Talmud

Intelligence includes a wide spectrum of ideas and experiences. In The Chosen, Chaim Potok gives many of the characters great intelligence which looks different in each one of them. Reuven, the Jewish boy who tells the story, loves and excels in mathematics and logic. Danny, on the other hand, does not understand these subjects but instead has a natural bent towards literature and psychology. The boys’ mutual respect for each other’s intelligence leads them to a strong friendship. With much…

of a change in religious beliefs when confronted by challenges is even more prevalent in Night by Elie Weisel. In the beginning of the story, the author accounts his childhood before he left for the concentration camps. He says, “By day I studied Talmud and by night I would run to the synagogue…” (Weisel 3). Elie was passionate about his religion and studying Kabbalah, an ancient wisdom that reveals how the universe and life work. Deeper into Wiesel's story, it can be seen that he starts to…

encyclopedia his father, Shlomo Wiesel, was a practicing member of the Jewish religious community and a tolerant humanist. Elie’s mother, Sarah Wiesel, was Hasidism and hope that Elie would become a rabbi. This led Elie to study the Torah and the Talmud in local yeshiva, until 1944 when Nazis invaded Hungary and rounded up the Jews including Elie and his family. In Eliezer’s book Night Moshe (Elie’s tutor) had told the Jews what the Germans were doing and he was ignored by all who he told…

line-drive from Danny, and needs medical attention. At the hospital, he meets Billy Merritt and Tony Savo, both characters who lost their sight. Danny eventually visits Reuven in the hospital and becomes friends with him as he begins to study the Talmud with him and his father. Reuven Malter plays the role of the Jew who conforms to American culture, and Danny Saunders encompasses the Hasidic Jew. The cultural struggle exemplified here paints a bigger picture of the conflict, while Reuven and…

mind” (69), a mind he longs to use for psychology. David Malter unknowingly recommends books for Danny, not knowing the boy’s lineage. The public library acts as Danny’s sanctuary, the place where he can read what he wants, no longer chained to the Talmud. While Reuven’s dad dreams of his son teaching mathematics, he allows Reuven to follow the religious path. On the other hand, Danny must follow the religious path against his will. He would rather dive into the study of psychology but since his…

Judaism is a religious belief system that differs from Hinduism in a lot of ways. Jews make up the religion Judaism. Some of their beliefs are that there is only one true God. His name is Yahweh, and he is all knowing, all powerful. They believe that you are to have a personal relationship with Him. Jews also believe that God reveals himself to them through prophets and special events. Jews abide by the ten commandments which were given to Moses by God on the top of Mount Sinai. Moses and…

despite Christianity being the majority religion. They have taken Christmas out of the public school calendar despite the fact that it is a statutory holiday and it is named Christmas. I read about the anti-Genteelism and hatefulness from the Jewish Talmud and their utter disrespect for, and hostility towards Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary and Christianity and Christians in general. I learned about their "chutzpah" in claiming that Gentile lives were worth no more than the lives of barnyard…

Various ones believe Jesus’ utmost Truth to the world regarding ‘His Father;’ occurs being related to Nicodemus, (John 3:1), a Pharisee and ruler of the Jews; [noteworthy, Nicodemus occurs as one of the numerous leaders that believed in Jesus, to the point of caring for Jesus’ body after His crucifixion (John 19:39-42)]. The Beginning and the End The book of John states regarding Jesus, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the…

Shabbat Shalom! This was the introduction that I received when I entered a Jewish synagogue. When entering the synagogue it reminded of entering a typical church, there were pews and at the very front was a large stage. On the stage was a keyboard, a wooden podium with a blue cloth over it. Also there was a wooden ark behind the podium and if you opened up the ark you would see where the Torah was stored. An interesting fact about the placement of the ark is it is facing were Jerusalem is…

put him in the hospital, comes to apologize, Reuven gets angry and does not accept his apology. When Mr. Malter hears about this, he immediately rebukes his son, saying “You did a foolish thing, Reuven,’ he told me sternly. ‘You remember what the Talmud says. If a person comes to apologize for having hurt you, you must listen and forgive him’” (64.) His wisdom leads to a great friendship between the two boys. David also writes and teaches with wisdom. During times of trouble and sorrow, David…