Gender and Jewish observance
... Could you imagine that there was once a time was this was forbidden? Why do you think one may react differently to a women wearing tefillin as opposed to a guy? Conservative Judaism prides itself on being an Egalitarian movement. What does this mean? What does this mean to you? Does it matter? ...
... Could you imagine that there was once a time was this was forbidden? Why do you think one may react differently to a women wearing tefillin as opposed to a guy? Conservative Judaism prides itself on being an Egalitarian movement. What does this mean? What does this mean to you? Does it matter? ...
Matthew and the Torah in Jewish society
... nations. The synagogue activities played an important role in this self-affirmation (Knight 2004:11). It was at this point that the distinction between Judaism in its diversity and Israelite religion became evident.6 Specific interpretation of the Torah was used to assure Jewish exclusivity and crea ...
... nations. The synagogue activities played an important role in this self-affirmation (Knight 2004:11). It was at this point that the distinction between Judaism in its diversity and Israelite religion became evident.6 Specific interpretation of the Torah was used to assure Jewish exclusivity and crea ...
religious and secular jewish educational institutions in arad
... Such academies existed in the Holy Land and in Babylon since the first century. BC. In the first century, following the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, Johanan ben Zakai founded an academy in Yavne, which soon became famous. In Babylon, since the third century academies were established at S ...
... Such academies existed in the Holy Land and in Babylon since the first century. BC. In the first century, following the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, Johanan ben Zakai founded an academy in Yavne, which soon became famous. In Babylon, since the third century academies were established at S ...
Rationalization and Apologia: The Intellectual
... be the progenitor of the people that would be dedicated to His service, and because of their special role as the carnal progenitors of Christ, Jews had to remain separate from other peoples and occupy an elevated moral status compared to other humans: “Not only was the Jewish people raised to the st ...
... be the progenitor of the people that would be dedicated to His service, and because of their special role as the carnal progenitors of Christ, Jews had to remain separate from other peoples and occupy an elevated moral status compared to other humans: “Not only was the Jewish people raised to the st ...
Just how DID satyrday become the Sabbath?
... time, true Israel had long been scattered and had lost their identity. The only people around keeping some semblance of Torah during the Dark Ages when the word “Jew” was coined were the Khazars, a fierce nomadic tribe from southern Russia who adopted the religion of the Babylonian Rabbis. Here is a ...
... time, true Israel had long been scattered and had lost their identity. The only people around keeping some semblance of Torah during the Dark Ages when the word “Jew” was coined were the Khazars, a fierce nomadic tribe from southern Russia who adopted the religion of the Babylonian Rabbis. Here is a ...
NNLS Simchah Guide
... The commandment of tzedakah calls on us to be generous and thoughtful at all times. But it is especially appropriate to give to others when we ourselves are in the happy position of celebrating a joyous occasion in our own lives. A Bar or Bat Mitzvah is also an excellent time for a young person to s ...
... The commandment of tzedakah calls on us to be generous and thoughtful at all times. But it is especially appropriate to give to others when we ourselves are in the happy position of celebrating a joyous occasion in our own lives. A Bar or Bat Mitzvah is also an excellent time for a young person to s ...
Introduction to Judaism – Bar/Bat Mitzvah Program Classroom
... the age of thirteen, a child becomes a Bar/Bat Mitzvah at a special ceremony when he or she reads from the Torah and accepts the duties of the commandments. The plural of Bar/Bat Mitzvah is B’nai Mitzvah. v BIMAH - a raised platform holding a table that faces the ark. Parts of the service are conduc ...
... the age of thirteen, a child becomes a Bar/Bat Mitzvah at a special ceremony when he or she reads from the Torah and accepts the duties of the commandments. The plural of Bar/Bat Mitzvah is B’nai Mitzvah. v BIMAH - a raised platform holding a table that faces the ark. Parts of the service are conduc ...
Unit 6 Summer 2
... together to pray, worship, read the Torah and spend time together. Many synagogues have a community room, where people eat together and for most festivals there are special foods that are eaten. Most synagogues separate men and women in the prayer hall. In some, women sit upstairs while the men are ...
... together to pray, worship, read the Torah and spend time together. Many synagogues have a community room, where people eat together and for most festivals there are special foods that are eaten. Most synagogues separate men and women in the prayer hall. In some, women sit upstairs while the men are ...
