Lesson 7: Mikvah and Marriage
... For as long as a woman menstruates, her monthly cycle dictates the rhythm of conjugal relations within the marriage, and each month it is a mitzvah for husband and wife to draw renewal from the waters of the mikvah. For those who have not made a lifelong commitment at the onset of married life, it i ...
... For as long as a woman menstruates, her monthly cycle dictates the rhythm of conjugal relations within the marriage, and each month it is a mitzvah for husband and wife to draw renewal from the waters of the mikvah. For those who have not made a lifelong commitment at the onset of married life, it i ...
Get Ready to Read (cont.)
... • King Herod, the most famous ruler of Judaea, was known for his cruelty. • After Herod’s death, the Romans replaced Jewish kings with Roman officials. • The Jews had splintered into different groups. (pages 100–102) Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. ...
... • King Herod, the most famous ruler of Judaea, was known for his cruelty. • After Herod’s death, the Romans replaced Jewish kings with Roman officials. • The Jews had splintered into different groups. (pages 100–102) Click the mouse button or press the Space Bar to display the information. ...
Hierarchy, Kinship, and Responsibility
... Regardless of what scholars may ultimately decide rdh means, Biblical and Talmudic laws regarding human responsibility for animals are embedded in the concepts of "dominion" and "hierarchy" which, in their turn, were modeled on the family; in turn, the image of the "good" father was modeled on the i ...
... Regardless of what scholars may ultimately decide rdh means, Biblical and Talmudic laws regarding human responsibility for animals are embedded in the concepts of "dominion" and "hierarchy" which, in their turn, were modeled on the family; in turn, the image of the "good" father was modeled on the i ...
Orthodox Judaism - The Humane Society of the United States
... “[I]t is necessary to acknowledge that Jewish tradition has a very poor regard for this pastime….The Torah does not forbid hunting, and specifically refers to hunting wild animals for food (Leviticus 17:13)…But note that the verse is careful to specify that the…animal must not be killed by the hunt ...
... “[I]t is necessary to acknowledge that Jewish tradition has a very poor regard for this pastime….The Torah does not forbid hunting, and specifically refers to hunting wild animals for food (Leviticus 17:13)…But note that the verse is careful to specify that the…animal must not be killed by the hunt ...
How to Witness to the Jewish People Manual by
... You will find many Jewish people are atheists or agnostics. They do not know the reality of a living personal God. Orthodox Jews and most Conservatives probably believe in a personal God. One of the first steps in witnessing will be to show the reality of our personal God. The years of anti-semitism ...
... You will find many Jewish people are atheists or agnostics. They do not know the reality of a living personal God. Orthodox Jews and most Conservatives probably believe in a personal God. One of the first steps in witnessing will be to show the reality of our personal God. The years of anti-semitism ...
The Day of Atonement in the Late Second Temple Period
... The uniqueness of Yom Kippur and its rituals are obvious when compared to the Babylonian New Year festival (Akītu) in the month of Nisan. The latter lasted not a single day as Yom Kippur, but eleven or twelve days, and its aim was mainly atonement for the temple, and parenthetically also for the kin ...
... The uniqueness of Yom Kippur and its rituals are obvious when compared to the Babylonian New Year festival (Akītu) in the month of Nisan. The latter lasted not a single day as Yom Kippur, but eleven or twelve days, and its aim was mainly atonement for the temple, and parenthetically also for the kin ...
Hellenism in Jewish Babylonia - Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley.
... cannot certainly prove that it did not circulate among Jews and even rabbis earlier than this, which would be an argument ex silentio, but at least as an initial provocation, it seems defensible to see this as a parallel specifically between a Hellenistic topos and a latish Babylonian story, one tha ...
... cannot certainly prove that it did not circulate among Jews and even rabbis earlier than this, which would be an argument ex silentio, but at least as an initial provocation, it seems defensible to see this as a parallel specifically between a Hellenistic topos and a latish Babylonian story, one tha ...
Chabad-Lubavitch: The Impact of Menachem Mendel
... Jews together? Because with so many sparks it’s easy to make a flame’” (Mintz 30). This rhetoric served to motivate followers, giving them a powerful reason to observe the commandments and encourage others to do so as well. While one person’s contribution might be small, their spark could be part of ...
... Jews together? Because with so many sparks it’s easy to make a flame’” (Mintz 30). This rhetoric served to motivate followers, giving them a powerful reason to observe the commandments and encourage others to do so as well. While one person’s contribution might be small, their spark could be part of ...
