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Tag Archives: moral demands
This Week’s Torah Portion Is Ki Tisa (Exodus 30:11-34:35)
I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs every Monday at 7pm PST on my live cam and YouTube. This week’s parasha is Ki Tisa (Exodus 30:11-34:35). Watch complete video here. It is higher quality than the cam stream … Continue reading
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Tagged believing in god, exodus 30, moral demands, parasha, rabbs, weekly torah portion
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For The Left, There Are No Sacred Texts
Dennis Prager writes: The reason is that elevating any standard, any religion, any text to the level of the sacred means that that it is above any individual. Therefore, what any one individual or even society believes is of secondary … Continue reading
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Tagged christianity god, Dennis Prager, judeo christian religion, karl marx, marx and engels, moral demands
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All Those Great Muslim Hospitals
On his radio show yesterday, Dennis Prager says: Islam would like the world to be Muslim. Christianity would like the world to be Christian. (Judaism has no desire that the world become Jewish, just that the world come to G-d … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Dennis Prager, Islam
Tagged charitable deeds, christian judaism, christian missionary work, Dennis Prager, islamic jihad, islamic law, moral demands
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Did I Pass Orit’s Test?
Here’s the big moment in our interview when Orit tests me, much in the same way God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son Isaac. Luke: “Do you believe that God is separate from the universe?” Orit: “Wow!” … Continue reading
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Tagged gemara, gentle reader, hovel, isaac luke, mitzvot, moral demands, test amy
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A Blog To A Young Blogger
I sat in Torah class yesterday writing out these points for a young writer: * Decide what is most important to you. Is it pleasing family, friends or community? Is it being a great Jew or is it being a … Continue reading
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Tagged favorite group, meeting god, moral demands, orthodox shuls, religious community, torah class
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