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When you join a church, you pay a membership fee each year, and you are also expected to put money into the collection plate at each service you attend. Likewise, when you join a temple, you pay a membership fee each year, but Jewish law forbids handling money on shabbat, so there’s no weekly collection. Instead, you are expected to pay for High Holy Day services in the fall. Those are the only services you pay for; there is no charge for regular shabbat services. So what’s the difference? In church, you pay as you go. In temple, you pay once, and after that, only for Erev Rosh Hashannah/Rosh Hashannah and Kol Nidre/Yom Kippur services. So you can safely lay to rest all those negative stereotypes about Jews and money. No faith community can exist without the financial support of its members. The only difference here is in how it’s collected.
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Name : Emma R., Gender : F, City : Los Angeles, State : CA, Country : United States,Jews believe that the Messiah has not yet arrived, and Christians believe that Jesus was the Messiah, so the term ‘Messianic Jew’ is a total contradiction. If you believe that Jesus was the Messiah (the Messianic part of the term,) you meet the definition of a Christian, and specifically do NOT meet the definition of Jew. If you believe that Jesus was a great teacher but that the Messiah has not yet arrived, you meet the definition of a Jew, but not of a Christian. Take your pick; you can’t be both. Messianic ‘Judaism’ is simply Christianity repackaged to appeal to Jews. Nothing wrong with Christianity, or being Christian, but you can’t be both. Sorry!
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Name : Emma R., Gender : F, City : Los Angeles, State : CA, Country : United States,I don’t speak Hebrew, but I have been told that the best translation of ‘tzadik’ is ‘wise fool’ or ‘holy fool.’ So it’s someone who appears simple but is in direct contact with the holy, and functions as a conduit of holiness to the rest of the unconscious world, maybe without even knowing he’s doing it.
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Name : Emma R., Gender : F, City : Los Angeles, State : CA, Country : United States,Shabbat, the period from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday, is a time of rest, which replicates God’s rest on the the seventh day. That means that observant Jews are restricted in what they may do, since most of what we do every day is considered ‘work.’ There is an additional concept that on six days of the week, we DO things which CHANGE things, so on this one day, we do nothing that would change anything. It’s not just about resting, because different people have different definitions of ‘rest’ – weeding the garden may be restful, but the act of pulling a weed changes nature and the earth, so it’s prohibited. As far as I know, the only things observant Jews are allowed to do on Shabbat are go to services (on foot,) visit with friends and family, study Torah or Talmud, read, eat, and nap. It takes a little planning, but it’s very refreshing, both physically and spiritually!
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Name : Emma R., Gender : F, City : Los Angeles, State : CA, Country : United States,Beans, greens and cornbread are tasty, but I think it’s presumptuous to assume that every black person would automatically order them when they go out. Do all Jews order gefilte fish? Do all Italians order lasagne? Do all Chinese order kung pao chicken? I think your friend was generous in responding to your question at all, let alone revealing her insecurities as she did.
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Name : Emma R., Gender : F, City : Los Angeles, State : CA, Country : United States,
