Rabbi Boruch Clinton
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Rabbi Boruch Clinton teaches at the Ottawa Torah Institute Yeshiva High
School and Machon Sarah high school for girls. Some of his essays
can be seen here. He
is also the author of the Judaism Primer on Torah.org. You may reach him with comments
and questions at [email protected].
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Dashing the Blood on the Altar
Leviticus Chapter 3:2 “And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall dash the blood against the altar around it.”…
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Syncretism, Judaism, and Alternative Claims
After (accidentally) stumbling across claims of syncretic relationship between Jewish eschatology and Zoroastrian/Persian eschatology (including parallels to Resurrection, demonology and angelology, Redemption (especially apocalyptic), astrology) and Hellenistic (conception of the soul as independent of body, immortality of said soul), and…
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Archeology and Jesus
How do you think the recent archaeological discoveries surrounding Jesus and his child’s final resting place is going to affect religion in general? I have to admit that I don’t have too much direct information on this issue, but what…
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Tolerance
Please advise how best to describe, and provide best examples/sources of, the Jewish aspect on tolerance. There are so many situations and so wide an application. For example, most people would regard intolerance as a vice (or at least regard…
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A Ring for the Groom
Why doesn’t a bride exchange rings with her groom and say something under the chupah (Wedding canaopy)? Surely in these days of equality, the marriage ceremony should be updated to reflect contemporary reality. The giving of a ring (or anything…
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Animal Sacrifice, Chicken Waving, and Stoning of Children
Do people still do burnt offerings nowadays with animals? I hope not. I know we no longer obey laws of stoning rebellious children to death. I have heard about the chicken twirling on Yom Kippur, also no longer practiced among…
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The Real Blessing
Avraham Avinu (Our Father Abraham) didn’t have children for most of his life. He lived in a generation that valued having children. Having children was a blessing, and his contemporaries regarded it as such. How was he able to relay…
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How long were the six days of creation?
The Book Of Genesis says that G-D created the world in 6 days. Does that literally mean 6 days on Earth? 6 days on Jupiter is much longer than on earth so did the 6 days actually mean a long…
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Jewish Empathy
I work with someone who is Jewish and she was telling me about a a prayer gathering that she goes to regularly. They pray for a list of people in need within their community – people they don’t even know!…