I told him that one of our greatest sages, Rabbi Akiva, had likewise begun studying the Torah at the age of 40. He learned like a small child, starting from the letter aleph and then the letter bet, and so on. The encounter made me wonder what other hidden things are going on now ...
While learning about the traditions of Judaism and studying the Torah, Howe discovered a new world of worship and ritual that expanded her experience to include several different Jewish groups, among them Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox. She reveled in the joys of arguing with God (even ...
The threat of change to their way of life is not the only reason behind their wariness of army service, but rather their belief that studying the Torah, the main Judaic reference text, is more valuable. "The Haredi society is not ideological regarding Zionism and the state of Israel. Their...
While learning about the traditions of Judaism and studying the Torah, Howe discovered a new world of worship and ritual that expanded her experience to include several different Jewish groups, among them Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox. She reveled in the joys of arguing with God (even ...
leading a monthly mishmar learning program at the Beis, in which community members teach and learn on a variety of topics. Roni hopes to become a Rabbi in the future and work towards creating Orthodox communities that are more accepting of transgender folks. He is currently studying Torah at ...
he is contaminated and must be ritually cleansed. But he is not contaminatedif the dead person is a goy, because the Torah commandment in this instance refers to “adam,” man, and a goy is not “adam.” As shocking as it may be to realize this, the Orthodox Jews, like many ancient...
No just flew in to Heathrow this morning from Montreal, Canada where I spent a few days with “The Guardians” studying Torah, discussing the Talmud and praying for the peaceful dismantlement of Israel. And here’s your regular reminder that Israel is STILL an apartheid state. Ken Dobkin De...
However, Hebrew remained the language of the Torah – the "lashon kadosh" or holy tongue. Alexander died and his generals divided the lands that they conquered. Antiochus the Great conquered Palestine and Judea in 198 B.C. The Jews took pains not to anger the Syrian-Greeks. When he tried...
“On the first night of Shavuot we usually go to synagogue and stay up all night studying Torah,” says Haddad, now a veteran ophthalmologist in New York. “Suddenly we heard screams, ‘Allah Allah!’ and shots were fired. We went out to the roof to see what’s happening, we saw fir...
The ethnocentric hostility of the Jews-consistently commented on by the peoples who have encountered them over the millennia-can be traced ultimately to the origins of Judaism as set forth in the Torah, e.g., Genesis 9:25 (“Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his ...