Page 114 - Attractive Deception - The False Hope of the Hebrew Roots Movement

Chapter 31, Verses 10-31 of the Book of Proverbs, describing the "Woman of Valor," and relating
the verse mystically to both his wife and Shabbat Hamalka, thus merging their images for the evening
in a cosmic/spiritual context. The ritual and festive meal continued well into the night, leading to the
hour of midnight, when it was considered a spiritual duty to retire and have a sacred sexual union
between husband and wife. Midnight was chosen because according to Kabbalistic tradition, this was
the exact time when the highest aspects of the male and the female sides of the godhead performed
their own union...

At the end of the day, the men assembled again, usually at the rabbi's house, for the "Melaveh Malka"
ritual, meaning "Farewell to the Queen." The ceremony included singing songs in her honor, eating
and drinking, and a lecture or discussion. The Queen then departed and the work week, full of
hardship and sometimes suffering, was about to begin again. The entire community, however, was
always keenly aware that Shabbat Hamalka would never be away from them for more than six days.
[Source: http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/shabbat_hamalka.html]

Sabbath Queen Being Worshiped by the Jews

Does it surprise you that the Jews today worship the goddess just as they did in the Old Testament
when they embraced the idolatrous worship of Asherah? It should not. The Roman Catholics give
profound attention to “the Queen of Heaven” under the guise of venerating Mary, the mother of
Christ. Why should not the Jews worship this same goddess under a different guise, pretending that
she is a manifestation of the female attributes of Yahweh? Even the Protestant Christians give
unwitting homage to the Queen of Heaven as they annually account Easter as their most holy day.
Easter is an Anglicization of the name Ishtar which itself is a transliteration of the
Akkadian/Babylonian/Chaldean name of the goddess which the Bible identifies as Astarte and
Ashtoreth.

Judges 2:11-13
The People of Israel did evil in God's sight: they served Baal-gods; they deserted God, the God of
their parents who had led them out of Egypt; they took up with other gods, gods of the peoples around
them. They actually worshiped them! And oh, how they angered God as they worshiped god Baal and
goddess Astarte!
[THE MESSAGE Bible]

I Kings 11:5-6
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and after Milcom the detestable idol
of the Ammonites. And Solomon did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and did not follow