Jewish Texts
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Human Suffering – Some Resources
The Jewish scriptures give no satisfactory explanation for human suffering. I wanted to hear your view on the matter. Answer: Hi! I guess it depends on what you mean by “satisfactory”. No explanation will make the suffering go away. But…
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Adam, Noah, and New Species
In Gen 2:18-20 it talks of G_d bringing all the animals to Adam to name. In the story of Noah’s ark it says that all the animals came in pairs (except the clean animals for eating). With all of the…
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Redundance of Light
In the first paragraph of the Torah the word “light” is mentioned 5 times. Why is this so? Perhaps because the light in this verse isn’t physical. The sun wasn’t created until day 4. This light is the eternal spiritual…
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Creation in Seven Days, and Not One
Why did G-d take seven days to create the world? Why didn’t he just do it in one second? We are told that G-d is showing us how complex the world is, and all that effort was done just for…
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The Forbidden Fruit on the Tree of Knowledge
I would like to know what the teachings have commented regarding the significance of the tree of knowledge bearing the forbidden fruit. My concern is how could seeking knowledge be presented in such a negative context? Wow! Quite a question.…
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Casting Eve
Why is there no account of Eve being cast out of the Garden? The word in 3:22 that is sometimes translated as “the man” would be better translated as the collective “Man” or “humanity”. Rabbi Seinfeld
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Marriage Verses
My daughter is getting married. She would like me to read a message in english from the torah that would have meaning to “marriage”. While not from the Torah section of the Bible per se (but rather from the Prophets)…
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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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The Six Days of Creation
Why did G-d create the earth in seven days? why not eight? why not six? Hi! You’re asking a very interesting question. I should say that I’m tempted to just brush it off, by giving an answer that Maimonides used…