I think you said you are Christian, which makes "you" about 30% of the world population. Are you sure you want to stake your claims on something that, by your logic, has a 70% chance of being wrong?
Okay, I finally went to their Shabbat morning services (Shacharit, Torah, and Musaf) at a Limmud event for our city.
My first impression was that the prayer service was strikingly similar to our Conservative congregation's services. 98% of the prayers were exactly the same, and 90% of the...
I had heard about this once, and wasn't sure if it was an Ashkenazi vs. Sephardic thing or what. Thanks for bringing it up.
True, each congregation has some of their own trends and flavor. I guess I will have to go and see. Thanks, all. :)
Thanks. Yeah, if the synagogue's kippot are usually neon-colored like ours are... But I have my own I'll wear. I forgot that I probably shouldn't carry my tallis as I'm outside the eruv.
No, I wouldn't expect to drive to the Orthodox shul; at the worst I'd drive to the Conservative synagogue...
Hi people,
I have been davening weekly at a Conservative congregation for a couple of years now. I haven't been inside an Orthodox shul since I was about 8 years old, and I'm curious to go again and see how comfortable it feels now.
It's a Modern Orthodox synagogue, within walking distance...
This is a commandment that comes from Deuteronomy 6:8. The chapter says, "Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you this day... You shall bind them as...
Hello, folks. Does anyone else notice the similarity between the mark in the forehead and hand, compared with the Jewish practice of phylacteries (apparently even in Jesus' time), which are worn on the forehead and hand? What do you think the relation is? The phylacteries as practiced by...
True, but in Va'etchanan, to me, it still seems to be recognizing Israel's non-virtue by omission, i.e. by what it doesn't say. The Torah says that G_d gives them the Land out of love for their ancestors (implied: not because of your virtue). I just think it's more straightforward when written...
Reading the Torah parsha yesterday, I noticed that G_d says (relayed by Moses) that He is giving us the land of Israel not because of our virtue, but because of the even worse lack-of-virtue of the current inhabitants, as well as because He made and intended to keep the promise to our ancestors...
The view I've usually heard from Christians, especially Protestant Christians, is that God is a one-strike-you're-out God, where if you sin even once in your whole life, you'll be tortured in Hell forever. Not only that, but because of their concept of Original Sin, it means that you literally...
This is one belief I wrestled with for a long time. I don't really understand how the rebuilding of The Temple will happen in a way that fits an Age of Peace, but if it's a sign of the Messianic Age, and the Messianic Age is by definition peaceful, then I suppose G-d will figure out a way. And...
I've started counting by putting one grain of barley each night into a cup on my kitchen table, and collecting those as I count (starting after Pesach). I'm not sure if that's allowed, though, since I've never heard of anyone doing it...
Happy Easter season to you! Having lived in the U.S. in a Baptist-majority area, and then living later in a Catholic-majority area, I was wondering why Good Friday seems to be treated more seriously in Catholic culture? In Catholic areas, schools and businesses are often closed for the day...
I have pondered this and tried to grapple with it several times, and I can't seem to understand:
How does the (admittedly not universal-) Christian concept of salvation by faith (i.e., faith in Jesus' sacrifice and its atoning ability?) create the foundation of a moral society? If faith is...