What is interesting are not the specificities of any one strongman but how surprisingly similar they are—even if they are completely different in terms of culture, history, economics and foreign relations. They behave in similar ways, which are driven by what I call the “Three P’s”: popu...
In an important study “Male Homosexual Intercourse Is Prohibited – In One Part of the Torah,” (TheTorah, 2017), David Frankel shows that whereas the Priestly Torah almost certainly means to outlaw homosexual intercourse (Lev 18:22 and 20:13), the other Torah law collections – namely Exo...
The Torah dictates that husband and wife are to be one "flesh" (Genesis 2:24), and while the act of eating certainly unifies the eater with her food, the act of copulation does not make husband and wife a Siamese twin. Instead, husband and wife are to form a conjoined conscious mind...
Understanding The Law Part 2: The Prophets In this episode, the guys continue their discussion of the law with a look at the prophets. The prophetic books in the Bible are an interesting follow up to the Torah. The prophets seemed to really be getting at God’s heart behind the law...
Understanding The Law Part 2: The Prophets In this episode, the guys continue their discussion of the law with a look at the prophets. The prophetic books in the Bible are an interesting follow up to the Torah. The prophets seemed to really be getting at God’s heart behind the law, an...
is optional. Meanwhile, Orthodox Jewish women will cover their heads with either a scarf or hat. According to the BBC, Jews believe head coverings are a sign of respect and fear of God, although there is disagreement in the religion as to whether covering one’s head is a Torah ...
At today’s services, there were five aliyot — five readings from the Torah scroll. Before each reading, a different group of people was invited to come up to offer a blessing and receive a blessing. First, there were the families who had welcomed babies in the previous year. They scrag...
In Kolitz’s story,beliefin God is not the point. For Kolitz’s narrator, the holy lies in his identity as a Jew, in the traditions and history of his faith. “I love God,” he says, “but I love God’s Torah more.” So here we find another version of the holy: Being true ...
There has been trauma and war, but also beauty, song, and revelation, opportunities to pursue justice and interpret Torah in new ways. Now, after 40 years of wandering the wilderness together, the next generation of Israelites are about to start a new chapter on the other side of the ...
Why hell is destruction, not eternal torment. Absolute Biblical proof of conditional immortality. What was taught in the Old Testament? What did Judaism teach? In-depth discussion on Conditional Immortality, Annihilationism, Traditionalism, and more! He