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She?s kept them all; all 613 Mitzvot
2007-09-12 05:51:00 Meet Phyllis, the keeper of all the Jewish Commandments of God. By the way, God doesn’t judge her (just so you know). Below is the segment of Todd (the Born Again) and Phyllis (the Jew): Also below you will find all of the laws that Phyllis supposedly kept: To know there is a God Ex. 20:2 Not to ...
On Actualizing Mitzvot
2007-07-15 22:45:00 ?"? ????? ???"?Shai comments on Existential Angst about what Judaism is and will become:The weight of individual decisions, if we are taught to make decisions with responsibility, will decide what Judaism is. In effect, the attitude here is that the mitzvah, not the halacha, has primacy, and there is the assertion here that mitzvah and halacha are not the same thing, and that we shouldn't turn the latter into the equivalent of an idol when in effect it's a tool to ensure the actualization of the former. The latter is the technical spec for the former, and the measure of success is not whether we've succeeded in meeting the technical spec, but whether we've found a way even outside it to ensure that the mitzvah has been performed.I think he makes an excellent point here, although I'll add one comment of my own to it - one doesn't necessarily need to be taught (from an external source) to make decisions with responsibility, one however, does need to learn (from an internal sourc...
By: Walking On Fire
The 4 Purim Mitzvot
2007-03-02 20:08:01 There are four mitzvot on Purim. All are Rabbinic in origin. Hearing the Megillah, once by day and once by night. Here’s an excellent audio shiur on the halachot of reading the Megillah. Sending Mishloach Manot (a food gift) consisting of at least two foods to another person. It should be a... [ visit A Jewish Blog to continue reading ]
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