Blurring the Boundaries
... The second significant factor that transformed the Jews in relationship to followers of Jesus was the attempt to create a new kind of identity that could be likened to the existing Ioudaismos, that is founded on the Torah and prophets, but that would remain distinct from it. Christianismos would tra ...
... The second significant factor that transformed the Jews in relationship to followers of Jesus was the attempt to create a new kind of identity that could be likened to the existing Ioudaismos, that is founded on the Torah and prophets, but that would remain distinct from it. Christianismos would tra ...
book review
... with stark physical choices—martyrdom, flight or practicing Judaism secretly. As for Christianity, Jews saw its God-incarnate as violating the Torah's prohibition on idolatry. But Islam was unambiguously monotheistic. Was it perhaps compatible with Judaism? And if so, why shouldn't a Jew convert? In ...
... with stark physical choices—martyrdom, flight or practicing Judaism secretly. As for Christianity, Jews saw its God-incarnate as violating the Torah's prohibition on idolatry. But Islam was unambiguously monotheistic. Was it perhaps compatible with Judaism? And if so, why shouldn't a Jew convert? In ...
8 Short Thoughts for 8 Chanukah Nights
... But what was the miracle of the first night? The light that should have lasted one day lasted eight. But that means there was something miraculous about days 2 to 8; but nothing miraculous about the first day. Perhaps the miracle was this, that the Maccabees found one cruse of oil with its seal inta ...
... But what was the miracle of the first night? The light that should have lasted one day lasted eight. But that means there was something miraculous about days 2 to 8; but nothing miraculous about the first day. Perhaps the miracle was this, that the Maccabees found one cruse of oil with its seal inta ...
The Making of Haredim
... numerous issues. But, for most of history, political and communal leadership was in the hands of positions such as kings, exilarchs, and parnassim, rather than the leading rabbinic authorities. Furthermore, it was generally the case that, even for rabbis, wisdom in nonTorah-specific areas was unders ...
... numerous issues. But, for most of history, political and communal leadership was in the hands of positions such as kings, exilarchs, and parnassim, rather than the leading rabbinic authorities. Furthermore, it was generally the case that, even for rabbis, wisdom in nonTorah-specific areas was unders ...
Jewish Holidays--Emma & Abbie
... marks the culmination of the 10 Days of Awe. According to tradition it is the day that God decides each person’s fate, so Jews are encouraged to ask for forgiveness for sins they have mad in the past year. Both Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah are known as Judaism’s “High Holy Days.” ...
... marks the culmination of the 10 Days of Awe. According to tradition it is the day that God decides each person’s fate, so Jews are encouraged to ask for forgiveness for sins they have mad in the past year. Both Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah are known as Judaism’s “High Holy Days.” ...
Expanded Guide to Jewish Holidays The description of the various
... for reconciliation, for expressing regret and asking for forgiveness; also for forgiving and forgetting the sins of others. Living piously under God is not sufficient. A Jew must first live in harmony with his neighbors and friends. Sins committed against a fellow man or woman can be forgiven only i ...
... for reconciliation, for expressing regret and asking for forgiveness; also for forgiving and forgetting the sins of others. Living piously under God is not sufficient. A Jew must first live in harmony with his neighbors and friends. Sins committed against a fellow man or woman can be forgiven only i ...
amrel hist7-2
... maintain validity of Jewish law (Halakah = “path” – process of interpretation) Mitzvah = biblical or rabbinic injunctions (613 traditional total) in Torah and also large number in Talmud (oral laws) Orthodox Jews hold these are God-given laws which regulate life Conservative Jews hold Halakah ...
... maintain validity of Jewish law (Halakah = “path” – process of interpretation) Mitzvah = biblical or rabbinic injunctions (613 traditional total) in Torah and also large number in Talmud (oral laws) Orthodox Jews hold these are God-given laws which regulate life Conservative Jews hold Halakah ...
Nature in the Sources of Judaism
... world as we know it through our senses can teach us something about the creator is taken for granted in the Jewish tradition. The doctrine of creation facilitates an interest in the natural world that God brought into existence. In fact, the more one observes the natural world, the more one comes to ...
... world as we know it through our senses can teach us something about the creator is taken for granted in the Jewish tradition. The doctrine of creation facilitates an interest in the natural world that God brought into existence. In fact, the more one observes the natural world, the more one comes to ...
Jewish Occupational Selection: Education, Restrictions, or Minorities?
... by exclusive laws, and by the express desire of kings and people.”9 According to this view, the Jewish people did not engage in agricultural occupations because they were prohibited from owning land in many locations. A less known view, the economics of small minorities, was proposed by Kuznets, who ...
