spent much research on, “Can you be Jewish without the Talmud?” And you can, you can be a Karaite Jew. So, the boy spent the next few years just upholding the Tanakh, no additions from the rabbis.

[6:19] Say, “Whose testimony is the greatest?” Say, “GOD’s. He is the witness between me and you that this Quran has been inspired to me, to preach it to you and whomever it reaches. Indeed, you bear witness that there are other gods beside GOD.” Say, “I do not testify as you do; there is only one god, and I disown your idolatry.”

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