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1016Halloween and Jews?</a></li>
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1056Has Judaism Changed?</a></li>
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1096	<li id="menu-item-928" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-928"><a href="/shabbat/kiddush.html">Friday Night Kiddush</a></li>
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1152<img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/squiggle.gif" width="15" height="11" name="graphics10" align="bottom" border="0" />  <a href="/#identity"><b>Who Is a Jew?</b></a><br />
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1164Shabbos (Shabbat) as a &#8220;sign.&#8221; The delight of Shabbos. More than just a part of our lives. The value of Shabbos.</span></strong></p>
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1166Some of the reasons that Hashem gave us the gift of Shabbos (Shabbat/Sabbath). Spiritual benefits and physical rest.</span></strong></p>
1167<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics21" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/shabbat/place.html">Find a Place to stay and/or eat for Shabbos</a><br />
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1170How to study the Weekly Portion of the Torah. Preparing for Shabbos. A Deeper Understanding of Reviewing the Parshah. When to Study the Parshah.</strong></p>
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1172How the Children of Israel prepared for Shabbos in the Desert, and how we prepare for Shabbos today. Shopping for Shabbos. Cooking and Cleaning. Personal Preparations. Final Preparations.</strong></p>
1173<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics21" align="bottom" border="0" />    <a href="/shabbat/list.html">Erev Shabbos (Friday) Check-Off List</a><br />
1174Erev Shabbos To-Do List. Organize your Fridays! Print out and attach to your refrigerator or bulletin board, and check off each item as its done.</strong></p>
1175<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics21" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/shabbat/candles.html">Lighting Candles</a><br />
1176The Procedure and Blessing for Lighting the Sabbath Candles</span></strong></p>
1177<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics21" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/shabbat/kiddush.html">Friday Night Kiddush</a><br />
1178Declaring the holiness of Shabbos by honoring it with a cup of wine.</span></strong></p>
1179<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics21" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/shabbat/washing.html">Washing for Challah</a><br />
1180Beginning the Sabbath Meal. (Challah is the special Shabbos bread.)</span></strong></p>
1181<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif
1181" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics21" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/shabbat/benshing.html">Benshing (Birchat Hamazon)</a><br />
1182The Grace after Meals</span></strong></p>
1183<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics21" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/shabbat/sholosh.html">Sholosh Seudos</a><br />
1184The Third Shabbos Meal</span></strong></p>
1185<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics21" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/shabbat/havdalah.htm">Havdalah</a><br />
1186Remembering Shabbat as it ends</span></strong></p>
1187<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics21" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/shabbat/alhagefen.html">After Havdalah</a><br />
1188The Blessing after the Wine</span></strong></p>
1189<p align="center"><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jadebar.gif" alt="*" width="800" height="18" name="graphics20" align="bottom" border="0" /></strong></p>
1190<h3 align="center"><a name="basics"></a><strong><a href="/basics"><span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';">The Basics of Being Jewish</span></a></strong></h3>
1191<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics21" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/basics/beingjewish.html">What is Being Jewish?</a><br />
1192Judaism is not a &#8220;quick-fix&#8221; religion. It takes total immersion, and it lovingly encompasses all of a person&#8217;s life.</span></strong></p>
1193<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics22" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/basics/beliefs.html">What Does Judaism Believe?</a><br />
1194The religion of life. The primary beliefs of Judaism are touched upon here, and some major myths about Judaism, G-d, and life in general are debunked.</span></strong></p>
1195<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics23" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/basics/repentance.html">The Path of Repentance</a><br />
1196How to repent. Repenting a bit at a time. What if you sin again? Sinners that go to Heaven.</span></strong></p>
1197<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics24" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/yomtov/chodesh/newmoon.html">The New Moon, and the Power of Judaism</a><br />
1198The importance of the New Moon in Judaism. How it was inaugurated in ancient times, and how it was set for the future. A beautiful Midrash that speaks of the power of Judaism in the spiritual realm. The relationship and difference between Shabbat and the Holidays.</span></strong></p>
1199<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics25" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/basics/whycreate.html">Why Did G-d Create the World?</a><br />
