[Al]

The true answer to your question lies in the two words of the subject heading: JEWISH TRADITIONS. Jewish is NOT a religion, it is a culture, and as such has derived its cultural practices from a blend of scripture (old testament), personal preferences, varied opinions of religious leaders over the centuries, and plain old copycat of other eastern and asian cultures. Tradition is exactly that……the habitual custom and practice of certain physical acts or mental attitudes that reflect one’s culture and morality. The Judaism and jewish culture that is claimed by present-day jewish people (more properly called Hebrews), bears absolutely NO resemblance to that which was commanded by GOD to Moses in the desert. Over the centuries, the absolutes of God’s laws have been adjusted, corrected, disavowed, and generally completely messed up by jewish leaders and teachers who tried to secure a place in history for themselves by pretending to communicate ‘newer’ truths. This, by the way, seems to happen in all religious communities, not only the Hebraic. Although there are scriptural injunctions against a woman who is undergoing her monthly cycle from having sexual contact with her husband, these are STRICTLY old testament – pre- Jesus. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ did away with the curse and penalties of Judaic law (of course, Jewish people do not accept the death of Jesus as being spiritually important, so they will affirm that all their laws still stand). The same response holds true for shaving of a married woman’s head (and using her hair to make a wig), and the prohibition from eating anywhere that does not follow the Judaic laws of cleanliness (being Kosher). All of the above are dealt with in the New Testament. BOTTOM LINE: when God first gave these oral commandments to Moses, they had meaningful reasoning behind them, and were part of the mainstay of the Hebrews – they worshipped and obeyed their God and He continually blessed them. Since the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus, the Son of God and Saviour (of everyone- -Jew and gentile alike), these sundry commands and dictates (approx. 600 of them) have been superseded by the Grace of God, and His forgiveness through Jesus. (the writer was raised in semi-orthodox Judasim, and chose to convert to Christianity)

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Name : Al, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 49, City : Ottawa (Ontario), State : NA, Country : Canada, Occupation : audio engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,