Torah

conveys that a wife did not have the right to divorce her husband but, a husband could divorce his wife for any reason, and he had no obligation to financially care for her • Women were excluded from public religious life and were rarely taught the Torah, even in…

The Ramban is first and foremost on the list of Torah commentators influenced by mysticism, and his kabbalistic insights are a large part of what makes his written works indelible. It is difficult to imagine the childhood of such a visionary. But his childhood biography paints a small corner of that canvas for us: the Ramban, still going by “Moshe,” learning around the clock with a brilliant Talmudic thinker, spending any extra time he had under the tutelage of a wise kabbalist. The intellectual…

Often I am asked what makes me a religious Jew. Does being it mean keeping the laws of Kashrut? (Jewish dietary laws) Does it mean keeping the Sabbath and the holidays? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Traditionally, we are taught that a ‘frum’ person is someone who keeps the Big 3: Shabbat, Kashrut, and Mikvah and if you’re single that you intend on following the laws of family purity upon marriage. I grew up in a Modern Orthodox, Zionistic home. My mother’s family has rabbis in our ancestry. My…

This service specifically focused on the Jewish holy day called “Sukkot” also referred to as the Feast of Tabernacles. Sukkot is a Autumn festival celebrated of each year, on the 15th day of Tishri, according to the Hebrew calendar and is commanded Torah and the Old Testament in the Book of Exodus. "Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field.” "Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the…

The Jewish people call their Bible the TaNaK, which is an acronym for their beliefs in the Torah, their belief in the prophets, and the writings of what they learned. Other texts that the Jewish people used were the Midrash and the Talmud, which were both interpretations of the Torah made during that time. The different branches of Judaism use different texts as their Bible. The four different branches that are here today are the Orthodox…

addition, the Jewish Church believes that God is the source of faith. However, the Jewish doctrine and the Christian doctrine have many differences. Unlike the Christian doctrine, Judaism does not accept the New Testament (their book is known as the Torah which is parts of the Old Testament). Furthermore, Judaism also stresses the importance of justice and love, as well as striving for decent behavior. Christians and the Jewish “people do share the Old Testament and its teachings, [as well as] a…

does not maintain that Jews are better than other people. Although we refer to ourselves as G-d's chosen people, we do not believe that G-d chose the Jews because of any inherent superiority. According to the Talmud (Avodah Zarah 2b), G-d offered the Torah to all the nations of the earth, and the Jews were the only ones who accepted it. The story goes on to say that the Jews were offered…

These branches of Judaism relate to the same beliefs, yet in different times and different places where they practice their rituals. Orthodox Judaism in which it claims that both books, the Torah and the Oral Torah (two of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible) are more authoritative and fixed regarding Jewish doctrine and observance. This branch of Judaism came after and was formed by some principles of Reform Judaism, One example as to how strict…

Judaism has many similarities with the Orthodox but there are a few differences as well. Orthodox Judaism is distinguished by its maintenance of the traditional forms of worship in the Hebrew language, and of the traditional practices as set by the Torah (Israil…

There are several ceremonies and traditions that the Hebrew people interact with. The first is circumcision. Circumcision to boys of the faith is fundamental and is also backed up by religious texts from the Torah in Genesis 17 10-12. In the following text this comes straight from the Torah. This is My covenant, which ye shall keep, between Me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a…