"…make it to the other side”
The Essenes were an apocalyptic sect of Judaism, meaning a sect that thinks of itself as the true form of their religion. The Dead Sea Scrolls are usually thought to have been produced by the Essenes.
Jesus John the Baptist were Essene
"Vanessa Gelman and Mitchell Moss were married Oct. 18 at Turnberry Jewish Center in Aventura, Fla. Rabbis Pynchas Brener and Shlomo Einhorn officiated."
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