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Fish Out Of Water
A true master of life never leaves this world—he transcends it, but he is still within it. He is still there to assist those who are bonded with him with blessing and advice, just as before, and even more so. … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Jesus, Judaism, kindness, Messiah, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Redemption, Talmud, The Rebbe, Tikkun Olam
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The Bible as a Quantum Cookbook
When I was young, my father, a rabbi, would roll up his sleeves in front of an open Talmud and spend four or five hours putting different postulates and corollaries together as though he were building a road in ancient … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, Jewish authority, Judaism, messianic judaism, quantum physics, Talmud, talmud study
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The Unsimple Truth
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough. -attributed to Albert Einstein According to Rashi, the question is directed against Rav Yirmiyah who had said that the basket in the tree does not actually have to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, D Thomas Lancaster, einstein, God, Judaism, mark nanos, Talmud, truth
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Moshiach Rabbeinu
Believe it or not, this week’s message was not inspired by the fact that the Catholic Church has chosen a new Pope; it just offers a convenient contrast. As you probably know, there is, in their beliefs, a doctrine of … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, halachah, Jesus, Judaism, Messiah, messianic judaism, mishnah, sages, Talmud, traditions
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The Unintentional Shabbos Christian
If a non-Jew lit a candle [for himself], a Jew may also benefit from it. If the non-Jew lit it for the Jew, this is prohibited. -Shabbos 122a The Mishnah discusses the case where a gentile lit a candle on Shabbos. … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, generosity, Judaism, neighbors, relationships, shabbat, shabbos, Talmud, tzedakah
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Love and Commentary
From where do we learn from the Torah that changing one’s clothes is a sign of respect? -Shabbos 114a The verse from Yeshaya 58:13 was already expounded to teach, among other things, that one’s Shabbos clothes should not be like one’s weekday … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Gemara, God, Jesus, Judaism, learning, mishnah, sages, Talmud, tradition
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Struggling to Touch the Essence
During the centuries following the completion of the Mishnah, the chain of transmission of the Oral law was further weakened by a number of factors: Economic hardship and increased persecution of the Jewish community in Israel caused many Jews, including … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, church, Gemara, Israel, Judaism, messianic judaism, mishnah, Talmud, Torah
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Reunification
On this day in 1601, Hebrew books that had been confiscated by Church authorities were burned in Rome. This was an unfortunate theme throughout the Middle Ages: In 1592, Pope Clement VIII had condemned the Talmud and other Hebrew writings … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, Christianity, FFOZ, Jordan Levy, Judaism, mechitzah, Messiah, messianic judaism, Talmud
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Messiah in the Jewish Writings, Part 1
It cannot be said that everything the sages taught about the Messiah was correct. There is the occasional story which seeks to make the Messiah subservient to a certain rabbi (such as in Zohar 1:4b, which has the Messiah trembling … Continue reading
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Tagged God, halachah, Jesus, Jewish, Judaism, Messiah, messianic judaism, Rabbi, Talmud
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