Rabbi Raymond Applewas for many years Australia’s highest profile rabbi and the leading spokesman on Judaism. After serving congregations in London, Rabbi Apple was chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, for 32 years. He also held many public roles, particularly in the fields of chapla...
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Though the Torah makes no specific reference to an afterlife, there are some passages that seem to suggest it, and this has given rabbis much to discuss for centuries. Christianity, in fact, derived its concept of an afterlife from its parent religion, Judaism. Early Talmudic texts do, howeve...
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But along with these meaningful customs are some, let us say, sketchy, or somewhat controversial “fringe” rituals that are the subject of much debate among the rabbis. One of these istashlich, a kind of “virtual repentance” whereby we cast breadcrumbs into a body of water in a symbolic...
Festivals, rituals and runes Seasonal festivals and their associated rituals are still important to many Norse pagans, includingMidsummer, Yule and Ostara (a celebration of the spring equinox). Some Norse pagans also believe in divination and the the power ofrunesto offer guidance, protection, and...
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2 Usually these experiences are garnered after certain preparations are made or rituals performed, although they can also be the result of rapture. The culmination of the experience is transformative in the sense that the Jewish and Christian mystics thought they could be invested with heavenly ...
(Judaism) An individual's reconciliation with God by means of repentance and confession of one's transgressions. Penance A sacrament in which a member of the Church confesses sins to a priest and is given absolution. Atonement Atonement(Christianity) The reconciliation of God and humans brought ab...