... by exclusive laws, and by the express desire of kings and people.”9 According to this view, the Jewish people did not engage in agricultural occupations because they were prohibited from owning land in many locations. A less known view, the economics of small minorities, was proposed by Kuznets, who ...
Autumn 2003
... In 1996 Solomon (Shlomo) Akale founded the organization Bahalachin--The Ethiopian Jewish Heritage and Cultural Center. He created Bahalachin in Israel, as a response to difficulties his fellow Ethiopian immigrants were having in their new land. In August, he was in the US, introducing his organizati ...
... In 1996 Solomon (Shlomo) Akale founded the organization Bahalachin--The Ethiopian Jewish Heritage and Cultural Center. He created Bahalachin in Israel, as a response to difficulties his fellow Ethiopian immigrants were having in their new land. In August, he was in the US, introducing his organizati ...
A Jewish Perspective on Religious Pluralism
... of the Sabbath, strict dietary restrictions, or prayers. The 613 commandments specified by rabbinic Judaism are obligatory for Jews only, the recipients of God’s Torah; they do not pertain to non-Jews. The Jews alone bear the consequences of observance or non-observance of God’s prescriptions. Yet t ...
... of the Sabbath, strict dietary restrictions, or prayers. The 613 commandments specified by rabbinic Judaism are obligatory for Jews only, the recipients of God’s Torah; they do not pertain to non-Jews. The Jews alone bear the consequences of observance or non-observance of God’s prescriptions. Yet t ...
Helios in the Synagogue and Sol Invictus Buried
... held at the Roman capital of Judea, Caesarea. Here, the Jews insist that the standards be taken down, vowing they will die before they allow the Law of Moses to be broken. Pilate, struck by the people’s zeal, has the standards removed (Antiquities 18, 55-59). This was not the first time the Jews had ...
... held at the Roman capital of Judea, Caesarea. Here, the Jews insist that the standards be taken down, vowing they will die before they allow the Law of Moses to be broken. Pilate, struck by the people’s zeal, has the standards removed (Antiquities 18, 55-59). This was not the first time the Jews had ...
Chapter One The Spread of Christianity
... Paul’s first missionary journey was to the east, beginning in Antioch in Syria, passing to Seleucia, Cyprus, Salamis, Paphos, Perga in Pamphylia, Antioch in Pisidia and Iconium, Lystra and Derbe.37 During this time, whilst his visits were welcomed by non-Jews, considerable tension was stirred up in ...
... Paul’s first missionary journey was to the east, beginning in Antioch in Syria, passing to Seleucia, Cyprus, Salamis, Paphos, Perga in Pamphylia, Antioch in Pisidia and Iconium, Lystra and Derbe.37 During this time, whilst his visits were welcomed by non-Jews, considerable tension was stirred up in ...
Glossary of Jewish Terminology (MSWord)
... Prayers and Blessings; Common Prayers and Blessings. Berurya A woman of great learning, and the wife of Rabbi Meir. The Talmud records several instances where her opinions on Jewish Law were accepted over those of her male contemporaries. See The Role of Women. Beta Israel The black Jews of Ethiopia ...
... Prayers and Blessings; Common Prayers and Blessings. Berurya A woman of great learning, and the wife of Rabbi Meir. The Talmud records several instances where her opinions on Jewish Law were accepted over those of her male contemporaries. See The Role of Women. Beta Israel The black Jews of Ethiopia ...
Jesus for Jews
... of Paris, d. 2006) The convictions, needs, and options available to these individuals were such that they chose to affiliate and participate fully in historical Gentile Christian traditions. [12] The nineteenth century witnessed the emergence of a Hebrew-Christian movement in the form of congregatio ...
... of Paris, d. 2006) The convictions, needs, and options available to these individuals were such that they chose to affiliate and participate fully in historical Gentile Christian traditions. [12] The nineteenth century witnessed the emergence of a Hebrew-Christian movement in the form of congregatio ...
A Jewish View on Leadership
... seeking a meaningful program of leadership training would be willing to consider the wisdom of their own traditions on leadership in concert with the latest theories emanating from the halls of American businesses and universities. Doing so will likely make clear that the leadership Zeitgeist, embra ...
... seeking a meaningful program of leadership training would be willing to consider the wisdom of their own traditions on leadership in concert with the latest theories emanating from the halls of American businesses and universities. Doing so will likely make clear that the leadership Zeitgeist, embra ...