This year, 5770, the first day of Sukkot fell on Shabbat. Present day halakha (Jewish practice) is not to wave the lulav and Etrog on Shabbat. When reading the Torah portion in services, I noticed that the Torah was pretty definite about the requirement to wave the lulav and Etrog on the first [...]
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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 [...] Here is a matter where the halakha is decided according to a variant reading the Talmud had that is not in the masoretic text of today’s Torahs And, most significantly, sometimes the Talmud bases laws on the spelling of particular words (e.g., the number of compartments required in the head tefillin),17 yet the spelling differs from [...] re: the conversation on morthedoxy I’ve posted here because I can’t find Michael/Garnel’s contact information and I think it’s off topic for that blog. Garnel Ironheart Says: The real fundamental difference between Conservative and Orthodox decision making is that the Conservatives decide on the answer first and, if the halacha does [...] The Aruch HaShulchan (46, yud) like the Bach that rules that if you say She’asani Yisrael, you cannot say the other two negative b’rachot – you would be “stuck” having said just one, positive, B’racha. The Rosh (Rabeinu Asher) in the back of Masechet B’rachot, upholds the version that we have in Menachot – “She’asani [...] | ||||
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