Passover Day 7 - Congregation Or Shalom London Ontario
... Sometimes the journey will be no more rational than not eating kitniyot on Passover. In neither situation, does Judaism necessarily try to make sense, and that’s ok. Rather, Judaism tries only to provide a path, and that, I hope, will be enough. ...
... Sometimes the journey will be no more rational than not eating kitniyot on Passover. In neither situation, does Judaism necessarily try to make sense, and that’s ok. Rather, Judaism tries only to provide a path, and that, I hope, will be enough. ...
The Ẓaddiq as Axis Mundi in Later Judaism Author(s): Arthur Green
... "Zaddiqis the foundationof the world."(Prov. 10:25) In order to understand the later developments in the Kabbalistic/Hasidic tradition, it is indeed to the rabbinic sources, and particularlyto their uses of the term zaddiq, that we must first turn our attention. Our best guide in this matter is Rudo ...
... "Zaddiqis the foundationof the world."(Prov. 10:25) In order to understand the later developments in the Kabbalistic/Hasidic tradition, it is indeed to the rabbinic sources, and particularlyto their uses of the term zaddiq, that we must first turn our attention. Our best guide in this matter is Rudo ...
to read Rabbi Wise`s Yom Kippur Sermon
... helps us become more ethical and moral individuals. Shabbat, kashrut, prayer, study, tzedakah and so much more can, if presented and approached correctly, lead to an elevation of our spiritual, ethical and moral character. Being religious means that we live our lives knowing why we are here. We need ...
... helps us become more ethical and moral individuals. Shabbat, kashrut, prayer, study, tzedakah and so much more can, if presented and approached correctly, lead to an elevation of our spiritual, ethical and moral character. Being religious means that we live our lives knowing why we are here. We need ...
that is the question
... all backgrounds and beliefs have fulfilled what may be the most difficult of all biblical commandments. Even when it was illegal and dangerous – as in the days of Antiochus (the villain of the Hanukkah story) and in the time of Hitler – Jews have circumcised their sons.” [How to Raise a Jewish Child ...
... all backgrounds and beliefs have fulfilled what may be the most difficult of all biblical commandments. Even when it was illegal and dangerous – as in the days of Antiochus (the villain of the Hanukkah story) and in the time of Hitler – Jews have circumcised their sons.” [How to Raise a Jewish Child ...
NNLS Simchah Guide
... and finger food (small savouries, cakes, fruit) it should begin with the ba’al/at simchah, the host or hostess, making the blessing over wine (bore pri hagafen) and over one of the snacks. The blessing after snacks, the berachah acharonah, should be said when the main period for eating is over. If y ...
... and finger food (small savouries, cakes, fruit) it should begin with the ba’al/at simchah, the host or hostess, making the blessing over wine (bore pri hagafen) and over one of the snacks. The blessing after snacks, the berachah acharonah, should be said when the main period for eating is over. If y ...
(grandson of Rav Breuer) regarding Rabbi Joseph Elias
... the fact that the essay was given out at the annual graduation exercise of the Realschule [Rabbi Hirsch’s school] with non-Jewish government officials in attendance; accordingly, in contrast to his usual practice, there is a paucity of Hebrew expressions and he deliberately selected a topic which wo ...
... the fact that the essay was given out at the annual graduation exercise of the Realschule [Rabbi Hirsch’s school] with non-Jewish government officials in attendance; accordingly, in contrast to his usual practice, there is a paucity of Hebrew expressions and he deliberately selected a topic which wo ...
Principles of Judaism - Congregation Beth El–Keser Israel
... 203.389.2108 • [email protected] • www.beki.org ...
... 203.389.2108 • [email protected] • www.beki.org ...
Secular Studies
... haughtier he became, saying, “Look how great I am that I understood the existence of Gd and his unity with my own mind.” While the study of the secular seems to be precarious from a Judaic perspective, there is a focal difference between the manner in which Rambam studied and the way in which other ...
... haughtier he became, saying, “Look how great I am that I understood the existence of Gd and his unity with my own mind.” While the study of the secular seems to be precarious from a Judaic perspective, there is a focal difference between the manner in which Rambam studied and the way in which other ...
