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What is the Oral Torah?
The Torah we were given includes two parts. The Written Torah and the Oral Torah. We consider the Oral Torah to be the primary source of all our laws…
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Rashi - The Great Jewish Teacher
Rashi, a 12th century scholar from France was one of the greatest Jewish scholars of all times. Best know for his commentaries on the Torah and Talmu…
6 years, 5 months ago
The Jewish Rule of Tithing
Tithing or separating a tenth of one's earnings for charity originates in Judaism where it is known as Maaser Kesafim and has since been adopted by o…
6 years, 5 months ago
The Jewish View on End-of Life-Care
Modern medicine has given us the power to extend lives even when the individual is not expected to recover and may be in extreme pain or not responsi…
6 years, 5 months ago
What is the Jewish View on Martyrdom?
Do Jews have martyrs? There are religions in which it's a great thing to die for your faith, and doing so makes you a saint or gets you a ticket to p…
6 years, 5 months ago
Does Judaism believe in the death penalty?
The ethics of capital punishment has been hotly debated for decades with our Governor recently taking a strong position against capital punishment. T…
6 years, 6 months ago
Does Judaism Allow Abortions?
One of the biggest cultural debates in the past century has been over abortion. Does allowing abortions protect a women's right to choose or does pro…
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Infertility: A Jewish Perspective
Many of our early ancestors including Abraham and Sara, Isaac and Rebecca and Jacob and Rachel suffered with infertility. Today, we have modern medic…
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Does Judaism believe in Vaccines?
Vaccines have been administered across the world for decades as a way of building immunity to viral infections. While vaccines have limited the sprea…
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Understanding Animal Sacrifices in Judaism
Animal Sacrifices were a central part of Jewish practice when our Temple stood in Jerusalem. Though we no longer practice sacrifice since we have no …
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