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peace
S. Daniel Abraham
31 March, 2014 -- It sometimes seems as if the Torah set down this 3,500-
year-old incident for no other reason than to offer guidance ... eliminates the possibility of peace with the Arab
world.
In this understanding of the Torah, one very important Bible story is
invariably ignored, a story that offers very different guidance ... livestock
and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock." The fighting is severe — the Torah
says, "and they were unable to dwell together" — and Abraham is anxious
to find a solution
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EFTA01926813Set 10
2014-04-0430p7,077w
peace
S. Daniel Abraham
31 March, 2014 -- It sometimes seems as if the Torah set down
this 3,500-year-old incident for no other reason than to offer
guidance ... eliminates the
possibility of peace with the Arab world.
In this understanding of the Torah, one very important Bible
story is invariably ignored, a story that offers very different
guidance ... livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's
livestock." The fighting is severe — the Torah says, "and they
were unable to dwell together" — and Abraham is anxious to find
a solution
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EFTA02009196Set 10
2014-07-113p794w
years old is one of the
most important of the 613 Commandments in the Torah. It is
particularly important that all Jewish men fulfill this commandment of
donning Tefillin during ... Significance
Tefillin is one of the most important Mitzvol (precepts) of the Torah. It has been observed and
treasured for thousands of years, right down to the present ... Torah mentions it more than
once, but most explicitly in Deut. 6:8 "You shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they
should be for a reminder
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EFTA00718698Set 9
2012-08-023p1,532w
weekly Shabbas email, to all of our members and former members, about the weekly Torah portion.
This weeks Torah portion is, Parshah Va'etchanan - Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 Torah ... reaching implications that it challenges the impression that has prevailed thus far in the Torah, giving an entirely
new complexion to the biblical image of the people of Israel
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2014-03-3137p8,890w
discussion
of Maimonides' two most important works, his code of Jewish
law (Mishne Torah in Hebrew) and his great philosophical
work, The Guide of the Perplexed. Maimonides attempted to
codify ... focusing instead on the broad philosophical themes
that form the foundation of the Mishne Torah. In particular,
Halbertal shows that in the philosophical sections of his code,
Maimonides seems ... seeks to eliminate the nonrational elements from human life.
To be sure, the Mishne Torah presents many laws whose
purpose seems less than rational to most people. But as with
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EFTA01951982Set 10
2013-10-0929p6,988w
They
don't observe the Sabbath, they don't observe the Torah, they
don't pray, they don't put on phylacteries every day. Is it any
wonder that they ... tsunami and there are terrible natural disasters, because there
isn't enough Torah study," he said. "Tens of thousands have
been killed. All of this because they have ... right-
wing Jewish Home party: "Those are religious people? They
come to uproot the Torah. Those who elect them deny the
Torah, this is the Jewish Home? This
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EFTA01999617Set 10
2012-04-1428p7,881w
legacy of
Moses, the five books of the Pentateuch, also commonly known as
the Torah. They reject all other scripture from the Bible.
Once in the Majority
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word by word. And he compares the Samaritan Torah with the Jewish
version.
"Actually there's only one main difference," he says. Among the
Jews ... world's religious epicenter, whereas for the
Samaritans it's Mount Gerizim.
But which Torah is the original? Until recently, the generally
accepted school of thought was as follows
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EFTA01931930Set 10
2014-03-1031p7,480w
consciousness, to be Jewish was to be Bookish," Mr. Schama
writes. Jews carried the Torah everywhere, sometimes in
miniaturized versions on their persons. Burning it was little use;
these people ... memorized.
The Torah had everything a mentally omnivorous culture
needed. Mr. Schama describes it as "compact, transferable
history, law, wisdom, poetic chant, prophecy, consolation and
self-strengthening counsel." Yet that
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EFTA01073880Set 9
2011-12-1327p7,335w
appeased? The immemorial answer is: By human sacrifice.
What is the essence of the Torah? It is not the Ten Commandments,
these were known, and the practice of most aspired ... they are merely a
Calling Card; to wit: "remember me . . . ?"
The essence of the Torah is the Akedah, the Binding of Isaac. The
God of Hosts spoke to Abraham
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EFTA01931873Set 10
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letter by the
spirit, the flesh (the material world, the commandments of the
Torah, the literal text) by the soul. "I bless you father...," writes
Luke, "for hiding these things
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