Talmud

Judaism vs. Islam In this essay I will review my understanding of the major beliefs and practices of two of the great Abrahamic religions, Judaism and Islam. I will attempt to take the position of proponents of each religion, and delineate areas of agreement and disagreement. What makes this comparison so compelling, and relevant, is the great human suffering that has resulted, and continues to result, from those who cloak their aggression and hatred under the veil of each religion. Judaism is…

Transitions in this life consist of many different things, including but not limited to: birth, coming of age, marriage, and into the religious life. Each an important piece of time and defining moment within a person’s religion and culture, representing past events through the current and future lives of the members participating within them. What does each event or custom within a religion represent for each of its followers? Does each transition in life represent more than just, what its…

“If you save one life, it is though you have saved the world,” a quote by the Talmud. People throughout the world have the potential to save one to many lives. These people are called organ donors. People who have organ failure need to replace that failing organ to live, and organ donors give those people what they need to survive. Although organ transplants seem perfect and issue-free, there are many ethical dilemmas in the world of healthcare, in which some deal with organ transplants. An…

Helen Keller once said, “Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.” Faith plays a huge role in most people’s everyday life depending on their beliefs and their religion. A good example of a strong faith is in a memoir Night by Elie Wiesel. In this memoir, Elie goes through heart-rending times where he needs to keep his faith strong to survive through the heartbreaking, painful, miserable events that soon happen later. Elie is saying to himself how empty his…

the holocaust. Before Elie suffered in the concentration camps, Elie was a religious, innocent child. While in Sighet, Elie was extremely devoted to his religion. In Elie’s memoir, he says, “I was almost 13 and deeply observant. By day I studied Talmud and…

The need for control is a struggle for authority and power over others. In Chaim Potok’s, The Chosen, Reb Saunders controls his son in every aspect of his life by the way he raised him to his day to day interactions. Throughout Mary Shelly’s, Frankenstein, Victor controls his creation by condemning the monster’s actions or thoughts that aren’t approved or conceived by Victor, dictating the monster should live his way or not at all. Reb and Victor, two main creators, demonstrate how futile the…

The book of Esther opens up between the fourth and third century B.C in Susa, the capital city of the Persian Empire. The Persian Empire stretched from India to Nubia and was filled with many people. King Ahasuerus was ruler: at the time and after hosting a one hundred and eighty-day wine feast for the nobles he decided to have a second one for the city and its inhabitants. There was wine was in abundance and the guest were having a great time but Queen Vashti refused to parade her beauty…

Night by Elie Wiesel, is a memoir that tells about his experience during World War II. Wiesel was born in the town of Sighet, Romania. As a young Jewish boy, he would study Talmud and Kaballah. However, when he was 15, the Germans arrived in his town. From then on, his life was no longer peaceful. A few days after they arrived, the Germans deported all the Jews to concentration camps where they would suffer. Throughout the book, Elie travels to several camps, where he struggles with…

The first criticism that will be used is biographical criticism for which will give our audience the background knowledge needed to fully comprehend the information presented to them in this article. Author Patrick Dewitt writer of the novel The Sisters Brothers was born in British Columbia in 1975. Well known for his accomplishments and awards, for example, Patrick DeWitt received the Governor General 's Literary Award for Fiction, the Writers ' Trust of Canada Fiction Prize, Rogers Prize, and…

In The Believer, a movie about a man named Daniel Balint who was a former follower of Judaism and who later becomes into a Neo-Nazi who still holds some Jewish values, is a movie that not only intrigues the audiences mind by showing this odd contrast of someone who has a strong hatred for Jewish people and their past but who also can still hold many important aspects of the Judaism religion, also shows a true continuation of the central tenets of Judaism with Daniel’s alternative…