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The term ‘Messianic Jew’ is an interesting term to refer to Jews who convert to Christianity. In other words, they accept Jesus as the Messiah. Judaism as a religion believes that the Messiah has not yet come, so technically speaking from traditional Judaism’s view, you cannot both be a Jew who believes that the Messiah has not come as well as a Christian, who believes he has. There are many other differences, but we’ll stick with this one. In reference to your question, the ‘traditional’ Jewish community would not see you as Jewish, but they would view you as a Christian. As far as ‘acceptance’ goes, that depends on whether or not you’re referring to them accepting you as a Christian (which they would) or accepting you as a Jew (which they would not). Messianic Judaism is really mostly made up of Jews who converted to Christianity, so I’m not sure why you’d ‘convert’ to that if you’re not already Jewish. Christianity is fundamentally the same thing. Hope this answers your question…
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Name : Whitty__, City : Washington, State : DC, Country : United States,The basis for the Bris Milah (circumcision) in Jewish law is contained within what you would call your Old Testament: Gen 17:9-14 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore,thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thyseed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be atoken of the covenant betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. Also: Lev 12:1-3 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. There are also references in Deuteronomy, Joshua, Jeremiah, et cetera. So yes, circumcision is a sign that one has a covenant with G-d. There are also numerous references in Torah about circumcising one’s heart for G-d…in other words, making one’s heart willing to accept the covenant with G-d. G-d doesn’t have ‘concerns’ with the male penis. It’s just a way for those who wish to make a covenant with G-d to prepare their young sons according to the G-d’s wishes and Jewish tradition. Incidentally, most American hospitals circumsize a newborn son unless the parents request otherwise. It was thought that circumsized penis’ were less prone to infection, although this is up for debate in the medical community now.
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Name : Whitty__, City : Washington, State : DC, Country : United States,Kippot, or yarmulkes, are worn by all branches of Judaism. All Orthodox, some Conservative and very few Reform Jews wear them constantly. It is common practice for all Jews to wear them in synagogue, both men and women, although some Reform Jews choose not to. The Talmud says ‘cover [the child’s] head so that he will have the fear of heaven.’ The Talmud also associates a covered head with humility. Therefore, wearing a yarmulke is a sign of humility to and respect for G-d.
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Name : Whitty__, City : Washington, State : DC, Country : United States,
