| Shivhei ha-Ari and the Decline of the Generations One of foundations of Haredi ideology is the concept of yeridat ha-dorot, the decline of the generations. Every generation is inferior to the one that came before it. It is not just that the preceding generations were closer to biblical times, and therefore possessed a stronger tradition, or that we ... 1 day ago · Izgad · izgad.blogspot.com by Izgad ()  5 references |
| On Talking and Hitting The best-known episode of this week’s parsha introduces a lesson that Jewish leaders still have not been able to internalize: Some occasions call for talking, and some occasions call for hitting. Hitting when the situation calls for talking, and talking when the situation calls for hitting, are both ... 1 day ago · On The Contrary: Judaism ... · adderabbi.blogspot.com by ADDeRabbi () 26 references |
| Untitled Today I'm writing my least favourite part of the Torah. Parshat Naso. Here follows a repeat of the post I wrote last time I was writing Naso. Parshat Naso is very, very boring. Now, you know normally I wouldn't say such a thing, because there's something interesting in nearly everything if you look ... 1 day ago · Jen Taylor Friedman · hatam-soferet.livejournal.com by Jen Taylor Friedman 15 references |
| Eco-Rabbi: Parashat Hukat - Hitting The Land This week Moses hits the rock. The Israelites had been traveling in the desert for roughly forty years, and Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron, dies. After Miriam dies suddenly the People of... ...to read the rest of this prophecy, visit Green Prophet... 1 day ago · Green Prophet · greenprophet.com by Jack Reichert 33 references |
| DEH: 1st Maccabees - The Stand While reading Thomas Cahills’s Desire of the Everlasting Hills, I took great thought from his section on the oppression of the Jews by Antiochus Epiphanes. Too many times, Modalists/Oneness believers, while refuting nearly all the doctrine of the Protestants, hold dearly to the canon established by ... 2 days ago · The Church of Jesus Christ · thechurchofjesuschrist.wordpress.com by Polycarp 1 reference |
| This week's portion: red heifer RED HEIFER (CHUKAT) Could Moshe have imagined the Red Heifer Steakhouse off King George Street in Jerusalem? He never crossed the Jordan, a Diaspora Jew to the last of his days, but maybe God granted him a vision or three of the Temple to come, limestone gleaming in the evening light. The heifer was ... 2 days ago · Rachel · velveteenrabbi.blogs.com by Rachel Barenblat 3 references |
| The Problem with Random Acts of Kindness A friend of mine once gave me a bumper sticker that says: “Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” At the time I saw it as an inspirational message. But the more I learned about Judaism, the more this bumper sticker bothered me. I found a response to “random acts of kindness” that ex ... 3 days ago · I Heart Noahides · iheartnoahides.com by I Heart Noahides |
| The Other Leather Bondage I, once again, feel I may be going into territory not as family friendly as this site is intended. If your sensibilities are easily offended (or if you think I really have gone “too far”), feel free to express yourself in comments. Some teachers have one liners that live on outside the classroom. On ... 3 days ago · Jewneric: A New Platform ... · jewneric.com by David Gertler 23 references |
| Visitor of the day -- 7/1 Doing the jobs Americans won't do? Nah, can't possibly be. Mild content warning, so it's going in the extended entry. If you go there, don't forget to click to, er, enlarge. The image, that is. (In case you're wondering, shacharit is what the morning prayers are called. And there is undoubtedly an a ... 3 days ago · Pillage Idiot · pillageidiot.blogspot.com by (Attila) 43 references |
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