but we tend to forget his other accomplishment of helping to bring Chasidic thought into mainstream Judaism. The power of the transformation he affected in our own movement is so clear that his own daughter Neshama recentlydeclared her “aliyah” to Reform Judaism. His ability to radicalize Jewis...
Christianity is more than a system, found in the Christ of the Cross is atonement for man’s sins, the cross being the center of a holy and moral universe. It is the cross which testifies of
hateful or Islamophobic, Elass in Chapter 2 deals with the meaning of the term Islamophobia concocted in the 1990s, and its usage as a means to smother any honest inquiry into the claims made for Islam. While
On the subject of Joseph and the Grail, São Thomé das letras was named in honour of another hero of the Jewish uprising against both Judaism and Roman Rule in 1st century Judaea: the doubting Thomas, apostle and man of my own heart. Quite what the letters (letras) part is about is ...
It is often asked if there are gods in Buddhism. The short answer is no, but also yes, depending on what you mean by “gods.” It also is often asked if it is all right for a Buddhist to believe in God, meaning the creator God as celebrated in Christianity, Judaism, Islam and oth...
Even today, when the world is in social lock-down, we can still “reach out and touch someone,” give someone a virtual smile and positive words. Learn some Torah with someone over the phone. (Comprehending Charoset lecture added to this one at end).
2. The term ‘kibayl’, ‘received’ suggests something which he earned. Indeed, this is hinted at by the use of this word. There is a famous Midrash which describes Moshe’s ascent onto Mt sinai, and engaging in a debate with the angels about Hashem’s granting the Torah to Israel....
I don’t share this to be mean- I think in today’s world it is vital for Christians to engage in interfaith discussions- to respect other peoples beliefs and to work with other religions [Islam, Judaism, Hindu- etc.] but we don’t want to confuse people about what the historic Christ...
We noted above how this was first regularized to be every day seven, as part of the new division of time into weeks, and how it took over the term Šabbāt from the defunct full-moon festival. The next step was to interpret this law in light of the exodus, and say that Israel ...
1 Some scholars claim the term sīrah was first used by Ibn Hishām (Hinds 1998, pp. 1–10),2 and until the end of the first half of the second century of hijra, it contained stories of battles (maghāzī). Other scholars claim Zuhrī, at an earlier date, had applied this meaning ...