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Genesis 1:1-6:8 The first parashah of the Torah, Genesis, covers from God’s creation of the World, to Noah. Its famous opening, alternatively “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” or “When God began to create the heavens and the earth”, catches some people by surprise. If the Torah, which means teaching in Hebrew, [...] This is the text of the artwork what we gave our parents for our wedding as a gift: בִּרְכַּת הַבַּיִת Blessing For The Home זֶה הַבַּיִת וְזֹאת הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה May This Home Be A Place יֵדְעוּ תָּמִיד הַצְלָחָה וְשִׂמְחָה Of Happiness And Health וְזֶה הַמָּקוֹם יְבֹרַךְ מִמָּרוֹם A Place of Contentment The biblical Ruth is lucky she isn’t converting to Judaism in 2009. If she ever wants to live in Israel, that is. Her moving, lyrical story of devotion to her mother-in-law and embrace of Jewish values has long stood as a potent symbol of the loving outsider who wishes to come in, and is lauded for [...] The ideal Conservative Jew: 1. Supports a Conservative synagogue by participating in its activities. 2. Studies as a Conservative Jew a minimum of one hour per week. 3. Employs learned Jewish values to guide behavior even when it conflicts with personal feelings or inclinations. 4. Increases personal Jewish living out of commitment and as a result of thought, by [...] But what gives these women any hope that their claim could be accepted? Hasn’t the law already been established by God at Sinai? Sure, the law seems unfair. But what’s fair got to do with it? Why should anyone think that his or her own sense [...] In response the two sages quote to them the well known verse from Isaiah: For out of Zion shall go forth the Torah and God’s word from Jersualem.[Isaiah 2:3] They meant, of course, that Zion and Jerusalem were the source of God’s law and not Babylon. In the Talmud of Eretz-Israel [Sanhedrin 6a] we find a truly [...] | ||||
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