Torah events

Personal opportunities / challenges -  Memorize the Ten Commandments given to Moses by God. You most likely learned them when a child; it is time to give yourself a refresher course. The Ten Commandments can be found in the Old Testament in the Book of Exodus, Chapter 20, and the Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 5.  Find a copy of the movie “The Ten Commandments” staring Charles Heston and live the book of Exodus in living color. Witness God’s interaction with sinful man. The movie is usually…

The ritual dimension termed by Ninian Smart is a lens through which we can dissect religious traditions. Smart uses this dimension to bring about why rituals are performed, how they are performed, and their significance in the faith. Smart separates religious sacrifices into the Rites of Sacrifice and Rites of Passage. This helps to determine the mindset of the believer and what they believe to be getting out of these holy rituals. There are physical and spiritual elements to rituals that help…

Jewish ceremonial laws which involved a large amount of impurity laws and rules. It explains that it requires constant action on the part of Israel and the Israelites. Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible and the 3rd out of five books of the Torah. According to the…

Yahweh is the God of people who practice Judaism and people who practice one of the many Christian religions. Zeus is the king of the gods in Greek Mythology. There are many things that make Yahweh and Zeus very different including how they interact with humans, nature, and themselves. First, Yahweh and Zeus act very differently to humans. Yahweh remains very calm when talking to humans. Zeus, on the other hand, has a very short temper when it come humans. Zeus was even known to throw bolts of…

Lisa Loveless THL 105 February 24, 2017 Comparison between the Ten Commandments in Exodus verses Deuteronomy The commandments are set forth in both versions by God as a covenant to those who choose to worship and love Him. If they obeyed the rules, the followers would have God’s blessing and protection. If they broke them, they would be subjected to God’s punishment. Although the commandments in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 20 are virtually identical, there are a few differences. Many of…

The Book of Genesis is the first book of the Bible. Placed at the opening of the Hebrew Scriptures, Genesis is the first of the five books of Moses, known as the Pentateuch. Genesis is the book of beginnings. Genesis describes such important beginnings as the Creation, the fall of man, and the early years of the nation of Israel. The beginning of salvation history, the story of God and man, sin and grace, wrath and mercy, covenant and redemption also begins in the Book of Genesis. The Book of…

or bat mitzvah as soon as they reach the specified age depending on their gender. A bar mitzvah is the first aliyah of the celebrants, in its most basic form. The word aliyah is Hebrew and it means “going up”, meaning “called up” to read from the Torah which is the sacred book of…

the door is that someone has been posted to specifically greet everyone who comes in and explain what type of synagogue they are. Out of all the synagogues, I felt the most welcomed in by Sha’ ar Zahav. Everything from how they pray to the way the torah is covered has something to say about their ideology. It is clear that they don’t follow Halakhah nearly as strictly as the previous Orthodox Synagogue. One of the ways in which I felt particularly welcomed at the Synagogue was that the speaker…

Introduction This assignment is an exegesis of Genesis chapter 12. The exegesis will look at the significance of Genesis in Pentateuch. All the different events within this chapter will be discussed, in addition to the significance for the original readers. Alongside this a short summary of the context will follow. The Pentateuch The Pentateuch is known as the first 5 books of the Bible. The word Pentateuch derives from the Greek word Penta, meaning Five. The following quote explains the full…

Judaism is a monotheistic religion, where Jewish adherents places great significance on the belief of the covenant, which is an agreement made between God and His people, found within the prescribed text the Torah. Both the Abrahamic and the Mosaic Covenant are unconditional that has been spread on from generation by Jewish adherents. There were two covenants established between God and Abraham which was the promise of land and the promise of the descendants. “Leave your country… go to the land…