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notsmart said:
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I hear you.

It seems you may agree with Benedict that secularism is not a good thing.
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Your thoughts?
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Well, I’ll say this. If I am an insect that is 1/2 inch long with a life expectancy of about 6 weeks, if I’m lucky, then I better hope there is something more than a month and a half of toil to life!
 
Sam_777 said:
Hi Valke,

Who is the authority nowadays in Judaism?, I mean if I want to have an authentic opinion according to the Jewish law, then from where should I get it?
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In Orthodox communities there’s the ‘Beth Din’ (rabbinical court) - here’s a link to the London Beth Din, for example (‘US’ in London Jewish world is ‘United Synagogue’, just to be confusing - the Jewish Chronicle’s headlines with ‘US to . . . . .’ can make one think twice at times).

There’s absolutely no guarantee that the various Beth Din will agree on anything though. For example, people who have undertaken orthodox conversions in Israel have been known to have their children not accepted for Jewish schools because their parents are not ‘Jewish’ according to the London Beth Din!
 
The Beth Din is more of a Court that deals with actual controversies under Jewish Law. For most issues that a Jew has, (i.e., can I salt my driveway on shabbat? Can I patronize a kosher deli that is open on Saturday,etc., most go to their rabbis (or bookshelves)
 
Valke – following up on the bees, a while back, “Ask Moses” had a statement that in order to become a member of the Sanhedrin, you had to be able to argue the case FOR eating locusts.

When I askes what the arguments would be, the only reply I got was “Be completely familiar with Torah.” (Um. That didn’t quite take care of it for me.) Have you ever come across this?

I’m interested because John the Baptist is reported as eating “locusts and wild honey.”

Thanks!
 
There are locusts that are kosher. Lev. 11:20-23. THe trick is figuring out which ones.

What type of locusts are kosher is not so easy to figure out. THe bottom line is that you can only eat these if you are in a community that has a history of eating them (a tradition that the locust is kosher).
 
the general opinion/holding is that since we don’t know which ones are kosher, all are forbidden. The Sephardic Jews may have a different opinion, because they actually live in places where locusts tend to swarm.
 
I have heard that but the context of the question on “Ask Moses” seemed to indicate that locusts were bugs.
 
Valke2 said:
I’ve been focusing on the fruitless field of politics and would like to get back to a little theology/religon. Any (more) questions, comments, debates regarding Judaism anyone?
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Hi friend,I want to know that do Jewish people consider jesus as a demon leaded heretic man?I want to know it with some references from your scriptures.And another question,Some people(some muslim writers;who wrote this types of books,titled Jew conspiracy,etc etc) in my country say that Talmud ordered to loot the property of non Jewish.Now please tell me about the truth.I have very good honor for Judaism and I think that it is free from all bad tradition.So if you kindly explain me,it will be helpful for me.

peace and God bless you
 
morning_star777 said:
Hi friend,I want to know that do Jewish people consider jesus as a demon leaded heretic man?I want to know it with some references from your scriptures.And another question,Some people(some muslim writers;who wrote this types of books,titled Jew conspiracy,etc etc) in my country say that Talmud ordered to loot the property of non Jewish.Now please tell me about the truth.I have very good honor for Judaism and I think that it is free from all bad tradition.So if you kindly explain me,it will be helpful for me.

peace and God bless you
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Hi. I am having a little trouble understanding your post. If my answer doesn’t make sense, I apologize. We don’t view Jesus as a demon. There is very little in Jewish scriptures that can even be seen as referring to Jesus (as we view our bible. Obvioiusly christians find many references to Jesus in the Torah) and the few paragraphs in the Talmud that may be referring to Jesus are not kind to him. If they were written about Jesus they were written at a time when Christainity was threatening the future of Judaism. So I would not be surprised at the bitterness.
Also, because the Talmud was originally oral, the student had a lot to memorize. So it was common to use exaggeration where appropriate, to help the student remember.

Regarding the Talmud, I am not aware of any passage in the Torah that teaches us to steal from non-jews. One of the major concerns of the Talmud is fariness in business. It recognizes that if we can cheat each other in business, we can do much worse to each other. In general, the rules in dealing fairly with non-jews are very strong. It would violate everything that normative Judaism stands for to teach that we can steal from a nonjew.

