Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people with around 15 million followers as of 2006. It is one of the first recorded monotheistic faiths and one of the oldest religious traditions still practiced today. The values and history of the Jewish people are a major part of the foundation of other Abrahamic religions such as Samaritanism, Bahá'íism, Islam, and Christianity.
 Why is a search for "Jew" different? If you recently used Google to search for the word "Jew," you may have seen results that were very disturbing. We assure you ...
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 The Old Testament books of the Bible The Old Testament books of the Bible describe numerous struggles of the Jewish people. After their triumphant Exodus from Egy...
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 Joachim Gaunse, a Jewish metallurgist and mining engineer from Prague, was invited to England by the Royal Mining Company in ...
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 I always envy my friends who prepare simple and elegant "Mishloach Manot" on Purim - a beautiful bag filled with a bottle of ...
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 The mitzva of Mishloach Manotand the Shaliach in Purim The Mitzva and its Reasons The Gemorra learns from the verse in the Megilla (9,22) "... to make them days of feasting and jo...
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 Drinking on Purim until one does not know (ad dlo yada) The Obligation of Ad lo Yada The Gemora (Megillah 7b) quotes Rovo that "one is obligated liv'sumi [Rashi - to become into...
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 There are many myths and legends about the Baal ShemTov Even the most fantastic ones they say, are true -- because even if they didn't actually happen, the Baal Shem Tov was cap...
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 Happy Birthday, Baal Shem Tov! On the 18th of Elul 5757 (Sept. 20 1997), we entered the 300th year of the Baal Shem Tov. (The Baal Shem Tov's passing wa...
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 how is "God" actually pronounced? When Orthodox Jews read a passage that includes the name of God, how is "God" actually pronounced? Is another word used--like...
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 Jewish Beliefs about God "The attributes of God include omnipresence, omniscience, omnipotence, eternity, truth, justice, goodness, purity and holines...
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 Can you describe the nature of God, as defined by the Jewish tradition? My colleague Rabbi Nechemia Coopersmith explains it as follows: In the horror movie "The Blob", a jelly-like monster falls fr...
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 Yahweh, I AM THAT I AM, the Eternal God (’El ‘Olam) One aspect of God's nature that fascinates and comforts us is his eternity. In this chapter we'll examine God's s...
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 God's name is treated with unusual care in Jewish tradition The divine name, YHWH (spelled with the Hebrew letters yud, hey, vav, hey) is never pronounced. Traditionally, Jews read the ...
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 Shabbat (ùáú shabbāt, "rest" Hebrew, or Shabbos in Ashkenazic pronunciation), is the weekly day of rest in Judaism Shabbat is observed, from before sundown on Friday until after nightfall on Saturday, by many Jewish people with varying degr...
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 The Hebrew/Jewish calendar (Hebrew: äìåç äòáøé) or Jewish calendar is the annual calendar used in Judaism The Jewish/Hebrew Calendar determines the dates of the Jewish holidays, the appropriate Torah portions for public reading, Y...
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 Jewish law prohibits doing any form of melachah ("work", plural "melachot") on Shabbat According to Rabbinic literature, Jews are commanded by God to observe (refrain from forbidden activity) and remember (with w...
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