Ethics in Judaism - Year 11-12 Studies of Religion 2Unit 2013-4
... binding religious practice. For example, the second extra day of holidays was originally instituted as a gezeirah, so that people outside Israel, not certain of the day of a holiday, would not accidentally violate the holiday’s mitzvah. After the mathematical calendar was instituted and there was no ...
... binding religious practice. For example, the second extra day of holidays was originally instituted as a gezeirah, so that people outside Israel, not certain of the day of a holiday, would not accidentally violate the holiday’s mitzvah. After the mathematical calendar was instituted and there was no ...
Religion and Traditions
... constantly from a natural spring or well – the water must not be allowed to stagnate. For this reason, mikwaot are often built underground, to ensure the natural flow of water into and from the bath. Religious women visit the mikveh at least once a month, seven days after menstruation, and sexual in ...
... constantly from a natural spring or well – the water must not be allowed to stagnate. For this reason, mikwaot are often built underground, to ensure the natural flow of water into and from the bath. Religious women visit the mikveh at least once a month, seven days after menstruation, and sexual in ...
Summary Points
... Within this Commentary Maimonides formulated the thirteen principles of faith which is recognised as a creed for Judaism. Commentary on the Mishnah was written in Arabic - easily accessible to Jews living in Muslim areas. Mishneh Torah - code of Jewish law - fourteen books written in Hebrew - in a s ...
... Within this Commentary Maimonides formulated the thirteen principles of faith which is recognised as a creed for Judaism. Commentary on the Mishnah was written in Arabic - easily accessible to Jews living in Muslim areas. Mishneh Torah - code of Jewish law - fourteen books written in Hebrew - in a s ...
Section III — Religious Tradition Depth Study Question 5 — Judaism
... Moses ben Maimon (RamBam) was one of the greatest Jewish thinkers of all times influencing not only his own era, but also the lives of Jewish adherents today. In 1158 he began writing his Commentary on the Mishnah. He wrote it in Arabic, the everyday language of the Jews under Muslim rule, so that ...
... Moses ben Maimon (RamBam) was one of the greatest Jewish thinkers of all times influencing not only his own era, but also the lives of Jewish adherents today. In 1158 he began writing his Commentary on the Mishnah. He wrote it in Arabic, the everyday language of the Jews under Muslim rule, so that ...
Jewish Law - Valley Beit Midrash
... world than the four cubits of the halakhah…. The general assumption in the classical Jewish sources is that the halakhah in its entirety goes back to Moses, except for various later elaborations, extensions, applications, and innovations in accordance with new circumstances…But the verdict of modern ...
... world than the four cubits of the halakhah…. The general assumption in the classical Jewish sources is that the halakhah in its entirety goes back to Moses, except for various later elaborations, extensions, applications, and innovations in accordance with new circumstances…But the verdict of modern ...
Judaism: Holy Days and Celebrations
... Customs: After 10 plagues, Jews had little time to flee Egypt (not time to let the bread rise) All grains and breads are cleaned from the house – house is cleaned top to bottom Later, bread will be hidden throughout the house and family must go on a silent search to find it – collected and ...
... Customs: After 10 plagues, Jews had little time to flee Egypt (not time to let the bread rise) All grains and breads are cleaned from the house – house is cleaned top to bottom Later, bread will be hidden throughout the house and family must go on a silent search to find it – collected and ...
Introduction – Rabbinic Judaism
... Men of the Great Assembly…” Mishnah Avot 1:1 Judaism is often believed to be a religion based primarily in the Hebrew Bible, or even more specifically, the first five books of the Bible, known in Jewish tradition as the Torah. These five books, in the form of a Torah scroll, are found in nearly ever ...
... Men of the Great Assembly…” Mishnah Avot 1:1 Judaism is often believed to be a religion based primarily in the Hebrew Bible, or even more specifically, the first five books of the Bible, known in Jewish tradition as the Torah. These five books, in the form of a Torah scroll, are found in nearly ever ...
What is the Talmud? - Becoming Jewish.Org
... at Mount Sinai at the time that the Written Torah was transmitted. The Mishnah was kept in the oral tradition until it was written down in the time of Rabbi Judah the Holy (aka Rabbi Judah the Prince) ca. 130-220CE. It was written down to help ensure that in the time of duress and danger that it wou ...
... at Mount Sinai at the time that the Written Torah was transmitted. The Mishnah was kept in the oral tradition until it was written down in the time of Rabbi Judah the Holy (aka Rabbi Judah the Prince) ca. 130-220CE. It was written down to help ensure that in the time of duress and danger that it wou ...
Basic Jewish Concepts and Beliefs
... The Jewish tradition does not require one to be Jewish to achieve salvation. All of the nations of the world are encouraged to follow the Seven Noahide Laws, involving a faith in G-d and moral and ethical conduct. Jewish tradition teaches that, by following these rules, all people are assured spirit ...
