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due to a certain asshole spewing bullshit in spacelazarwolf's notes, I wanna emphasize something:
YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW HEBREW TO BE JEWISH
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEARN HEBREW TO BE JEWISH
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WANT TO LEARN HEBREW TO BE JEWISH
the only thing you need to be Jewish is to be Jewish. a Jew is a Jew.
(this message does not include messianic jews)
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hey good faith question- do you mind elaborating on judaism’s belief of g-d not being the ‘one true g-d’ and just the ‘g-d of the hebrews?
sure, but keep in mind that I wasn't raised in a religious house, so I'm not an expert and this could be inaccurate, you could wait to see if other people would elaborate in reblogs or replies.
a lot of religions have the belief that they worship the true g-d(s) and everyone else is wrong and are worshipping (a) false g-d(s). I believe Christianity works like that.
in the Tanach, there is no claim that other religions' g-ds don't exist, in fact, there are instances were miracles from other g-ds happen, but the jewish g-d is described as unique and stronger than others.
for example, in the story of The Exodus (is that how יציאת מצרים is called in english), when Moses comes to the Pharaoh for the first time to ask to release the Hebrews, he showcases Hashem's (the Jewish g-d) strength by turning his staff into a snake, the Pharaoh's magicians(?) then proceed to also turn their staffs into snakes, but Moses's snake eats theirs. the story doesn't show their g-ds as non-existent, they gave the magicians the same powers as Hashem, but the power of Hashem was stronger and thus Moses's snake won over the other snakes.
foreign worship is banned in Judaism, not because the foreign g-ds are false, but because they're not Hashem, I don't know how to explain it but that's how it works.
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Please reblog for a greater sample size if you’re interested in the results!
Edit: While comments and commentary is much appreciated, please don’t give away whether a particular answer is correct or incorrect until after the poll!
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Ahhhhhh!!!
I met with my rabbi today for our monthly check in. And at the end of the meeting, we made an appointment for May and at that meeting in May, we’re gonna discuss scheduling my beit din!
Guys! I might be Jewish in time for Rosh Hashanah!!!
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If you have no tallit, wrap yourself in the four corners of the earth and pray.
—Rabbi Menachem Mendel
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I'm pretty sure Avraham failed the test
like if I was given a test and the person giving the test very obviously told me that I was wrong and not to actually do the thing, I would assume I failed the test
also, that's about where the torah switches focus from Avraham to Yitzchak. There were no more tests after that, his story just kind of ends. His next big task is to just marry off his son and that's it he's done.
Like, I really don't think he passed that test I think he failed for refusing to question God for giving him a very unreasonable task.
And it's not like others haven't been rewarded for questioning or even fighting authority
like Yaakov is very definitely rewarding for tricking his Dad cause like right after it says he has a dream where God basically told him good job you will have many descendents. Then later on he literally fights an angel and it's a good thing cause he got renamed Israel as part of a blessing and now we're B'nei Israel
And Moshe definitely questioned authority that was like his whole thing. And even beyond Pharoah, he also had to reason with God to get them to not kill everyone.
Even Avraham that time he convinces God to not kill everyone in Sodom and Gomorrah if there are ten good people. There aren't but Avraham's questioning and reasoning with God is portrayed as a good thing.
Also, Judaism is generally very supportive of questioning authority and child sacrifices are very specifically banned in the torah, so It makes no sense that Avraham passed the test because he would've obeyed God even to kill his child. Like that moral is pretty inconsistent with the rest of the Torah.
so I definitely think Avraham failed that test.
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This seems perfect for you (found on Facebook)
omg....torn between "this is great" and "why would someone do that"
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something i love about us jews: if you put a bunch of us in a room, no matter how many different countries we're from, no matter what languages we speak - we'll be able to sing together
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Oh yeah that’s Elijah. Yeah he’s a ghost. Don’t worry about him he won’t cause any trouble. Yeah we invite him every year.
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as an autistic jew, passover is objectively the best holiday because it’s a dinner party with a script that everyone has to follow
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prince of egypt is not a christian movie. the exodus is a jewish story. it’s found in other religions, and can even have a heightened level of significance, like for black (specifically african american) christians. but it is a jewish story from jewish scripture written from a jewish perspective about jewish persecution. enjoy it all you want. but don’t go on about how much you love prince of egypt then erase the fundamental jewish spirit of it.
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I’ve seen a lot of posts from fellow Jews about how hard it feels to observe Pesach this year, how it even feels wrong while there are Jews being held in captivity right now.
I would argue that’s the very point of Pesach, and observing it has never been more appropriate than it is now.
The first Seder was not a celebration of a victory already won. The first Seder was held by the Jews while we were still in Egypt, while we were all still enslaved, huddled inside with lambs blood on our doorposts. We were anticipating imminent departure from Egypt, but it hadn’t happened yet and we had no way of knowing if it would.
Pesach is not an after-the-fact celebration of finally being out of danger. The origin of the Seder is a deliberately premature celebration, a demonstration that we have so much faith in G-d saving us that we act as if it’s already happened.
We don’t have the Seder because we are finally free. We have the Seder as a show of faith that we will be, no matter how unlikely it seems.
חג קשר ושמח
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חג פסח שמח!
Chag Pesach sameach, a happy Passover to all the Jewish and Jewish-adjacent folks!
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inflation is crazy. back in my day you could buy a goat for two coins. until the cat eats it, that is
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my calendar said it was on the 28th but chabad.org said it was today so
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