Torah

Introduction There is a strong obligation from the Torah to have a spiritual mentor. The Mishna in Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) wrote “עשה לך רב (asey lecha rav) (make for yourself a teacher) (1:6). This is the first place in TaNaCH that one is commanded to have some form of mentor, a leader who can provide wisdom and direction. The Mishna also stated “כל הנגעים אדם רואה חוץ מנגעי עצמו (kol ha’negaim adam ro’eh chutz m’nagai atzmo) (A man can examine all defects except for his own)” (Negoim

rules? Well one should. If you don’t follow G-d’s rules unfortunate events will happen to you as demonstrated in the first stories of the Torah. Adam and Eve, and Cain all had one thing in common, they didn’t follow the rules of G-d and were punished severely. The Torah convinces Jews to follow the rules by showing them the consequences if they don’t in the Torah. In the story of “Adam and Eve”, Adam and Eve had everything they needed to survive and everything they could ever want except, a tiny insignificant

relatively familiar with it. I chose to go to the synagogue because Judaism is the oldest living monotheistic religion. It was also convenient to go on Saturday morning. I expected to sit around and listen to someone go on about an obscure passage from the Torah and connect it to modern life. One thing that I did fear was that I might have some great faux pas mid-way through the service. I also did not want the service to be long and drawn out. I immediately observed a large body of people sitting at some

synagogue is the exact same. Inside There is a special platform called a bimah where the Torah, the Jewish holy book, is read during services. It is up high so that everyone can see and hear what is read and because the reading of the Torah is the most important part of the service. There is a cupboard, called the Ark, where the Torah and other scrolls are kept. There are two doors to the Ark to keep the Torah safe. Many synagogues

in late May or the beginning of June. This Jewish festival is celebrated to re accept the Torah when it was revealed to the Israelite in Mount Sinai. It also celebrates the revelation of the Old Testament by god and Moses to the Israelites. The Jews believe that this time of the year is to redeem the Jewish community spiritual beliefs from the oppression of idolatry and immorality. The giving of the Torah on the night of Shavuot is what makes the festival significant and special to the community

בבלי which is one of the main justifications for later generation of Rabbis being deserving to interpret Torah and Torah law even though they did not obtain the Torah directly themselves. There are three prominent people in the story of Menachot 29: God, Moses, and Rabbi Akiva. The source begins with Moses atop Sinai, about to receive the Torah from God. Moses had noticed that while the Torah was originally written with just plain Hebrew letters, God had begun to add crowns certain Hebrew letters

Lawrence Kushner’s essay was an attempt to compare a deck of cards with the values of Judaism. Kushner discusses his highest values of Judaism and essentially why he still chooses to be Jewish. He argues that a deck of fifty two cards is equivalent to one religion and the order of the cards will be different for every religion. Each card represents a religious value or idea and is ranked from top to bottom, the top card being the most important while the bottom card is the least important. The main

Sinai from God, called the Torah (Graber, 2013). It is from here that the differences between the Orthodox and Reform Jews begin to take place. The two movements differ in the application of the Torah, particularly in how rigid the laws contained within should be followed. These differences can be broken down into three primary differences: God’s Revelation, services, and religious practice. How Orthodox and Reform Jews follow God’s Revelation in the form of the Torah is the primary difference

The Torah instructs Jewish men to fix the Tefillin onto the head and upper arm with leather straps. The Tefillin is worn close the heart in order to remember to use your intellect, emotions and actions in the service of G d. Jews have performed this mitzvah

redemption. This idea when introduced was a collection of rabbinic commentaries from the Hebrew bible or the torah. The importance of halakha among Judaism and its trends, ideas, theories etc. is the fact that halakha is trying to integrate itself into the world and not just strictly deal with Jews but integrate itself into the world of non-Jews. Halakha is derived from the oral and written torah. The laws can cover many