Judaism: Beliefs, Life, Holidays, Practices, Culture
... • Period after Babylonians destroyed first Temple and the exile of Jews from Jerusalem to Babylon (568 BCE) Copyright 2012 by S. L. Pocotte ...
... • Period after Babylonians destroyed first Temple and the exile of Jews from Jerusalem to Babylon (568 BCE) Copyright 2012 by S. L. Pocotte ...
Covenantal Nomism
... In the past, the common understanding was that Palestinian Jews were all legalists who kept the Law to make themselves right with God. While this may have been true for some, the New Perspective at least opens the possibility that many Palestinian Jews kept the Law as a way of remaining under God’s ...
... In the past, the common understanding was that Palestinian Jews were all legalists who kept the Law to make themselves right with God. While this may have been true for some, the New Perspective at least opens the possibility that many Palestinian Jews kept the Law as a way of remaining under God’s ...
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... visualized Egypt and painted dramatic scenes of the Israelite experience in Egypt. These textual images can be compared to scenes from Ancient Egyptian culture. If we focus on Egypt in Midrash, in particular, how the rabbis envisioned and interpreted the land of Egypt, we may study one of the major ...
... visualized Egypt and painted dramatic scenes of the Israelite experience in Egypt. These textual images can be compared to scenes from Ancient Egyptian culture. If we focus on Egypt in Midrash, in particular, how the rabbis envisioned and interpreted the land of Egypt, we may study one of the major ...
Before Sinai: Reclaiming Jewish Values
... In the first shiur, we outlined a perceived void with regard to a contemporary statement of Jewish values, and we elaborated the methodological assumptions that will guide this project. Before proceeding further, however, it is worth pausing to assess alternative approaches to both the supposed prob ...
... In the first shiur, we outlined a perceived void with regard to a contemporary statement of Jewish values, and we elaborated the methodological assumptions that will guide this project. Before proceeding further, however, it is worth pausing to assess alternative approaches to both the supposed prob ...
Nathan Glazer`s American Judaism
... who has taught American religious history since the early 1960s, calls Glazer’s book ‘‘the most ‘used’ semi-popular book on American Judaism in its time.’’16 In 1987, the historian Edwin S. Gaustad, who taught at a liberal arts college at the time of American Judaism’s publication, recalled welcomin ...
... who has taught American religious history since the early 1960s, calls Glazer’s book ‘‘the most ‘used’ semi-popular book on American Judaism in its time.’’16 In 1987, the historian Edwin S. Gaustad, who taught at a liberal arts college at the time of American Judaism’s publication, recalled welcomin ...
The Myth of the `Law-Free` Paul Standing Between
... commandments or rituals, but of a way of life that prizes the interests of God and God's creation. The "love command" quoted by Jesus and Paul is in the heart of Leviticus (19:17-18). The word "gospel" also communicated a central concept of Judaism, the message of good for Israel, and that news whi ...
... commandments or rituals, but of a way of life that prizes the interests of God and God's creation. The "love command" quoted by Jesus and Paul is in the heart of Leviticus (19:17-18). The word "gospel" also communicated a central concept of Judaism, the message of good for Israel, and that news whi ...
Sacre Artefacts Catalogue - Bracknell Forest Council
... ceremony, the vicar gives a lighted candle to the father and says to the child ‘Receive this light. This is to show you have passed from darkness to light.’ Everyone then adds, ‘Shine as a light in the world, to the glory of the God the father.’ Communion Veil, Certificate of First Communion & Confi ...
... ceremony, the vicar gives a lighted candle to the father and says to the child ‘Receive this light. This is to show you have passed from darkness to light.’ Everyone then adds, ‘Shine as a light in the world, to the glory of the God the father.’ Communion Veil, Certificate of First Communion & Confi ...
Paul and Judaism: New Perspectives
... labeled Jews as legalists and contrasted them with Christians who supposedly are guided only by faith and love. These stereotypes are not only untrue but have also been dangerous throughout history. One of the important new perspectives on Paul has been the effort at recovering the biblical framewor ...
... labeled Jews as legalists and contrasted them with Christians who supposedly are guided only by faith and love. These stereotypes are not only untrue but have also been dangerous throughout history. One of the important new perspectives on Paul has been the effort at recovering the biblical framewor ...
Islamic and Jewish dietary laws compared
... rendered permissible ("kashered") by certain procedures or it may be irretrievably contaminated. In general, the same policy extends to any apparatus used in the preparation of foods, such as an ovens or stovetop. Laws are somewhat more lenient for modern cooking apparatuses like microwaves, althoug ...
