continued The term “rabbi” is very different from the term “minister” or priest. The rabbinate is not even mentioned in the Torah, Judaism’s only source of written law. Rabbinical authority, also called Smircha or Semikhah ( סמיכה) has no relationship to p[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Judaism’
Teshuvah … better than God
Tomorrow night begins the 24 hours of Yom Kippur, the Jewish fast and day of atonement. I am writing now because the date is soon and because a few days ago I posted an essay about Yom Kippur by relating how my sister had tried to influence me by invoking Yom Kippur as a day […][...]
September 4th, 2013 - 8:33 am § in Jews
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: What to eat on Rosh Hashana
New York – Halachic Musings: (Not) To Eat Meat On Rosh Hashana ? There is a well-known halacha that one is not allowed to fast on Rosh Hashana (barring certain specific circumstances). Although it is a Day of Judgment, nevertheless Rosh Hashana is also a festive Yom Tov and one must honor it p[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Turkey holds Bible hostage.
An early copy of the Bible seized in Gaziantep, Turkey. from Today’s Zaman. The book could be a copy of the Gospel of Barnabas — a controversial text which Muslims claim shows that Jesus predicted the coming of the Prophet Muhammad. The Vatican reportedly placed an official request to [...]
Yom Hashoah: Roger asks, Were Hitler’s crimes immense enough for you to make an exception for him?
Mon, May 2, 2011 …. Tomorrow is the Jewish holiday, Yom Hashoah .. the day of remembrance of the Holocaust. Because I do not believe in the death penalty, my friend Roger asked this question a few weeks ago: If Hitler had been captured alive, would you have supported executing him? Were his [...]
March 7th, 2011 - 9:44 am § in Religion
God, for better or worse, must be THE answer.
Ed. anyone want to respond? Rabbi Adam Jacobs Managing Director, Aish Center in Manhattan Posted at Huff : March 6, 2011 08:38 PM In our recent dialogue I have noticed a consistent theme. It was frequently remarked that religious lines of argumentation lack reason. The contention seems to be that [...]
December 6th, 2010 - 6:59 pm § in Christianity
My Birthday Falls on a A Catholic Festival Day:Jesus’s Bris!
Yes, it is true .. I am a New Year’s baby. It is a wonderful thing to celebrate my birth with 3 billion other humans! How many of them know WHY Jan. 1 is celebrated? In the Catholic Calendar of Saints this is the feast of the holy circumcision! Well it was on the calendar […][...]
Yeshiva’s Maccabeats: Jews vs Greeks
Happy Hannuka! and an opposing view:[...]