1) Much of my faith requires I deny my children freedom of choice, should I stop doing this as well?
2) Being a Jew is a socio-religious identity. Faith plays a part but even those who fall away from Judaism are still considered Jews, both by halachah and often by those in the non-jewish...
They are Jews, our faith defines them as Jews for the rest of their lives, whether they totally fall away from Judaism and become atheist or Catholic or what. It is hard to deny a choice when there isn't one.
You want my personal opinion (and now we get a bit off topic, but). I believe the moment one stops Jewish practices, most notably the keeping of the Shabbat, it increases the likelihood of children falling away from Judaism. That is ,IMPO, unless you live in Israel.
The questions that arise for me from the article come from the Ramban posing the belief that a population isn't guilty of the actions of its leadership. How culpable are the Palestinians who elected Hamas into power? On the flip side, is the poor child caught in an Israeli airstike guilty of...
I can't speak to your grandmother's journey...
But my wife and I take great pride in our Jewish identity and have a deep connection to our Jewish faith. We plan on imparting this to our children, as well as the continuation of our faith and culture to their own children. If they fall away...
It doesn't appear to be, at least not from looking at the "about us" section of the site.
Even if it was, Chabad is one part of the Jewish world, with diversity within its own ranks. The Chabad Rebbe is not the Pope of the Jews.:rolleyes:
I have no idea what you are talking about, are you referencing the Israeli flag?
Exile
Well traditionally it's been viewed the Moshiach, then the Temple, but there is some debate about it, especially amongst religious Zionists who want to start now, but I don't think it represents the...
as I have said before much of Judaism's beliefs about the moshiach are ideas, nothing is cannonized in the way Christianity and Islam have
so there are lots of ideas of how that era will be
in our liturgy and tradition that land has always been referred to as Eretz Yisrael
and if the Moshiach comes, bringing the final redemption, then the Temple will stand and not be destroyed
I am not here to discuss what happened with the prophets, this is about the concept of messiah...
when I say Israel it has nothing to do with the current nation-state, rather the geographical area which has always held the name Israel within judaism
the guarantee we have is the belief that G-d will not allow it to happen, period.
and while we both believe in One G-d, Judaism and Islam do...
he'll rule as king of Israel, and then his son after him, and so on. Or he'll rule and at his death time will come to an end and the resurrection of the dead will occur. or any other variety of possible outcomes. There is little concrete about the age of Moshiach.
if it is the age of...