File
... As you read, circle at least FIVE words that are unfamiliar to you. Then, go to “rewordify.com” and put the passage into the text box. Use this tool to then “define” these words on a separate sheet of paper. In this day and age, most Jews do not keep kosher. Why not? Is it because we are more knowle ...
... As you read, circle at least FIVE words that are unfamiliar to you. Then, go to “rewordify.com” and put the passage into the text box. Use this tool to then “define” these words on a separate sheet of paper. In this day and age, most Jews do not keep kosher. Why not? Is it because we are more knowle ...
Shavuot Study Guide - Edythe Mencher
... leave you or to return from following after you. For wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die, and there will I be buried. Thus and more may God do to me if anything but death parts me from you.” Ruth ...
... leave you or to return from following after you. For wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die, and there will I be buried. Thus and more may God do to me if anything but death parts me from you.” Ruth ...
Adapted from: Jerusalem: Eye of the Universe by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan
... The Passover Seder is also one of the most meaningful rituals of the Jewish year. It is observed at home rather than in the synagogue. And here, too, the service ends with the words, “Next Year in Jerusalem!” At the conclusion of every Jewish wedding ceremony, it is customary of the groom to break a ...
... The Passover Seder is also one of the most meaningful rituals of the Jewish year. It is observed at home rather than in the synagogue. And here, too, the service ends with the words, “Next Year in Jerusalem!” At the conclusion of every Jewish wedding ceremony, it is customary of the groom to break a ...
Serving others is one of the pillars upon which Judaism rests.
... Ofra Amit is an award-winning Israeli illustrator whose works are featured in magazines, newspapers, and children’s books. She graduated from WIZO Canada Institute of Design in Haifa, Israel, and has been awarded many prestigious honors, including the ...
... Ofra Amit is an award-winning Israeli illustrator whose works are featured in magazines, newspapers, and children’s books. She graduated from WIZO Canada Institute of Design in Haifa, Israel, and has been awarded many prestigious honors, including the ...
Shavuot - Bnei Akiva UK
... Pair me: Give them pairs of pictures of festivals and their specific Mitzvot to match up (e.g. Pesach and Matzah / Sukkot and Lulav / Shofar and Rosh Hashana, etc.) and then explain how Shavuot is unique in that it has no specific Mitzvot because we re-receive the Torah ourselves each year. My 10: W ...
... Pair me: Give them pairs of pictures of festivals and their specific Mitzvot to match up (e.g. Pesach and Matzah / Sukkot and Lulav / Shofar and Rosh Hashana, etc.) and then explain how Shavuot is unique in that it has no specific Mitzvot because we re-receive the Torah ourselves each year. My 10: W ...
book review
... Islam was unambiguously monotheistic. Was it perhaps compatible with Judaism? And if so, why shouldn't a Jew convert? In answering this question for the Jews of Yemen, who posed it to him when faced with Islamic persecution—Maimonides' authority was respected by communities from France to Africa and ...
... Islam was unambiguously monotheistic. Was it perhaps compatible with Judaism? And if so, why shouldn't a Jew convert? In answering this question for the Jews of Yemen, who posed it to him when faced with Islamic persecution—Maimonides' authority was respected by communities from France to Africa and ...
Rosh Hashanah -- Connections
... Which is understood to mean repent, repair, live as fully and as cleanly as we can each day, for we never know which day will be the day before our last. The central prayer of these Days of Awe, the Unatana Tokef, asks “Who shall live and who shall die?” A sobering thought, one I know each of us has ...
... Which is understood to mean repent, repair, live as fully and as cleanly as we can each day, for we never know which day will be the day before our last. The central prayer of these Days of Awe, the Unatana Tokef, asks “Who shall live and who shall die?” A sobering thought, one I know each of us has ...
Midrashim - The Kohelet Prize
... The great Talmudic sage Hillel was born in Babylonia in the first century BCE. As a young man he came to the Holy Land to study Torah at the feet of the sages of Jerusalem. He was initially a very poor, but brilliant student, and became a famous Torah scholar and eventually the Nasi (president) of t ...