... The Jewish tradition does not require one to be Jewish to achieve salvation. All of the nations of the world are encouraged to follow the Seven Noahide Laws, involving a faith in G-d and moral and ethical conduct. Jewish tradition teaches that, by following these rules, all people are assured spirit ...
Sects of Judaism powerpoint
... ★Modified and abandoned many traditional beliefs, laws and practices in order to bring Judaism into the modern world ★Autonomy of the individual; Jews have the right to subscribe to each particular ...
... ★Modified and abandoned many traditional beliefs, laws and practices in order to bring Judaism into the modern world ★Autonomy of the individual; Jews have the right to subscribe to each particular ...
The Jews Who Are Not The Ancient Israelites
... mostly from Germany, Poland and Southern Russia. The richer German Ashkenazim have been in the US the longest, with many of the poorer ones being allowed to immigrate in the 1880's as white Europeans. Little did we know just what we were doing. These Khazars are from Eastern Europe, mostly Poland an ...
... mostly from Germany, Poland and Southern Russia. The richer German Ashkenazim have been in the US the longest, with many of the poorer ones being allowed to immigrate in the 1880's as white Europeans. Little did we know just what we were doing. These Khazars are from Eastern Europe, mostly Poland an ...
here - Association for the Philosophy of Judaism
... First, let me thank Michah and Abe for the excellent and very helpful comments and for he thought and time invested in those. The two responses raise several important issues. I will not be able to respond to all points now (since I wish to keep my response not very long), but I will do my best to r ...
... First, let me thank Michah and Abe for the excellent and very helpful comments and for he thought and time invested in those. The two responses raise several important issues. I will not be able to respond to all points now (since I wish to keep my response not very long), but I will do my best to r ...
The Religions Book
... of the Hebrew Bible, the Torah, but some Jews also believe that Moses received additional teachings (transmitted verbally to the community’s leaders, and then from generation to generation), which became known as the Oral Law. This Oral Law included additional details about, and interpretations of, ...
... of the Hebrew Bible, the Torah, but some Jews also believe that Moses received additional teachings (transmitted verbally to the community’s leaders, and then from generation to generation), which became known as the Oral Law. This Oral Law included additional details about, and interpretations of, ...
Sects of Judaism notes
... ★ ________________ or ___________________ many traditional beliefs, laws and practices in order to bring ________________ into the _________________ world ★ _____________________ of the individual; Jews have the right to _______________ to each ...
... ★ ________________ or ___________________ many traditional beliefs, laws and practices in order to bring ________________ into the _________________ world ★ _____________________ of the individual; Jews have the right to _______________ to each ...
The five books of the Torah
... Be conservation-minded”. Interestingly, Jewish law says a lot about nature and conservation and is in fact very consistent with Scouting’s values. As many of you know, the major source of Jewish law is the Torah - the first five books of the Bible which are on the Torah scrolls in the Ark. Our tradi ...
... Be conservation-minded”. Interestingly, Jewish law says a lot about nature and conservation and is in fact very consistent with Scouting’s values. As many of you know, the major source of Jewish law is the Torah - the first five books of the Bible which are on the Torah scrolls in the Ark. Our tradi ...
Jewish Thinkers
... of the towering figures in the history of the Jewish people. Of him it was said, "From Moshe (Moses) to Moshe (the son of Maimon) there arose none like Moshe." Among the Jewish people, he is known as the Rambam, an acronym for Rabbi Moshe ben (son of) Maimon (RaMBaM); while universally - for his fam ...
... of the towering figures in the history of the Jewish people. Of him it was said, "From Moshe (Moses) to Moshe (the son of Maimon) there arose none like Moshe." Among the Jewish people, he is known as the Rambam, an acronym for Rabbi Moshe ben (son of) Maimon (RaMBaM); while universally - for his fam ...
The Mitzvah of Keruv - The Rabbinical Assembly
... In any discussion of religious statesmanship, it is important to bear in mind that Torah embraces in depth and scope far more than halakhah. The concept of Torah includes general principles as well as specific laws- such as the love of God, the love of man, the quest for holiness, walking in the way ...
... In any discussion of religious statesmanship, it is important to bear in mind that Torah embraces in depth and scope far more than halakhah. The concept of Torah includes general principles as well as specific laws- such as the love of God, the love of man, the quest for holiness, walking in the way ...
FOCUS_Evolving
... After some days, the king returned and said to the servants, “Bring me what I gave you.” One servant presented bread covered by cloth, pleasing the king. The other, now disgraced, displayed the wheat still in the box covered with a bundle of flax. When the Holy One gave the Torah to Israel, He gave ...
... After some days, the king returned and said to the servants, “Bring me what I gave you.” One servant presented bread covered by cloth, pleasing the king. The other, now disgraced, displayed the wheat still in the box covered with a bundle of flax. When the Holy One gave the Torah to Israel, He gave ...
