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Why is Jewish Law so Petty Minded?
By Aron Moss
Why the obsession with such insignificant details as how many ounces of matza do I eat, which spoon did I use for milk and which for meat, what is the right way to tie my shoelaces? It seems to me that this misses the bigger picture by focusing on minutiae  35 Comments | |
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Jewish customs: Too many reasons, or none at all!
By Dovid Zaklikowski
I find it interesting that when we do have an explanation for a particular custom, there's usually more than one reason. And when we don't have a reason, we nevertheless continue with the tradition... | |
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Why So Many Don'ts on Shabbat?
By Yanki Tauber
I love the Shabbat experience, but why so many restrictions? All that "don't do this" and "don't do that" -- sounds more like a prison than a day of rest! 11 Comments | |
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Day of Rest
By Aron Moss
I like the idea of a day of rest. But why should I start my day of rest at a prayer service? Aren't there better ways to start my weekend? 2 Comments | |
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Why Is Challah Braided?
By Chana Weisberg
The six days of the week are the paradigm of diversity. Perhaps the braiding of the challah represents the idea of unity, how we tie everything together... 8 Comments | |
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Why Do We Keep Kosher?
By Tzvi Freeman
It would be absurd to think that G-d gave us the Torah as a sort of bandage for His mistakes. "Oops! I didn't mean to put those nasty animals there! People might eat them! What do I do now?" 29 Comments | |
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Who Invented the Synagogue?
By Shlomo Yaffe
Is it true that there is no mention of the synagogue in the Torah? It's hard to imagine "Judaism" -- at least as we know it today -- without synagogues! 2 Comments | |
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The Kabbalah of the Tallit
By Aron Moss
The garment surrounds our body, the fringes hang off it. They represent the two aspects of G-d's being: His true self that is totally beyond our grasp, and the tiny fraction of His being we can experience 3 Comments | |
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Why Do We Wear a Kippah?
By Baruch S. Davidson
The tradition to wear a kippah developed as a sign of our recognition that there is Someone "above" us who watches our every action... 9 Comments | |
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The Beard
By Aron Moss
I have often wondered why many religious Jews have long hairy beards. Is this, like the kipah, a means of identifying oneself as a Jew or do the beards serve some other purpose? 2 Comments | |
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