Hello, My name is Kimberly and I am new to this site. I am interested in converting and found this site. I have been doing some reading form some books but...
I guess I would be a good idea to attend services, to have a little more first hand experience of what observance is about. What city are you located in? Are...
I am in Cleveland, Ohio and I am interested in becoming Orthodox. Kimberly......... "Ivan : )" <evaughn2k@...> wrote: I guess I would be a good idea to...
Kimberly, You're fortunate to be living in Cleveland, which has a very strong Jewish community (including a very strong Orthodox community). I remember...
I think the best thing for you is to read, read, read! Read "To Pray as a Jew" and "To live as a Jew" by Rabbi HaLevy Donin - both available on Amazon. Also...
I think that Blu Greenberg's book is a good 'starter' book but should not be considered to represent any Orthodox view, neither Charedi nor Modern-Orthodox. ...
B"H We find many instances where the Rabbis will force a man to divorce his wife, but I would be much ado to list them all. In the Questions & Responsa of...
I think that the posting might be a bit to academic. We should also stress that violence is always sinfull and we should distinguish the nouns of discord and...
I have been practicing judaism since the age of 9 by myself and it was not untill my 30 birthday that my family accepted the fact that this religion wasn't...
I am a convert and member of a Reform congregation and experience complete acceptance. I do not see, feel, or hear anything but acceptance or support for...
My father's side is pretty dark, and my brother could pass for a PuertoRicano. My brother-in-law is Temani (Yeminite) and very likely darker than you are, yet...
My father's side is pretty dark, and my brother could pass for a PuertoRicano. My brother-in-law is Temani (Yeminite) and very likely darker than you are, yet...
I have been practicing judaism since the age of 9 by myself and it was not untill my 30 birthday that my family accepted the fact that this religion wasn't...
Wow, I'm surprised at what you are experiencing. I think it is because although I had not even started my conversion (nor had anyone asked if I had or when I...
I am also a Jew of Color, and honestly, the reaction depends on the congregation. Some synagogues are welcoming, others are not. I have found that synagogues...
I am here to learn more about Judaism because after reading some Jewish books on theology and Biblical studies, well, I had to know more. I don't know what...
I only have dial up and I can not read Hebrews. I will try to keep my questions divided to be sure I understand one thing before I ask another. Divisions of...
I am trying to understand the Gemara, Mishnah, Talmud and the structure of how they are divided up. Are there on line sites where you can look at the Gemara,...
Mishna = laws given to Moses and repeated orally for centuries until about 200 C.E. a Rabbi began the task of putting those oral instructions to written text. ...
Clint, Have you thought about going to one of your local synagogues a few times? Their rabbis may be happy to answer questions as well. Judaism is not big ...
Your postulate on how the Mishnah should have been written is not the same as that of Rabbi Judah the Prince. He wrote based on topics and included both Torah...
You have to understand that there are many streams of Judaism that have rejected traditional Judaism as it was practiced,basically without change, for...
You won't find extensive passages in the Gomorrah that quote directly from Moses. Most of the quotes are in the 5 books of Moses. the Talmud (Gomorrah) is...
If you want to know more, you might as well go to a few synagogues from different denominations. Orthodox services are conducted only in Hebrew (some prayers...
Clint, I completely understand your nervousness, I've been there too. We only have one synagogue here and a very small community so I was afraid we wouldn't be...
Dear Sam: According to what I know, there is no separation in the Talmud as to what was said to (and by) Moses and what the Rabbis expanded by book or chapter,...
Babylon was an empire that ceased to exist centuries before the Christian Era The Babylon Talmud was created over a century after the Palestian Talmud Where...
Very good question!! The Babilonian (Bavli) Talmud was written in about 1600 CE, not too long after the Greeks left, It continued to have its own culture and...
I think you meant to say about 500 CE. Its editors were Rav Ashi and Rav Inna (also called Ravina, Rabina), the latter passing away in 500. It would be...
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