Chapter 2 Chassidim: History, Customs, beliefs, and Organization
... The Oral Law or Talmud, recorded in Jerusalem and Babylon in the early centuries after the fall of the Temple, consists of Mishna, or a portion of law in Hebrew, and gemorah, or the rabbinic explanations and discussion of the law in Aramaic. Talmud is divided into six general categories specifying p ...
... The Oral Law or Talmud, recorded in Jerusalem and Babylon in the early centuries after the fall of the Temple, consists of Mishna, or a portion of law in Hebrew, and gemorah, or the rabbinic explanations and discussion of the law in Aramaic. Talmud is divided into six general categories specifying p ...
SECTION 4.2 Synagogue Origin, Development
... 7. In what languages are the synagogue services conducted in an Orthodox and a Reform synagogue? 8. Why are there differences? 9. What is the name given to the head-covering worn by Jewish men in the synagogue? 10. Give the Hebrew name for the prayer shawl worn by Jewish men. 11. The fringes (tzitzi ...
... 7. In what languages are the synagogue services conducted in an Orthodox and a Reform synagogue? 8. Why are there differences? 9. What is the name given to the head-covering worn by Jewish men in the synagogue? 10. Give the Hebrew name for the prayer shawl worn by Jewish men. 11. The fringes (tzitzi ...
torah_sermons229.ser.. - Rabbi Shmuel`s Thoughts on Torah
... The only way he can live in this world is by secluding himself in a cave; he literally is an island 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 literall ...
... The only way he can live in this world is by secluding himself in a cave; he literally is an island 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 literall ...
Practical Judaism
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Synagogue Service II
... It was not until several centuries later that the prayers began to be formally fixed. By the Middle Ages the texts of the prayers were nearly fixed, and in the form in which they are still used today. The siddur was printed by Soncino in Italy as early as 1486, though a siddur was first massdistribu ...
... It was not until several centuries later that the prayers began to be formally fixed. By the Middle Ages the texts of the prayers were nearly fixed, and in the form in which they are still used today. The siddur was printed by Soncino in Italy as early as 1486, though a siddur was first massdistribu ...
Women in Contemporary Jewish Thought Women in Contemporary
... approach in which nothing less than full equality between the genders can be accepted. This would entail accepting complete similarity between men and women regardless of the religious implications that might arise. The other end of the spectrum is the view that is wary of the female nature itself, ...
... approach in which nothing less than full equality between the genders can be accepted. This would entail accepting complete similarity between men and women regardless of the religious implications that might arise. The other end of the spectrum is the view that is wary of the female nature itself, ...
(2014) Conservative Judaism_Vol 1_pg 577 to 587
... ritual practice for their own communities. If the law committee has permitted a range of practices in a given area, the rabbi of the individual congregation may choose any of the approved practices for his synagogue. However, in several boundary-marking issues, the committee has moved that its posit ...
... ritual practice for their own communities. If the law committee has permitted a range of practices in a given area, the rabbi of the individual congregation may choose any of the approved practices for his synagogue. However, in several boundary-marking issues, the committee has moved that its posit ...
The Jewish-Theological Seminary of Breslau, the - H-Soz-Kult
... Whether the Conservative approach should be understood as another version of Reform or constituted an independent movement, it is clearly based on particular concepts: The idea of a revealed Torah remained unquestioned and only the Oral Law was historicized. As Ismar Schorsch had already pointed out ...
... Whether the Conservative approach should be understood as another version of Reform or constituted an independent movement, it is clearly based on particular concepts: The idea of a revealed Torah remained unquestioned and only the Oral Law was historicized. As Ismar Schorsch had already pointed out ...
EC PAECK COLIEEGE
... #s not to us what it was to the Rabbis. Other criteria are involved. It is for us a more complex and more difficult task. IR short, the Rabfiinic phase of Judaism is ended, and we must regard ...
... #s not to us what it was to the Rabbis. Other criteria are involved. It is for us a more complex and more difficult task. IR short, the Rabfiinic phase of Judaism is ended, and we must regard ...
Beliefs, Values and Practices: Judaism
... By definition this means that Jewish people have a responsibility towards the world and so it follows that the human condition carries with it a responsibility. This is something that is a constant theme of the Rabbi’s; the idea that Judaism has something to teach the whole world. The Rabbi uses a p ...
... By definition this means that Jewish people have a responsibility towards the world and so it follows that the human condition carries with it a responsibility. This is something that is a constant theme of the Rabbi’s; the idea that Judaism has something to teach the whole world. The Rabbi uses a p ...
The Revelation of an Embrace: A Vision of Conservative Judaism
... I am more interested in issues such as why there is a Halakha in the first place, and why it has any authority over us. . . . I have become increasingly impatient with those who insist on talking about ‘the’ Halakha or ‘the’ halakhic process, as if these were monolithic, self-evident and predetermin ...
... I am more interested in issues such as why there is a Halakha in the first place, and why it has any authority over us. . . . I have become increasingly impatient with those who insist on talking about ‘the’ Halakha or ‘the’ halakhic process, as if these were monolithic, self-evident and predetermin ...
Why did Reform Judaism Change?
... So what do I mean when I say that Reform Judaism “has always been about change?” Reform began in Germany. The first reforms were to synagogue ritual. Prayers were offered in the vernacular – German, in that case, in addition to Hebrew. Musical instruments were permitted – in those days, the organ, c ...