Hum 110/Leibman Reed College The Tractate Avot (Ethics of the
... rabbi: "my master." An authorized teacher of the classical Jewish tradition after the fall of the second Temple in 70 CE. Traditionally, rabbis serve as the legal and spiritual guides of their congregations and communities. The title is conferred after considerable study of traditional Jewish source ...
... rabbi: "my master." An authorized teacher of the classical Jewish tradition after the fall of the second Temple in 70 CE. Traditionally, rabbis serve as the legal and spiritual guides of their congregations and communities. The title is conferred after considerable study of traditional Jewish source ...
The Many Voices of Torah - The Center for Jewish Peoplehood
... tradition which has for thousands of years seen its major task as elucidating the will of God through a minute and often creative dissection of the Torah and the Tanach and the secondary literature that has accumulated within the Rabbinic tradition itself (such as the Talmud), has walked a very deli ...
... tradition which has for thousands of years seen its major task as elucidating the will of God through a minute and often creative dissection of the Torah and the Tanach and the secondary literature that has accumulated within the Rabbinic tradition itself (such as the Talmud), has walked a very deli ...
Tuesday Nov
... seeking to impose Greek culture in Palestine, was preventing Torah from being kept, and built a altar to Zeus in the temple, thereby desecrating it). The Jews won a degree of independence in 164 B.C.E. They relit the temple candles (Hanukkah) in 165. They had a limited degree of soverignty until an ...
... seeking to impose Greek culture in Palestine, was preventing Torah from being kept, and built a altar to Zeus in the temple, thereby desecrating it). The Jews won a degree of independence in 164 B.C.E. They relit the temple candles (Hanukkah) in 165. They had a limited degree of soverignty until an ...
Authority and Community in the Modern World
... Authority/Community in the Modern World • What are the challenges that modernity brings to pre-modern structures of authority and community? • To what extent is religious identity obligatory or voluntary? Ethnic? Racial? • Can you fit into more than one category? • What authorities do these communi ...
... Authority/Community in the Modern World • What are the challenges that modernity brings to pre-modern structures of authority and community? • To what extent is religious identity obligatory or voluntary? Ethnic? Racial? • Can you fit into more than one category? • What authorities do these communi ...
Names for G-D
... Passover, or Pesach is held each Spring to recall the Jews' deliverance out of slavery in Egypt circa 1300 BCE. A ritual Seder meal is eaten in each observant Jewish home at this time. Six different foods are placed on the seder plate in the order in which they area eaten: Karpas (vegetables dipped ...
... Passover, or Pesach is held each Spring to recall the Jews' deliverance out of slavery in Egypt circa 1300 BCE. A ritual Seder meal is eaten in each observant Jewish home at this time. Six different foods are placed on the seder plate in the order in which they area eaten: Karpas (vegetables dipped ...
The Three Branches of Judaism
... When the Romans destroyed Jerusalem again in AD ______________the Jews were dispersed across Europe and into Africa etc. The group took their Jerusalem Talmud with them to Babylon where the Jews lived in relative peace with the few exceptions of persecution. A less formal tradition arose around the ...
... When the Romans destroyed Jerusalem again in AD ______________the Jews were dispersed across Europe and into Africa etc. The group took their Jerusalem Talmud with them to Babylon where the Jews lived in relative peace with the few exceptions of persecution. A less formal tradition arose around the ...
Sephardic law and customs
Sephardic law and customs means the practice of Judaism as observed by the Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, so far as it is peculiar to themselves and not shared with other Jewish groups such as the Ashkenazim. Sephardim do not constitute a separate denomination within Judaism, but rather a distinct cultural, juridical and philosophical tradition.Sephardim are, primarily, the descendants of Jews from the Iberian peninsula. They may be divided into the families that left in the Expulsion of 1492 and those that remained as crypto-Jews and left in the following few centuries.In religious parlance, and by many in modern Israel, the term is used in a broader sense to include all Jews of Ottoman or other Asian or North African backgrounds, whether or not they have any historic link to Spain, though some prefer to distinguish between Sephardim proper and Mizraḥi Jews.For the purposes of this article there is no need to distinguish the two groups, as their religious practices are basically similar: whether or not they are ""Spanish Jews"" they are all ""Jews of the Spanish rite"". There are three reasons for this convergence, which are explored in more detail below:Both groups follow general Jewish law without those customs specific to the Ashkenazic tradition.The Spanish rite was an offshoot of the Babylonian-Arabic family of Jewish rites and retained a family resemblance to the other rites of that family.Following the expulsion the Spanish exiles took a leading role in the Jewish communities of Asia and Africa, who modified their rites to bring them still nearer to the Spanish rite, which by then was regarded as the standard.