... The great Talmudic sage Hillel was born in Babylonia in the first century BCE. As a young man he came to the Holy Land to study Torah at the feet of the sages of Jerusalem. He was initially a very poor, but brilliant student, and became a famous Torah scholar and eventually the Nasi (president) of t ...
POWERPOINT - JUDAISM
... • Theologically this was a very productive time. The prophet Ezekiel had a number of visions.In one of them (Ezekiel 1) he had a vision of creatures with wheels and wings and eyes who went wherever the spirit moved them. This was followed with a vision of God. • This persuaded Ezekiel that God was n ...
... • Theologically this was a very productive time. The prophet Ezekiel had a number of visions.In one of them (Ezekiel 1) he had a vision of creatures with wheels and wings and eyes who went wherever the spirit moved them. This was followed with a vision of God. • This persuaded Ezekiel that God was n ...
Jerusalem in Jewish religious customs
... reason for the offering of a sacrifice was the atonement of a sin. Sacrifice could be offered only in one place, the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. Ever since the Temple was built in Jerusalem, in no other place in the world can sacrifices be offered. It is considered a most serious sin to offer a sacrif ...
... reason for the offering of a sacrifice was the atonement of a sin. Sacrifice could be offered only in one place, the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. Ever since the Temple was built in Jerusalem, in no other place in the world can sacrifices be offered. It is considered a most serious sin to offer a sacrif ...
Judaism Teacher Notes
... 7. The primacy of the prophecy of Moses our teacher. 8. Divine origin of the Torah. 9. The immutability of the Torah. 10. God’s omniscience and providence. 11. Divine reward and retribution. 12. Arrival of the Messiah and Messianic era. 13. Resurrection from the dead. The world was created for the ...
... 7. The primacy of the prophecy of Moses our teacher. 8. Divine origin of the Torah. 9. The immutability of the Torah. 10. God’s omniscience and providence. 11. Divine reward and retribution. 12. Arrival of the Messiah and Messianic era. 13. Resurrection from the dead. The world was created for the ...
What Do We Mean By Religion? The Primacy of Ritual or Ethics
... enforcement of immigration law. There is, in this case, a third issue of concern for us as Jews: the alleged shameful actions of a business pretending to serve the needs of observant Jews. Agriprocessors was a “kosher sweatshop” trying to present itself as a business rendering a service to the relig ...
... enforcement of immigration law. There is, in this case, a third issue of concern for us as Jews: the alleged shameful actions of a business pretending to serve the needs of observant Jews. Agriprocessors was a “kosher sweatshop” trying to present itself as a business rendering a service to the relig ...
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 ...
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 ...
What is Chanukah
... boundaries of the natural order. If Divine providence arranges things within the natural order, no blessing is recited (see also Shulchan Aruch 218:9 for a debate about this point). We can easily see the logic of the Avudraham's position, as it would be difficult to determine precisely when God work ...
... boundaries of the natural order. If Divine providence arranges things within the natural order, no blessing is recited (see also Shulchan Aruch 218:9 for a debate about this point). We can easily see the logic of the Avudraham's position, as it would be difficult to determine precisely when God work ...
Pesach 5777
... There is a fascinating discussion in the Talmud (Sanhedrin 92b) about Ezekiel’s vision – was he describing something he actually saw or was it a vision, to be explained metaphorically? There are rabbis in the Talmud who support both positions. What is clear is that Ezekiel, who lived in Jerusalem be ...
... There is a fascinating discussion in the Talmud (Sanhedrin 92b) about Ezekiel’s vision – was he describing something he actually saw or was it a vision, to be explained metaphorically? There are rabbis in the Talmud who support both positions. What is clear is that Ezekiel, who lived in Jerusalem be ...
The Philosophy of Maimonides
... correct? Does Scripture teach that God is incorporeal? In this connection, Maimonides – like Abraham ibn Daud – stressed that no positive attributes can be predicated of God since the Divine is an absolute unity. Do you agree? Or do you think there no contradiction in believing that God is one and t ...
... correct? Does Scripture teach that God is incorporeal? In this connection, Maimonides – like Abraham ibn Daud – stressed that no positive attributes can be predicated of God since the Divine is an absolute unity. Do you agree? Or do you think there no contradiction in believing that God is one and t ...