Basics of Judaism
- Basic Values and Morality
- Chosen People
- G-d and Torah
- Heaven and Hell
- Other Denominations
- Reward and Punishment
- Science and Torah
- Sin and Repentance
- The Messiah
- Who is a Jew?
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Dead Sea Scrolls
What is the Jewish opinion on the Dead Sea Scrolls? The Dead Sea Scrolls are a curiosity. Nothing in them could change Judaism especially as the authors are unknown. Who is to know if they had any authority.
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Excessive Dieting
I am constantly on diets. Although I am not fat I always have this pressure to be really slim. After all, in the world today, everyone is trying to be thin and look good. Is there something wrong with that?…
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Debt
Is it against G-d to have a debt? It certainly isn’t against G-d to have debt. However it is against G-d to have debt that you don’t pay off. Rabbi Meir Goldberg
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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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Dinosaurs and the Six Days of Creation
In Genesis it tells us what was created on each day. So if on the first day, the Heaven and Earth were created, and at the end of the week, the sixth day, man was created, and man was not…
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Moses and Intermediaries
Since Moses gave the law to the people is Moses an intermediary like Catholic priests are intermediaries? I recently read the passage where God descends from the mountain to give the Ten Commandments. I found that even when facing God…
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Blood and Organ Donation
Can Jews donate blood? Or would this be a no as it might be viewed along the similar line of an Orthodox Jew donating an organ? According to my teacher, organ donations are not permitted because the way G-d made…
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Faith and Trust
Is faith in God the same thing as trust? It is possible to have faith in G’d while not fully trusting Him to do what you want. One could argue that taking out an insurance policy shows a lack of…
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Afterlife and the Pine Coffin
I never understood what the jewish belief is about the afterlife. I’ve heard that Jews were to be buried in a plain pine box so that a return to life would be that much easier (as opposed to an impenetrable…