Posted on 07/30/2026 10:03:16 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The biblical account of Daniel in the lions’ den is so well known that even those with differing religious beliefs or none are likely familiar with it.
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Daniel Grand is a devout Orthodox Jew who has lived in University Heights, Ohio, a small suburb east of Cleveland, since 2019. He bought his home to raise his family and live out his faith. For Daniel, those things are inseparable.
Orthodox Jewish practice calls for prayer in a group of at least ten men three times every weekday and four times on the Sabbath and Jewish holidays.
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A neighbor saw the email and informed the city’s mayor. The next day — before the prayer meeting could happen — the city sent Daniel a cease-and-desist order. It accused him of operating an illegal “place of religious assembly.” It threatened legal penalties. And it ordered him to stop, citing zoning regulations.
What happened to Daniel had nothing to do with traffic, noise, or any legitimate zoning concern. It had to do with the fact that University Heights decided to classify Daniel’s prayer group the same way it classifies actual synagogues and other houses of worship — as “places of religious assembly” requiring a special use permit.
Daniel tried to work with the city and began the process of filing for the permit.
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Then came the ultimate Catch-22. Daniel discovered that obtaining the permit the city had told him to apply for would have barred “sleeping or residential use” on any property governed by the permit. So the only way to legally host a prayer group in his home was to stop living there. Faced with the untenable choice between praying at home with friends or living at home, and wanting to avoid another hostile public spectacle, Daniel withdrew his permit application.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
(They’re only following orders...)
Exactly
Vee are only Followink Zee Orders!
no driving on sabbath or the holy days, how about regular m-f, which last I checked, there are significantly more of those days then sabbaths and holy days.
And no more "anonymous" complaints allowed by reason of the "confrontation" clause of the Sixth Amendment.
The hour’s getting late...
(The hour’s getting late...)
It is indeed
This version is pretty closely quoted in
“The End of the Harvest” - it’s at the beginning of the movie 🎥🎥🎥
1st Peter 4:7
BRG Bible
7 But the end of all things is at hand:
be ye therefore sober,
and watch unto prayer.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Peter%204%3A7&version=BRG
End of the Harvest (full movie)
Ping pong 🏓🏓🏓🏓
“ I live close to Lakewood NJ. I see what goes on. It’s an illegal setting. It’s wrong. And the city is correct to stop it.”
What?
I met with a group of ten guys every Saturday morning at one of our homes for Bible study.
Are you saying a gathering like this is wrong?
Thank you.
Hope you get to watch it
Starts slow but very good IMHO
May have to watch it 3 times to catch everything
God bless
Just like during the covid tyranny when churches were closed but all the vices allowed.
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