Having said that, I am aware that the Talmud contains opinions of many, many rabbis and some of them had less love for non-jews then others. It is possible that the Talmud may have recorded an opinion that is hateful to a nonjew, but when using the Talmud to understand what our legal rights and obligations are, it clearly is interpeted to teach that we are not permitted to steal or otherwiswe cheat a jew or a non-jew.
 
Reviewing my last post, it might be seen as being a little murky. So I want to be clear.

The Jewish Code of Law forbids stealing from a nonjew.

Rambam, one of our most famous scholars, said that one who fools a nonjew with false weights (i.e., cheating him in a business transaction) is an abomination.
 
Valke2 said:
Hi. I am having a little trouble understanding your post. If my answer doesn’t make sense, I apologize. We don’t view Jesus as a demon. There is very little in Jewish scriptures that can even be seen as referring to Jesus (as we view our bible. Obvioiusly christians find many references to Jesus in the Torah) and the few paragraphs in the Talmud that may be referring to Jesus are not kind to him. If they were written about Jesus they were written at a time when Christainity was threatening the future of Judaism. So I would not be surprised at the bitterness.
Also, because the Talmud was originally oral, the student had a lot to memorize. So it was common to use exaggeration where appropriate, to help the student remember.

Regarding the Talmud, I am not aware of any passage in the Torah that teaches us to steal from non-jews. One of the major concerns of the Talmud is fariness in business. It recognizes that if we can cheat each other in business, we can do much worse to each other. In general, the rules in dealing fairly with non-jews are very strong. It would violate everything that normative Judaism stands for to teach that we can steal from a nonjew.

Having said that, I am aware that the Talmud contains opinions of many, many rabbis and some of them had less love for non-jews then others. It is possible that the Talmud may have recorded an opinion that is hateful to a nonjew, but when using the Talmud to understand what our legal rights and obligations are, it clearly is interpeted to teach that we are not permitted to steal or otherwiswe cheat a jew or a non-jew.
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My friend:) .You have explained it nicely.thank you very much for your nice explanation ant authentic information.🙂 .God bless you and yours :Amen:
 
Valke2 said:
Reviewing my last post, it might be seen as being a little murky. So I want to be clear.

The Jewish Code of Law forbids stealing from a nonjew.

Rambam, one of our most famous scholars, said that one who fools a nonjew with false weights (i.e., cheating him in a business transaction) is an abomination.
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Yes my friend,I have understood.And I respect Jewish Laws and I love the beauty and morality of Judaism,because it is very peaceful religion. God bless you:)
 
Valke2,

I have another question, that I wondered about today while shoveling so much snow.
I was thinking about if God when we are with him, if we are-
would stop us from loving those we knew when we are with him?
 
There’s not a lot of hard set dogma in Judaism regarding what the afterlife will be like. I’ve wondered the same thing from time to time. Will I, for example be with the woman I married? If so, what about the woman I loved before her? What age will my children be? What age will I be?

If Judaism has a direct answer to these questions, I don’t know it.
 
Valke2 said:
There’s not a lot of hard set dogma in Judaism regarding what the afterlife will be like. I’ve wondered the same thing from time to time. Will I, for example be with the woman I married? If so, what about the woman I loved before her? What age will my children be? What age will I be?

If Judaism has a direct answer to these questions, I don’t know it.
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🙂

Sometimes, its best not to know such things I think.
You are such a blessing to this forum.
Thank you for being patient with my questions.

Love,
Monica
 
Thank you for your time Valke.

I have zero experience with Judaism, and recently, it has become part of my job to travel to a Jewish temple and work on techie sort of things there.

I had never been inside a Jewish building of any kind in my life. It was a new building and very beautiful. I was curious and wandered around, checking out most of the building, but I didn’t enter I guess is what is called the synagogue. I’d call it in Christian terms the sanctuary.

I didn’t because I didn’t want to be disrespectful. Is it disrespectful to enter? Are there rules, like not going to a certain place within?
 
Hi** Valke2** & **Kaninchen :),

**Do you 100% keep Kosher food at home and when visiting friends or travelling?
 
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