Basic Values and Morality
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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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Basic Values and Morality, Criminal Law, Judaism and Non-Jews, Laws of Damages, Reward and Punishment, The Jewish Legal System
Death Penalty and Noahide Laws
I was studying something which quoted the Talmud as saying that all seven Noahide laws are capital crimes. What do I make of this? Does Judaism say that a non-Jew is supposed to be executed for any crime, including, for…
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Retirement
What do the Jewish Texts and thinkers say about retirement? That is an interesting question. Certainly, we can understand that everyone reaches a point in their lives when their profession is too difficult or too tedious to continue. However, while…
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Stem Cell Research
What is the Jewish view of Stem Cell research? The following article from our other site addresses the issues. Judaism and Stem Cell Research by Dr. Yoel Jakobovits With one spectacular development tumbling over the next in ever more rapid…
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Faith and Dealing with Cancer
My son has been diagnosed with brain cancer. I’m considering giving a talk to a group about my experience. How can I relate our hope and the comfort we receive from Prayer and the Torah. I want to share our…
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Is evil genetic?
As Judaism doesn’t believe in original sin, is it possible to adhere to Jewish teachings yet believe that being evil is genetic? By evil I mean someone who does awful things. I believe that doing such depends on how a…
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The “Yetzer HaRa”
Is there anyway to “weaken” our Yetzer HaRa (the natural drive for misdoing) and/or strengthen ourselves to make it have less of an effect on us? I was told that it’s the “job” of our Yetzer HaRa to try to…
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Bad News Jews
I work for a Jewish man. From day one this man has lied to me about my salary. He has been manipulative and cruel. My bible teaches me that I am never to disrespect an elder man or woman. How…
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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…