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Category Archives: Judaism
Lunch Returns Me To Childhood
I made a new friend over lunch today. He’s a lifelong Seventh-Day Adventist. Our lives have many parallels. Our fathers were SDA ministers who were ejected from church ministry for preaching heresy. I feel light-headed. I feel like I am … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Christianity, Judaism, Orthodoxy
Tagged avondale college, freedom fries, seventh day adventism, seventh day adventists, story of abraham, vegie burgers
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Another Book On Divine Providence
Jaded Topaz echoes my thoughts: Why is everyone falling in love with "hashkafah" all over again every morning and new yeshiva "zman". I think arguing "hashkafah" is such an utter waste of intellectual energy,the concept is laughable on its face. … Continue reading
Posted in Hershel Schachter, Judaism
Tagged approbations, divine providence, guest introduction, hashkafah, intellectual energy, medieval works, utter waste
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Rabbis, Converts & Jewish Law
I got into a discussion via email with Orthodox rabbi Yehuda Yonah Rubinstein who wanted me to remove from my website a claim that he was a convert to Judaism. I decided to publish our private email exchange after he … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion, Gossip, Judaism, R. YY Rubinstein, Rabbis
Tagged converst, converts to judaism, jewish law, journalistic criteria, medical practices, orthodox rabbi, orthodox rabbis, rubinstein
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Is Hinduism Idol Worship?
Rabbi Gil Student writes: Avodah Zarah is loosely translated as idolatry or polytheism. I don’t know much about Hinduism but as I read Dr. Nathan Katz‘s memoirs of his journey from studying Hinduism to becoming an Orthodox Jew, I was … Continue reading
Posted in Hinduism, Judaism
Tagged abrahamic faiths, comic book version, descendants of noah, gil student, nathan katz, practices of hinduism
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Avoiding Danger
Rabbi Gil Student writes: Because of this responsum’s importance, I would like to summarize its contents: Every person has an individual, set lifespan (cf. Ex. 23:26; Isa. 38:5; Ps. 39:5). This lifespan can be lengthened as a reward for doing … Continue reading →