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For 25 hours each week, Jews are required to put aside all work related objects and activities. They are to abstain from activating any form of technological machinery, such as cars, televisions, computers, and phones. In fact, all devices that assist Jews in reaching out of themselves into the outer world and impacting it are off limits.
Rabbi Daniel Lapin • Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money
Keeping these food laws is one part of what is referred to in Jewish culture as “keeping kosher.”
Tara-Leigh Cobble • The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible
Belief in G-d
We are all equal in the eyes of God. Equal but not the same.
Equal but different
— Dennis Prager
Unlike Christianity and Islam, which are religions only, Judaism is both a religion and a people. Jewish beliefs do not determine who is a Jew.
The most important leap of faith we humans must make is not just believing that God exists, but
... See moreParents are tasked with enabling their children to participate, both cognitively and emotionally, in the inexhaustible conversation that is Judaism. To learn Torah is to be reminded in countless ways every day that we have responsibilities and therefore obligations. Through Torah we teach our children to orient their lives not only around what they
... See moreShai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
God has a special relationship to Israel yet ultimately remains the Lord of all the vast universe, the Lord of Lords. Therefore, the covenant is not restricted to Jews. The covenant was offered before there were Jews in the world.
Irving Greenberg • The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays
A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion
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A central task of this generation is to incorporate experiences such as the Holocaust and the rebirth of Israel into the religious understanding of the Jewish way. Shavuot should properly be called the holiday of the Continuous Giving of the Torah. It celebrates “what God and humans have wrought.”
Irving Greenberg • The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays
First they circumcise all Israelite males, then they celebrate Passover. Their hearts need to remember Passover—it reinforces their faith.
Tara-Leigh Cobble • The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible
