Christianity would have you believe that Jesus – the son – is part of a trinity. Christianity would have you believe that Jesus is the physical son of God. The term “son of God” is not something new that was…
Legal System When any legal matter is too extraordinary [פָּלָא] for you, in justice, between blood and blood, between judgment and judgment, between stroke and stroke, in matters of quarreling within your gates, you are to arise and go up…
Chag HaMatzot is the first of the three annual chagim (Pilgrimage Festivals) in the Hebrew Calendar. In Rabbinical Judaism, Chag HaMatzot is called Pesach and in English this chag is known as Passover or Feast of Unleavened Bread. The very…
Kosher Birds Now these you are to hold detestable from fowl – they are not to be eaten, they are detestable-things: the eagle, the bearded-vulture and the black-vulture, the kite and the falcon according to its kind, every raven according…
Slaughter Only: in all your appetite’s craving you may slaughter (animals) and may eat meat according to the blessing of the Eternal One your God that He has given you within all your gates; the tamei and the pure (alike)…
Calendar Rabbi HaLevi asks what month is being referenced in Shemot 12:24: “Let this new moon be for you the beginning of new moons, the beginning-one let it be for you of the new moons of the year.”1 We clearly…
So the king said to her, “Have no fear. What did you see?” The woman said to Shaul, “I see an angel rising from the earth.” He said to her, “What does he look like?” She said, “An old man…
Blessed are You, LORD, our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to light Shabbat candle[s]. Many of us have heard these words spoken on Friday nights in honor of Shabbat (Sabbath).…
American Reform Judaism: An Introduction Author: Sana Evan Kaplan Publisher: Rutgers University press Year: 2003 Pages: 262 American Reform Judaism: An Introduction is an overview of the history, controversies, challenges, and reformation of Reform Judaism in America. Professor Kaplan begins…
Jewish apologetics attempts to defend Jews, our religion, and our culture from critics. The history of Jewish apologetics reflects a complicated relationship between Jews and Gentiles throughout the millennia. Jewish apologetics formed as a response to the challenges of pagans…
