)- where Samantha dragged them just because the waiter is too hot to miss out on. Charlotte announces her unshakable intention to convert to Judaism in order to become eligible to marry Harry, but finds the rabbi most reticent. Miranda, rejected by Steve, stakes her substitute love life on ...
I think inspiration hit me big time around the time when my husband, children and I began attending services at a synagogue regularly and learning more about Judaism. I came back to Judaism after a hiatus spent in the New Age Movement, and my desire to integrate the two spiritual systems i...
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as it greatly influences many aspects of your life. Some of its benefits are very subtle, while others are immediately noticeable after just three or four days of practice. Meditation quietens the mind and helps you to become more focused. It is...
Originally Answered: How must I respond to Shabbat Shalom? The appropriate response is “ Shabbat Shalom”. It means “have a peaceful Sabbath”. The Sabbath in Judaism, which falls on Saturdays, is a day of genuine rest and prayer, involving no work or business transactions. ...
That is Havdalah, in brief. If you get the chance, try to experience it at the home of observant Orthodox Jews. Judaism needs to be experienced in person; books and classes, though absolutely necessary, are not enough for someone to learn Judaism. See my wife’s article“The Kindness of...
Judaism.Judaism, the oldest of the three Abrahamic religions, did not generate any official monastic institutions, and its normative form, Rabbinic Judaism, is the least sympathetic of the Abrahamic religions to monasticism. What is it called when you believe in all religions?
Even as the Torahs left our possession, we were touched to know they would be part of Judaism lived elsewhere. Our members felt good about the fact that their sacred Torah scrolls would be used by Jewish communities all around the world. This gave the congregation an immense sense of purpose...
When I was a kid, I devoured every book I could get my hands on about Judaism. My parents, who were newly observant, had a nice library of Jewish books. I remember The Midrash Says, Lilmod U’Lelamed and The Torah Anthology being childhood favorites whose ideas still inform my thinking...
The “theologian” in question also champions the Khazar theory, which posits that modern Ashkenazi Jews are descendents of Turkic converts to Judaism, denying them of links to the land of Israel, notwithstanding large amounts of evidence to the contrary. Consider the precedent Harvard is setting...