Torah reading is a special case since it must be performed directly from a kosher scroll. while adaptive devices may eventually allow a blind person to read directly from the parchment, at this point there are three options for Jews who are blind to read Torah: (1) To receive an aliyah ...
Unfortunately, life in America has proven destructive to all of these criteria for the majority of American Jews. The main force that has kept the Jews together in their various exilic locations over thousands of years has been their Judaism. The need to study and pray sustained the Hebrew lan...
Jewish resistance was broken and the Romans expelled the Jews from Judea in AD 135 (the Diaspora). At this point we would expect the Jews to leave history in the manner of the other ancient civilisations, such as the Babylonians and the Hittites; but no, the Jewish people survived...
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Learn about the culture of Jewish Free Loans. Read why Jews lend to each other without any interest. Interest Free Loans, the Jewish way. Giving loans, interest free, is an obligation for every Torah Jew since the Torah forbids interests on loans. Many parties are forbidden from usury, not...
But he also wanted young Israelis to understand this too: that on Shabbat, he wasn’t “the honorable Senator,” and not even Joe, but Yosef Yisrael ben Chanan, his name when he was called up to the Torah. In his book, Lieberman describes how listening to the Shabbat Torah reading was...
On the first day they carry branches around the altar or pulpit singing psalms; on the seventh day, they carry copies of the Torah out of the ark to the altar, all the congregation joining in the procession seven times around the altar and singing Ps. xxix. On the ninth day they ...
those reciting the blessings as well as those standing at the amud during the Torah reading. There should be no slippery slope here if we positively and proactively define and design a way to incorporate our extended community in way that is not only appropriate, but values driven. This...
I am wondering If the Jewish person and/or persons commenting on this post that are attacking Non-Jews and Jews that believe in Jesus , please answer me a few questions: If you are the Superior and follow God and The Torah then why are you defending organizations who promote sexual pervers...
Around the time of its100th Anniversary, my guess is that Israel will be a Theocracy, and will have a Constitution and leadership/governmental structure no different from Iran. Israel will likely have Supreme Leader who will be chosen by a committee of ...