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At the age of 85 and after the passing of his first wife, Morty Solomon found Adella Spielman, 81 and they decided to get married. They go for a stroll to discuss the wedding and on the way home they pass a drugstore. Morty suggests that they go in. Morty addresses the man behind the counter: "Are you the owner?" The pharmacist answers: "Yes." Morty: "Do you sell heart medication?" Pharmacist: "Of course we do." Morty: "How about medicine for circulation?" Pharmacist: "All kinds." Morty: "Medicine for rheumatism?" Pharmacist: "Definitely." Morty: "Medicine for memory?" Pharmacist: "Yes, a large variety." Morty: "What about vitamins and sleeping pills?" Pharmacist: "Absolutely." Morty: "What about sugar diabetes. We both got bad cases." Pharmacist: "Oh, but of course. You name it with that condition and we have the works." Morty: "You have loose bladder and gas pills?" Pharmacist: "Yes, there are lots of those with plenty of generics." Morty: "Perfect! We'd like to register here for our wedding gifts."

Camp Magen David started and they decided to introduce the kids to tennis. At the beginning of the session, the tennis teacher was talking about good sportsmanship. He asked "Can anyone tell me what a good sport is?" Little Moishie Applebaum raised his hand, got called on, and said, "baseball."

Chaim Yankel was known as Chelm’s biggest worrier and he felt like the worrying was ruining his life. He saw a psychologist who recommended a specialist who could help him. His friend, Berel, noticed a dramatic change and asked "What happened, Chaim Yankel? Nothing seems to worry you anymore." "I hired a professional worrier and I haven't had a worry since," replied Chaim Yankel. "That must be expensive," Berel replied. "He charges $5,000 a month," Chaim Yankel told him. "$5,000!!? How in the world can you afford to pay him?" exclaimed Berel. "I don't know. That's his problem."

In SDA congregations today establish a Sabbath School class based upon a group of people that want to get together as a group in group study and not upon isolating that group from the rest of the congregation. In my experience with such, sometimes the class has been established on the basis of a person who wanted to be the leader in a class, and intended to enlist people to attend. In such cases, I have seen such classes fail due to the fact that there a group of people did not exist who wanted such a class. However, which such a group existed, I have seen that class work out well.

I feel the same way about you. I'm looking at this from the perspective that I'm not any better than a gay individual. I'm only saying that offering a separate class for individuals who have trouble with a particular sin mitigates against calling it out for what it is. These gay folks are no different than you or me, they're human beings with the same fears, hopes and troubles everyone has so why would they need to be sequestered off into a special or "different" camp when it comes time for Sunday School? In my understanding being gay ISN'T a sin at all - it's no different than a heterosexual person who lusts after a member of the opposite sex. I understand that there still is a stigma of being gay - I get that but at the end of the day when folks realize we are all in as much danger of hell for my our sins as a gay person is for theirs we can sit together and try to encourage each other to resist our impulses for whatever sin it is that we struggle against. This is what I'm saying.

This problem and laws came from the Babylonian exile. These laws were created from the sect called the Pharisees that YAHSHUA had to constantly contend with. After the destruction of the Temple, in later centuries many of the Pharisees return little by little. The Sadducees, the priests (YAHSHUA had to deal with as well, but not as much as the lawyers called the Pharisees.) were no longer needed and the Levites died out! That is why people today should not believe in those who called themselves Kohanim. They claimed their bloodline is from Aaron, which is not true historically and Biblically. When the Romans destroyed the Temple, it was the Hebrew nobles, priest, and Pharisees that were taken and placed into slavery. These are the ones that incited the people to revolt. Many Hebrews where they were disperse were forced to become Catholic or Muslim, very few kept their faith. The Pharisees was a sect and not related by blood and some escaped to Egypt before the war. Hadrian became emperor many of them slowly returned to Israel and Jerusalem and begin to formulate. They formed a new Rabbinical religion called Judaic that spread with many of the old teaching and doctrines that had already changed in Babylon before the time of the Maccabees. The problem was they had to deal with the Sadducees now the priest bloodline was gone and they could openly claim the Talmud and their practices. Those who were sent to Europe became associated with the German people around the Rhine River. Again, they became rich merchants but they remain cut off from the German people. More and more over the centuries, they would marry among themselves first, and later their youth would marry the Germans. Like the Catholic, the female German would adopt the belief and raise the children and now they were called Jews. These communes begin to spread all over Europe. It was totally different in Russia ever since the Babylonian, Greek, and Persian dominance many Hebrews did not return to Israel. The Hebrews were merchants and formed communes in Turkey and again married and intermingle with caucasian people of various tribes spreading to Crimea, Georgia and other countries eventually they migrated into Russia as well. This is when the Kingdom of Khazar joined into the belief. Understand that the belief of the Pharisees came out of the Babylonian captivity and this belief spread with the Pharisees everywhere. Only in Israel did it have difficulties because many of the priestly tribe returned to Israel. Once, the Levitical tribe disappeared and the other tribes intermarried and like the Bible stated that Japheth would dwell in the tents of Shem. This became a reality, also the curse upon the Hebrew happen as well. When Rome came on the scene the Hebrews were spread all over the world and they mixed Hellenization of the Greek in with their belief system. The Sadducees oppose Greece that is why the Maccabees wars became very important. They were the priest, but they also did not practice all the truth themselves, however they clash with the Pharisees. They only united together to killed YAHSHUA who was a thorn in both of their sides. Eventually, as Noah prophesied, the Ashkenazi, Gomer son became the dominant one and the Hebrews bloodline because of the curse became lost! They refused to walk in the Statutes and Commandments of YAHWEH and to present the truth to the children of Japheth and Shem seed became lost forever! Gen 9:27; Deut 28:15-68 Blessings!