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Tag Archives: Torah
The Torah’s Position On Illegal Immigration
The Torah’s Minutemen. Guarding the borders of Israel. Serious protection. Safeguarding the Homeland. Would the Torah encourage us to build a fence on the Rio Grande? Full video here.
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Tagged fence, illegal immigration, minutemen, rio grande, Torah
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Can You Convert Yourself To Orthodox Judaism?
Professor Marc B. Shapiro blogs: :I refer to the Meiri’s position that be-diavad one can convert without a beit din. That is, following circumcision one can then accept the Torah and immerse all by oneself, and ex post facto it … Continue reading
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Tagged circumcision, Marc B. Shapiro, orthodox judaism, professor marc, Torah
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Jewish Journal’s First Torah Slam A Big Success
Over 100 people had to be turned away last night at the Skirball Center. It was a mad house. JTN videotaped the discussion for future broadcast. David Suissa moderated a discussion between five rabbis on the meaning of the High … Continue reading
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Tagged Jewish Journal, jtn, Rabbis, skirball center, Torah
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Growing Up Adventist: A Dialogue Between Luke Ford and Gary Chartier XIII
Why don’t Christians feel obliged to abide by the Torah? There are two commandments in the Torah against shaving and cutting the corners of your beard. In the 19th Century, lots of Adventists, such as James White, had beards.
Is Thinking For Yourself A Torah Value?
David Suissa writes about Shalhevet in this week’s Jewish Journal: "A coed Modern Orthodox high school that would empower individual students to think for themselves and grow morally in a Torah environment." Thinking for yourself sounds to me like a … Continue reading
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Tagged coed, Jewish Journal, suissa, Torah
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I Visit Capitol Reef National Park Sunday With Marc Gafni
I’m surprised he didn’t kill me with his bad driving and edgy Torah.
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Tagged capitol reef national park, reef national park, Torah
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I Learn To Pray Again
I’d pretty much given up on my ability to pray in shul. It just seemed so lifeless. Then I returned to the Happy Minyan and learned to pray again. I feel myself opening up to God there in a way … Continue reading
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Tagged David Sacks, God, minyan, saturdays, Torah
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I Fear The Happy Minyan
I haven’t gone in about five years because I know if I go, I’ll love it and I’ll start going every Shabbos. I’ll even put aside my book of the moment and start davening. I might even find myself talking … Continue reading
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Tagged minyan, moshiach, shabbos, talking to god, Torah
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Love The Convert
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed writes in the Jewish Press: The laws regarding converts to Judaism are among the most astounding in the Torah. They teach us that any non-Jew who truly and earnestly seeks to join the Jewish people may do … Continue reading
Posted in Conversion
Tagged ancient culture, anti semite, converts to judaism, despair, deuteronomy, extreme difficulties, first glance, inner strength, insult, jew, jewish law, jewish press, melamed, nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp, rabbi eliezer, rich tradition, rsquo, shulchan aruch, Torah, truth of the matter
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