Abraham’s Journeys: Egypt
Bereishit יב (Genesis 12) 10 And there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land. According to tradition there was a famine in the land…
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Parshat Ki Tetse
This week’s parsha is Ki Tetse (Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19) Torah Pearls: Ki Tetse Parsha Ki Tetse (Union for Reform Judaism) Parsha Ki Tetse (United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism) Parsha Ki Tetse (Orthodox Union) Parsha Ki Tetse (Jewish Reconstructionist Communities) Parshat Ki…
Refuting the “Oral Law” – Rambam (Part 3)
Cohabitation 22. Girls below the age of three years and one day retains her virginity despite cohabitation; Where in the Tanakh is there even any indication that “cohabitation” between an adult man and a child is even permitted? This is…
Parshat Shoftim
This week’s parsha is Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9) Torah Pearls: Shoftim Parsha Shoftim (Union for Reform Judaism) Parsha Shoftim (United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism) Parsha Shoftim (Orthodox Union) Parsha Shoftim (Jewish Reconstructionist Communities) Shoftim: What the Torah Says About Justice
iBelieve: Thoughts on Jewish Topics
*Long post…. I am writing this post after doing a lot of soul-searching and searching the Torah and Tanakh. I doubt this will be the only such post I will write. This is not meant to be a definitive statement…
Refuting the “Oral Law” – Sukkah and Punishment
Sukkah …you are to celebrate it as pilgrimage, a pilgrimage-festival to the Eternal One , for seven days a year – a law for the ages, throughout your generations: in the seventh New-Moon you are to celebrate it as pilgrimage…
Judaism 101: What is Judaism?
What is Judaism? Sources: 1Alieza Salzberg. “Judaism after the Temple: Coping with destruction and building for the future.” MyJewishLearning, n.d. [] 2I. Epstein. “Tractate Gittin.” [] 3American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise. “Tradition.” Jewish Virtual Library, 2008. [] 4I. Epstein. “Tractate Berachot.” []…
Refuting the “Oral Law” – Circumcision and Tzitzit
Circumcision This is my covenant which you are to keep, between me and you and your seed after you: every male among you shall be circumcised. You shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, so that it may serve as…
Jewish Apologetics – Son of God: A Closer Look (Part 2)
Next, let’s look at two specific instances of the Christian Bible’s usage of the term “Son of God” that was not in the original text or was in the original text but later taken out. Matthew 24:36: But of…
Jewish Apologetics – Son of God: A Closer Look (Part 1)
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…