Judaism. Origin Judaism is a monotheistic religion. – One of the world’s 1 st religions to only worship ONE God. – Believe God is all-knowing, powerful, Judaism. Origins Canaan- Homeland, Hebrews believed it was promised to them by God (Palestine) Torah- Holy doctrine, first 5 books ...
An analysis of Wise's success with establishing Reform Judaism as a major movement in the United States begs two questions. First, how many of Wise's decisions were based on his personal convictions, and how many on his diplomatic practicality? While Wise had a grand vision for the United ...
C.E., deemed the birth ofadaughterto be amajor burden for herfather,who would have to superviseher behavior and protect her chastity.Daughters areaconstant sourceofanxiety,prone to be wayward,keepingfa-thersawake with concern lest they be unmarried or childless or,worse, unwedmothers. Giventhe...
All this amidst a new variant raging and the government not enforcing any masks nor other Covid precautions on this powerful bloc vote; so prepare for many more deaths there of their old and sick from omicron the next week or 2 while this major gathering is all about infighting of the gra...
1810 is the publication date of Rabbi Avraham Danzig’s major work, Ḥayei Adam; Danzig was an extremely influential popularizer of Shulḥan Arukh and, as I will claim, a key figure in the social spread of Ḥaredism in greater Lithuania. 1814 is the publication date of parts of ...
The third major form of Jewish fundamentalism in Israel is represented by the Sephardi ultra-Orthodox and their political party, Shas—Shas being a Hebrew acronym for Sephardi Torah Guardians. The Sephardim, in the broad sense of Jews of Middle Eastern origin, are, by and large, less well...