#Talmud

Any of them! But go slowly, skip barechu and Kaddish, and daven from the English (assuming you have translation on the opposite page) if you want (Jewish law says you
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Okay, I'm not going to continue driving engagement for Ryan the Goyrax any further, but I AM going to address his challenging of the validity of non-Orthodox conversions, and why
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In Orthodox Judaism, men aren't allowed to hear women sing ("kol isha" - "a woman's voice"). The Talmud classifies this as "ervah" - literally "nakedness." Can anyone enlighten me with
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Thank you, random Presbyterian, for trying to tell me how "every Jew" reads Torah. Should we do this thing? OK. Mini-thread.https://twitter.com/TheRaDR/status/903648810416705539 Here's how Jews read Torah.It's a Mikraot Ge
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There’s a story in the Talmud in which Rabbi Meir is targeted by bad guys & starts praying for their death. His brilliant scholar wife Bruria teaches him not to
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Someone elsewhere asked me how to educate oneself away from Christian supersessionism, and wondered about a more radical Jewish-Christian split that happened around Constantine. (It was before Constantine). Here's what
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Oh hey, it's a saint-statue controversy I have opinions about. Short thread.https://www.jta.org/2020/06/29/united-states/catholic-archdiocese-defends-statue-of-king-louis-ix-the-namesake-of-st-louis-who-persecuted-jews Canonization is n
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Thread on Judaism and blood rituals. In the Talmud.https://twitter.com/J_H_5/status/1225740792863522818 The ADL and others crucified (so to speak) this guy.Ariel Toaff, Professor of Medieval and Renaissance History at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
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Some aspects of Judaism & Bibleیہودی دوطریقوں سے یہودی ہوتے ہیں٫ایک وہ جن کی ماں یہودی ہو باپ چاہے کسی بھی مذہب کا ہو. دوسرا مذہب تبدیل کرکے یہودی بن
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Can someone explain to me why people are making the sign of the cross when they pay their respects to justice ginsburg? 2/ I am asking an honest question. The
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@mhenrylaw1@DissidentRabbi@e2pilot@jhirsch99@2PT0TURBOI'm always a bit skeptical when even my fellow Jews quote the Talmud to me in order to bolster any point. (we Jews often argue with each other on just
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Its EASY, but too many ppl are being WILLFULLY IGNORANT1-"Semitic" DERIVES from Biblical word "Shem", who was 1 of Noah's sons (GEN 10:1)2-Shem's descendants were NOT Ashkenazi, etc. They were
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More specific q? You’re not obligated to forgive someone if they haven’t asked your forgiveness AND already demonstrated that they’ve done transformative work to bc someone who makes different choices.
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ME: Hey did I tell you about my new worldly attachment… the sense-impressions that it gives me totally gave me inner peaceGAUTAMA BUDDHA: I'll take "things that didn't happen" for
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OK, some folks have asked me to talk about the whole "stone to death your wayward and rebellious son" in Deuteronomy 21, which I am happy to because the Rabbis'
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Sounds exactly like Judaism:"However, rich and powerful individuals gradually began to dominate the qahals, abusing their position for their own benefit. As a result ... many ordinary Jews had begun
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