ShminiAtzeresVzos71
... It is only a morasha. The difference is that the former is automatic, while the latter requires effort. If a person does not make the effort, his relationship to Torah might only be to the extent that he will pass it on to subsequent generations. The Value of an Unknown Burial Place In Zos HaBracha, ...
... It is only a morasha. The difference is that the former is automatic, while the latter requires effort. If a person does not make the effort, his relationship to Torah might only be to the extent that he will pass it on to subsequent generations. The Value of an Unknown Burial Place In Zos HaBracha, ...
Hellenism in Jewish Babylonia - Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley.
... places, all of those places are, nevertheless, within the obviously Hellenistic (Roman) ambit of Palestine.7 Cohen completes his argument with the keen formulation that “through it all, Jews remained Jews, and Judaism remained Judaism, but even in their non-Hellenism they were hellenized” (2000, 237 ...
... places, all of those places are, nevertheless, within the obviously Hellenistic (Roman) ambit of Palestine.7 Cohen completes his argument with the keen formulation that “through it all, Jews remained Jews, and Judaism remained Judaism, but even in their non-Hellenism they were hellenized” (2000, 237 ...
The Making of the Mishnah and the Talmud
... called the oral law. At some point between the later first century b.c.e. and the first century c.e., the notion began to be expressed that the oral law, along with the written, had been given at Sinai. This development has been explained by some scholars as the result of a desire on the part of the r ...
... called the oral law. At some point between the later first century b.c.e. and the first century c.e., the notion began to be expressed that the oral law, along with the written, had been given at Sinai. This development has been explained by some scholars as the result of a desire on the part of the r ...
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
... 226 : Ḥakirah, the Flatbush Journal of Jewish Law and Thought philosophy of ghettoization. The culture presents an insurmountable obstacle to traditional Judaism and must be rejected. The second group would rather “reframe” the problem with some interpretative license: We need to transform the cha ...
... 226 : Ḥakirah, the Flatbush Journal of Jewish Law and Thought philosophy of ghettoization. The culture presents an insurmountable obstacle to traditional Judaism and must be rejected. The second group would rather “reframe” the problem with some interpretative license: We need to transform the cha ...
Haredi Construction of Rabbinic Authority: A Case Study
... America and joined his traditionalist Haredi colleagues in founding America’s Council of Torah Sages – a body of rabbinic elites that decides the policies for the Agudath Israel of America organization – in attempting to invigorate Orthodoxy in the United States.8 Soloveitchik later left the Agudah ...
... America and joined his traditionalist Haredi colleagues in founding America’s Council of Torah Sages – a body of rabbinic elites that decides the policies for the Agudath Israel of America organization – in attempting to invigorate Orthodoxy in the United States.8 Soloveitchik later left the Agudah ...
European Union for Progressive Judaism
... would never be elected the next President of the United States. Oh, how wrong I was! But the people have spoken and we must all remember that, thankfully, all the countries within the European Union as well as Israel and the United States are democracies. I am reminded of the statement made by Winst ...
... would never be elected the next President of the United States. Oh, how wrong I was! But the people have spoken and we must all remember that, thankfully, all the countries within the European Union as well as Israel and the United States are democracies. I am reminded of the statement made by Winst ...
IBJ Readings
... Raymond Scheindlin, A Short History of the Jewish People Linda Motzkin, Aleph Isn’t Tough: An Introduction to Hebrew for Adults for Hebrew reading class only Recommended: Irving “Yitz” Greenberg, The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays Edward Feinstein, Tough Questions Jews Ask Abraham Joshua Heschel, T ...
... Raymond Scheindlin, A Short History of the Jewish People Linda Motzkin, Aleph Isn’t Tough: An Introduction to Hebrew for Adults for Hebrew reading class only Recommended: Irving “Yitz” Greenberg, The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays Edward Feinstein, Tough Questions Jews Ask Abraham Joshua Heschel, T ...
torah_sermons229.ser.. - Rabbi Shmuel`s Thoughts on Torah
... all alone. Isn’t this what Elijah the prophet means when he stands at the entrance to the cave and says: “Who will tell bar Yochai that no one is trying to kill him?” Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai literally says to his son: “It is enough to have just the two of us in the world? But then there is the secon ...