... rendered permissible ("kashered") by certain procedures or it may be irretrievably contaminated. In general, the same policy extends to any apparatus used in the preparation of foods, such as an ovens or stovetop. Laws are somewhat more lenient for modern cooking apparatuses like microwaves, althoug ...
Comparative Religion www.AssignmentPoint.com Comparative
... The historical interaction of Islam and Judaism started in the 7th century CE with the origin and spread of Islam. There are many common aspects between Islam and Judaism, and as Islam developed, it gradually became the major religion closest to Judaism. As opposed to Christianity, which originated ...
... The historical interaction of Islam and Judaism started in the 7th century CE with the origin and spread of Islam. There are many common aspects between Islam and Judaism, and as Islam developed, it gradually became the major religion closest to Judaism. As opposed to Christianity, which originated ...
Essay: To what extent can Josephus` work on the Jewish War be
... inhabitants of Greek cities within Palestine set the scene for the conflict that ensues between the different revolutionary groups and the Jewish aristocratic hierarchy immediately before and after the outbreak of the war. There is a perception of inevitability, and it only needs Florus's allegedly ...
... inhabitants of Greek cities within Palestine set the scene for the conflict that ensues between the different revolutionary groups and the Jewish aristocratic hierarchy immediately before and after the outbreak of the war. There is a perception of inevitability, and it only needs Florus's allegedly ...
Prayer - wikipersson
... The Thirteen Principles fall into three general categories: (a) the nature of belief in Gd; (b) the authenticity of the Torah, its validity and immutability; and (c) man's responsibility and ultimate reward. A) The Nature of Belief in G-d 1. G-d's Existance. There is no partnership in creation. G-d ...
... The Thirteen Principles fall into three general categories: (a) the nature of belief in Gd; (b) the authenticity of the Torah, its validity and immutability; and (c) man's responsibility and ultimate reward. A) The Nature of Belief in G-d 1. G-d's Existance. There is no partnership in creation. G-d ...
Ezra and the Men of the Great Assembly
... • Ezra 4:6 mentions Ahasuerus (Xerxes) being king, pinpointing this event to the same time as the Book of Esther (Esther 1:1, 480s-460sBC). Interestingly enough, Josephus says this: “Upon the death of Darius [grandson of Cyrus], Xerxes his son took the kingdom; who, as he inherited his father’s king ...
... • Ezra 4:6 mentions Ahasuerus (Xerxes) being king, pinpointing this event to the same time as the Book of Esther (Esther 1:1, 480s-460sBC). Interestingly enough, Josephus says this: “Upon the death of Darius [grandson of Cyrus], Xerxes his son took the kingdom; who, as he inherited his father’s king ...
the acceptance of the convert based on leviticus 19
... comes to teach us that we need to bring proof of conversion. 2. The Torah says you are not to maltreat him (19:33), which means that you should not say to the convert "yesterday you were once an idol worshiper and now you have become Jewish." 3. The Torah says like a native born (19:34). This phrase ...
... comes to teach us that we need to bring proof of conversion. 2. The Torah says you are not to maltreat him (19:33), which means that you should not say to the convert "yesterday you were once an idol worshiper and now you have become Jewish." 3. The Torah says like a native born (19:34). This phrase ...
Jewish Marriage rite of passage
... • Forming a square, the fathers of the couple stand on the groom’s left and the mothers on the bride’s ...
... • Forming a square, the fathers of the couple stand on the groom’s left and the mothers on the bride’s ...
AJS Review 32:01 null - UCLA Department of History
... are not the sole province of a world that has outgrown sacrifice. Rather, purity and sacrifice belonged to a unified but multivalent ritual process that had always already been simultaneously concrete and symbolic. In Chapter 2, Klawans applies this central methodological insight to the task of disc ...
... are not the sole province of a world that has outgrown sacrifice. Rather, purity and sacrifice belonged to a unified but multivalent ritual process that had always already been simultaneously concrete and symbolic. In Chapter 2, Klawans applies this central methodological insight to the task of disc ...
World Religions Websites and Videos The Youtube videos listed
... and regard the Qur'an and the Sunnah (words and deeds of Muhammad) as the fundamental sources of Islam. They do not regard Muhammad as the founder of a new religion, but as the restorer of the original monotheistic faith of Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. Islamic tradition holds that Juda ...
... and regard the Qur'an and the Sunnah (words and deeds of Muhammad) as the fundamental sources of Islam. They do not regard Muhammad as the founder of a new religion, but as the restorer of the original monotheistic faith of Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. Islamic tradition holds that Juda ...