... So what do I mean when I say that Reform Judaism “has always been about change?” Reform began in Germany. The first reforms were to synagogue ritual. Prayers were offered in the vernacular – German, in that case, in addition to Hebrew. Musical instruments were permitted – in those days, the organ, c ...
Methods to maintain Judaism`s most sacred texts
... Congregations read from the scrolls four times each week. The readings are a focal point of Saturday Sabbath services. And boys and girls read from the scrolls during their Bar or Bat Mitzvah, the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony. "The central and holiest object in Judaism is a Torah scroll, which is ...
... Congregations read from the scrolls four times each week. The readings are a focal point of Saturday Sabbath services. And boys and girls read from the scrolls during their Bar or Bat Mitzvah, the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony. "The central and holiest object in Judaism is a Torah scroll, which is ...
the first rabbi in america - Stevens Institute of Technology
... mission to strengthen Orthodoxy in America, and the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation was proud of its observance 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. ...
... mission to strengthen Orthodoxy in America, and the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation was proud of its observance 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. ...
American Judaism 101 - H-Net
... daism. In fact, Raphael notes that only half of the Amer- Conference of American Rabbis on governmental bodican Jewish population claims membership in a syna- ies found in the Unitarian movement. Also, because gogue. While his book focuses more on those who af- many early synagogues took their lease ...
... daism. In fact, Raphael notes that only half of the Amer- Conference of American Rabbis on governmental bodican Jewish population claims membership in a syna- ies found in the Unitarian movement. Also, because gogue. While his book focuses more on those who af- many early synagogues took their lease ...
Session 2 – Modern Day Judaism
... which you can gain by running a finger over the text (like you would if you were reading something in Braille) Christians rightfully reject the Zohar because of it’s teachings ...
... which you can gain by running a finger over the text (like you would if you were reading something in Braille) Christians rightfully reject the Zohar because of it’s teachings ...
The Making of Haredim
... political organization to emerge was Zionism, with its multinational reach, prestigious World Congresses, and its influence in Palestine. For Orthodox Jews, it was especially galling that this secular, political nationalism presented itself both to Jews and to the world as the official defining move ...
... political organization to emerge was Zionism, with its multinational reach, prestigious World Congresses, and its influence in Palestine. For Orthodox Jews, it was especially galling that this secular, political nationalism presented itself both to Jews and to the world as the official defining move ...
Regarding Modern Judaism And The Kabalah
... very common, probably daily, practice of most Jews. Ariel Sharon is not a religious Jew at all--yet I have heard that he uses this channeling of the yod, hey, wav, hey. Maybe that’s where he is getting his non-wisdom for running the country, other than the CFR and the U.S. Most, if not all, of the w ...
... very common, probably daily, practice of most Jews. Ariel Sharon is not a religious Jew at all--yet I have heard that he uses this channeling of the yod, hey, wav, hey. Maybe that’s where he is getting his non-wisdom for running the country, other than the CFR and the U.S. Most, if not all, of the w ...
An Inclusive and Empathetic Halakhic Approach to Feminism and
... each of whom are halakhically observant gay Jews desiring both participation in halakhic life and committed, monogamous love. The challenge is compounded by the fact that the observant lifestyle which they treasure—the one which fosters organic communal camaraderie2 and lends ...
... each of whom are halakhically observant gay Jews desiring both participation in halakhic life and committed, monogamous love. The challenge is compounded by the fact that the observant lifestyle which they treasure—the one which fosters organic communal camaraderie2 and lends ...
Variants in Judaism - Year 11-12 Studies of Religion 2Unit 2013-4
... in the night sky on Saturday. Work is prohibited during the Shabbat. On the Shabbat prayer services are more detailed for all branches of Judaism – Friday services can be anywhere from half an hour to an hour and a half; and Saturday morning services can be as long as three hours. ...
... in the night sky on Saturday. Work is prohibited during the Shabbat. On the Shabbat prayer services are more detailed for all branches of Judaism – Friday services can be anywhere from half an hour to an hour and a half; and Saturday morning services can be as long as three hours. ...
Orthodox Judaism Carnegie Shul Chatter
... to the Jewish past, although some traditionalists prefer the term "Torah-true" to describe their religious position. In any event, Orthodoxy came to mean for Jews faithfulness to the practices of Judaism, to the halakhah (Jewish law) in its traditional formulation. Orthodox Judaism rejects the notio ...
... to the Jewish past, although some traditionalists prefer the term "Torah-true" to describe their religious position. In any event, Orthodoxy came to mean for Jews faithfulness to the practices of Judaism, to the halakhah (Jewish law) in its traditional formulation. Orthodox Judaism rejects the notio ...
Judaism and Reproductive Technology
... that purpose is to live a good and moral life [1]. However, life is very confusing and filled with potential conflict. Therefore, the essence of orthodox Judaism is that only through intense and relentless study involving argument and counterargument via logic and extrapolation, can Jews be guided t ...
... that purpose is to live a good and moral life [1]. However, life is very confusing and filled with potential conflict. Therefore, the essence of orthodox Judaism is that only through intense and relentless study involving argument and counterargument via logic and extrapolation, can Jews be guided t ...
VUPJ – Introduction to Judaism 2006
... Please carefully note the festivals and other events listed (shaded rows). The class sessions are timed to anticipate important events in the Jewish calendar, and your attendance at festivals and other events is an integral part of the program. Please check with congregations for details of service ...
... Please carefully note the festivals and other events listed (shaded rows). The class sessions are timed to anticipate important events in the Jewish calendar, and your attendance at festivals and other events is an integral part of the program. Please check with congregations for details of service ...