... all alone. Isn’t this what Elijah the prophet means when he stands at the entrance to the cave and says: “Who will tell bar Yochai that no one is trying to kill him?” Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai literally says to his son: “It is enough to have just the two of us in the world? But then there is the secon ...
Beliefs, Values and Practices: Judaism
... and dates back nearly 4,000 years to the Middle East. Jews believe they are G-d's chosen people and in return for the covenant made with Jews, they keep G-d’s laws and aim to bring holiness into every aspect of life. Judaism, whether orthodox or reform, is a religion of great tradition and places gr ...
... and dates back nearly 4,000 years to the Middle East. Jews believe they are G-d's chosen people and in return for the covenant made with Jews, they keep G-d’s laws and aim to bring holiness into every aspect of life. Judaism, whether orthodox or reform, is a religion of great tradition and places gr ...
Optimism and the Song of Songs
... that our aspirations and hopes have become no less relevant in our broken world. The same spirit enables Rabbi Akiva to laugh when encountering foxes roaming the Temple mount. He sees this as the confirmation of a biblical prophecy, and this fills him with hope that more positive prophecies of conso ...
... that our aspirations and hopes have become no less relevant in our broken world. The same spirit enables Rabbi Akiva to laugh when encountering foxes roaming the Temple mount. He sees this as the confirmation of a biblical prophecy, and this fills him with hope that more positive prophecies of conso ...
part ii - Parsha Pages
... the most dominating figures of halachic Judaism since the Shulchan Aruch. Born in Brisk (Brest-Litovsk), he was the author of countless works in all areas of Rabbinic literature, including Aderet Eliyahu on the Torah, a commentary on the Mishna, and commentaries on both the Babylonian and Palestinia ...
... the most dominating figures of halachic Judaism since the Shulchan Aruch. Born in Brisk (Brest-Litovsk), he was the author of countless works in all areas of Rabbinic literature, including Aderet Eliyahu on the Torah, a commentary on the Mishna, and commentaries on both the Babylonian and Palestinia ...
the first rabbi in america - Stevens Institute of Technology
... of Jewish religious tradition. However, Rabbi Rice soon found himself at odds with many of those who davened in his shul. The misunderstandings began with the question of Sabbath observance. True, the Baltimore Jews were Orthodox and would have loved to observe the Sabbath as befits traditional Jews ...
... of Jewish religious tradition. However, Rabbi Rice soon found himself at odds with many of those who davened in his shul. The misunderstandings began with the question of Sabbath observance. True, the Baltimore Jews were Orthodox and would have loved to observe the Sabbath as befits traditional Jews ...
Regarding Modern Judaism And The Kabalah
... white, the offering was accepted, and if not, God’s judgment would be on them. Yah went along with this and for 40 years after Yahushua died, their strings stayed red… yet before He died, miraculously (by the enemy) the strings at times would turn white. Thus they sell these red strings so that perh ...
... white, the offering was accepted, and if not, God’s judgment would be on them. Yah went along with this and for 40 years after Yahushua died, their strings stayed red… yet before He died, miraculously (by the enemy) the strings at times would turn white. Thus they sell these red strings so that perh ...
Parashat Naso: Rabbi Yanoff goes to the White House!
... Now, I‟ve often warned you when I speak from this pulpit of things that have politics as an angle: You are going try to discern my politics, what I think of President Obama, how I have voted or am going to vote. I know that; it‟s the occupational hazard of talking about important, relevant issues. ...
... Now, I‟ve often warned you when I speak from this pulpit of things that have politics as an angle: You are going try to discern my politics, what I think of President Obama, how I have voted or am going to vote. I know that; it‟s the occupational hazard of talking about important, relevant issues. ...
(grandson of Rav Breuer) regarding Rabbi Joseph Elias
... Rabbi Joseph Elias in “Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and Evolution---The View from His Commentary” (Jewish Observer, September 2006) contends that Rabbi Hirsch’s essay “The Educational Value of Judaism” (1873), in which evolution is discussed, “was written in a gingerly manner that could easily be mis ...
