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Back” and Eileen Pollack’s “The Rabbi in the Attic”, there is a gross imbalance of rigidity and laxness among the main characters (Curtis, 1998, pp.167-185, 236-266). In O’Connor’s “Parker’s Back”, O. E. Parker is the typical rebel who makes his own rules and says or does what he wants, not thinking about consequences.…

The Ignorance and Arrogance of Rabbi Avi Shafran I was not surprised by the vile views expressed by Rabbi Avi Shafran, spokesman for Agudath Israel of America. I was surprised that he decided at this most sensitive time to publically blame Jews for the crime of trying to pray on the Temple Mount. There is no doubt that such an attitude both legitimizes and strengthens Arab violence with a rabbinic stamp of approval! In my eyes, Shafran’s comments border on the criminal and he should be…

Between the “Portrait of a Rabbi” and “Juno” the “Portrait of a Rabbi” looks to be the least finished of the two. There are aspects of both paintings that has caused some to claim that they are unfinished works. However, both works are completed works by Rembrandt. “Portrait of a Rabbi” demonstrates simple use of lines and economical use of paint. There are parts of his clothes in the bottom left corner that are indistinguishable and are made from a few brushstrokes. Rembrandt has used brush…

today, a rabbi formulated his interpretations on texts directly derived from God and attempted to perceive how the text was applicable to a Jew’s daily life. Therefore, the claim, “Despite the theological claims of the Jewish tradition, it is actually not God who legislates Rabbinic Judaism, but the Rabbis,” is false because rabbis focused on making God a constant participant in the process of legislating and interpreting texts. In the procedure of interpreting a religious text, the rabbis…

look at the positive in his life and push the negative into the very back of his mind. Rabbi Hirsch admires everything given to him because he looks at the world with an open mind. Rabbi Hirsch and Michael were in the synagogue sharing their languages and learning from each other. Michael could see Rabbi Hirsch trying really hard to understand even though he wasn’t that good at English, Michael thought, “But the Rabbi treated words as if they were jewels. He caressed them, handled them with his…

as the rabbis before us. However, if we look at the great Rabbis and Scholars that led the Jewish people throughout history we see that the things that made them unbelievable people wasn't just their vast Torah knowledge and great intellect. By comparing a modern Gadol, Reb Moshe Feinstein, to a past Gadol, Rabbi Gershom Meor Hagolah, who were both the real leaders of their generation, though we see some big differences between the two we also see some big similarities between them. Rabbi…

Rabbinic Judaism, but the Rabbis.” Rabbis are predominantly Jewish scholars who studies and educate Jewish laws. The comprehension of these people is acknowledged through a religious ceremony where one is suitably a Rabbi. Rabbis undertake in a preponderance of generating the oral and written laws, even seen as a figure closer to God than anyone else in the community. They have signified a remarkable role in the Judaism religion, from my understanding. In my judgement, the Rabbis put much…

contradiction. Jeffrey Rubenstein, in his introduction for Rabbinic Stories, calls this “a paradoxical theological statement,” which “asserts that all opinions uttered by sages in the future were already revealed to Moses on Mt. Sinai” (2). The rabbis during the rabbinic period believed that although their interpretations of the Torah were innovative, they were also, in fact, part of the original Jewish tradition, which is evident through the stories in the Talmud. Before analyzing this…

Senior Rabbi at Keneseth Israel David Einhorn was born in Diespeck, Germany November 10, 1809. At the age of 17, he earned his Rabbinic ordination from the Rabbinic school of Fürth in Bavaria, Germany; the center for Jewish learning at this time. He continued his studies at the Universities of Erlangen, Munich and Würzburg. He later held the position of Chief Rabbi of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (in Northern Germany). In 1852, he was called to lead the Reform congregation in Pesth, Hungary. Rabbi…

the wind.” (page 91), giving his leave an ominous connotation. Equating the Rabbi to a shadow was meant in the sense that Eliahu was a shadow of the man he had once been, the winds of change had stripped him of his prestige. He is also insinuating that the Rabbi’s brief existence was unimpactful and that his being was fragile. Moreover, shadows are incapable of altering things in the physical world, suggesting that the Rabbi no longer has control over his life. Additionally, implying that the…