... Rabbi Joseph Elias in “Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and Evolution---The View from His Commentary” (Jewish Observer, September 2006) contends that Rabbi Hirsch’s essay “The Educational Value of Judaism” (1873), in which evolution is discussed, “was written in a gingerly manner that could easily be mis ...
Read as Doc file
... deems unfit. Rabbis sometimes disagree concerning what they both heard from their own mentor; one says that the Rabbi permitted, while the other says that he prohibited. It would be no exaggeration to say that there is almost no issue in the Torah concerning which Rabbis do not disagree. This being ...
... deems unfit. Rabbis sometimes disagree concerning what they both heard from their own mentor; one says that the Rabbi permitted, while the other says that he prohibited. It would be no exaggeration to say that there is almost no issue in the Torah concerning which Rabbis do not disagree. This being ...
I`m going to tell you a true story of two Rabbis – you decide who
... But, then this other Rabbi, who was a classmate of Rabbi Johanan ben Zakkai, his name was Rabbi Sha'ul of Tarsus, better known to some people as Paul the Apostle, likewise a disciple of Gamaliel, who was associated with something called the Middoth of Hillel, which the apostle Paul used in his teach ...
... But, then this other Rabbi, who was a classmate of Rabbi Johanan ben Zakkai, his name was Rabbi Sha'ul of Tarsus, better known to some people as Paul the Apostle, likewise a disciple of Gamaliel, who was associated with something called the Middoth of Hillel, which the apostle Paul used in his teach ...
Ki Tetze-A Rebellious Son
... Parshat Ki Tetze contains more mitzvoth (commandments) than any other Torah portion, 72 out of the 613! Some of the commandments are very humanitarian, such as shooing away the mother bird before taking her eggs or making a parapet for your roof so that those who would be sleeping on the roof would ...
... Parshat Ki Tetze contains more mitzvoth (commandments) than any other Torah portion, 72 out of the 613! Some of the commandments are very humanitarian, such as shooing away the mother bird before taking her eggs or making a parapet for your roof so that those who would be sleeping on the roof would ...
Glimpses Into American Jewish History (Part)
... that when he returned he would become its assistant rabbi. Given his commitment to Orthodoxy, Rabbi Drachman was forced to make it clear to the congregants of Temple Emanuel that he would only serve an Orthodox congregation. Despite the fact that Reform rabbis usually earned considerably more than ...
... that when he returned he would become its assistant rabbi. Given his commitment to Orthodoxy, Rabbi Drachman was forced to make it clear to the congregants of Temple Emanuel that he would only serve an Orthodox congregation. Despite the fact that Reform rabbis usually earned considerably more than ...
GafniSupportLtr
... focus of our discussion is Rabbi Mordechai Gafni, whom have known collectively for many years, the issues we address are universal and timeless. A group of several people – none of whom know Rabbi Gafni personally in any real way, and none who has had any contact in the past twenty years – have unde ...
... focus of our discussion is Rabbi Mordechai Gafni, whom have known collectively for many years, the issues we address are universal and timeless. A group of several people – none of whom know Rabbi Gafni personally in any real way, and none who has had any contact in the past twenty years – have unde ...
NO TIME FOR SILENCE A Letter Addressed to all Rabbis in Every
... assimilation and an uprooting of all of the fundamental principles of the Torah. These people now seek recognition in the Land of Israel as well, so that uprooters of the faith will be recognized as religious leaders. Woe to us that this is happening in our time – that heads are held high by enemies ...
... assimilation and an uprooting of all of the fundamental principles of the Torah. These people now seek recognition in the Land of Israel as well, so that uprooters of the faith will be recognized as religious leaders. Woe to us that this is happening in our time – that heads are held high by enemies ...
Ordained As Rabbis, Women Tell Secret
... education in recent years, some among them began to ask whether Orthodox Judaism would allow them to reach the highest rung and earn the title of rabbi. One feminist scholar, Haviva Ner-David, announced in a book this year that she was studying to be the first Orthodox female rabbi under the tutelag ...
... education in recent years, some among them began to ask whether Orthodox Judaism would allow them to reach the highest rung and earn the title of rabbi. One feminist scholar, Haviva Ner-David, announced in a book this year that she was studying to be the first Orthodox female rabbi under the tutelag ...