1200What purpose do we have in life? Why are there <b><i>two</i></b> worlds, this one and the next?</span></strong></p>
1201<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics26" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/basics/satan.html">Does Judaism Believe in Satan?</a><br />
1202Is there a guy in a red suit and a trident? Is Satan, if he exists, a rebellious angel? Does Satan bother us? If so, why? This article should be read after the above article, <a href="/basics/whycreate.html">Why Did G-d Create the World?</a></span></strong></p>
1203<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics25" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/basics/satan2.html">Are You <i>Sure</i> There&#8217;s a Satan?</a><br />
1204Yes, Virginia, there <i><b>is</b></i> a Satan. And there&#8217;s a Purgatory too. The Jewish Bible says so, the Talmud says so, and even our Prayers mention them.</span></strong></p>
1205<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics27" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/basics/torahstudy.html">Torah: The Blueprint of Creation</a><br />
1206What the Torah means to us and the world. Why study Torah? How to combat the Evil Inclination.</span></strong></p>
1207<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics28" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/basics/why_pray.html">What&#8217;
1207s the Point of Prayer?</a><br />
1208&#8220;G-d, I don&#8217;t ask You for much.&#8221; Is that a compelling prayer? * The most important creation in all the universe. * How is life like a wedding feast? * What does prayer accomplish?</span></strong></p>
1209<p align="center"><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jadebar.gif" alt="*" width="800" height="18" name="graphics29" align="bottom" border="0" /></strong></p>
1210<h3 align="center"><a name="learning"></a><strong><a href="/learning/"><span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';">Learning about Judaism</span></a></strong></h3>
1211<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics30" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/learning/partners.html">Partners In Torah</a><br />
1212Find a personal trainer for your Torah study! Run by Torah Umesorah, this is available all over North America. This is the program with which I am involved.</span></strong></p>
1213<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics31" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/learning/hebrew.html">Learn Hebrew</a><br />
1214Links to online websites with programs and games for learning Hebrew and other Jewish subjects.</span></strong></p>
1215<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics32" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/learning/alephchart.html">Aleph-Bet Chart</a><br />
1216Learn to read Hebrew in just a few lessons! It&#8217;s worth your time.</span></strong></p>
1217<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics33" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/learning/reading_list.html">A Beginner&#8217;s Reading List</a><br />
1218Two reading lists for those who wish to learn about Judaism.</span></strong></p>
1219<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics33" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/learning/synagogue.html">Your First Visit to a Synagogue</a><br />
1220What to expect in a synagogue, what to do there, and how to find one to go to.</span></strong></p>
1221<p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';">Coming soon, Hashem willing:</span></strong></p>
1222<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics34" align="bottom" border="0" /> <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';">Becoming Religious: Where do You begin?<br />
1223<img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics35" align="bottom" border="0" /> You were raised Christian, but you just found out your mother is/was Jewish (which means that <b><i>you</i></b> are). What now?</span></strong></p>
1224<p align="center"><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jadebar.gif" alt="*" width="800" height="18" name="graphics36" align="bottom" border="0" /></strong></p>
1225<h3 align="center"><a name="family"></a><strong><a href="/family"><span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';">Becoming Religious, and Your Family</span></a></strong></h3>
1226<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics37" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/family/sudden.html">Sudden Changes: Is Orthodox Judaism Driving Our Family Apart?</a><br />
1227Is your child becoming Orthodox? Are you worried that you will lose your child, or that your family will be torn apart? What can you do about this?</span></strong></p>
1228<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics38" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/family/sudden2.html">Sudden Changes: How Do I live With My Parents?</a><br />
1229For the Baal Tshuvah Son or Daughter. How do I explain that I don&#8217;t want to hurt anyone? How to keep a happy family life after Tshuvah.</span></strong></p>
1230<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics39" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/family/nocult.html">Is Judaism a Cult?</a><br />
1231Jewish parents worry, when their children become Orthodox, that perhaps their children are joining a cult. How can we demonstrate that Judaism is not a cult?</span></strong></p>
1232<p align="center"><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jadebar.gif" alt="*" width="800" height="18" name="graphics40" align="bottom" border="0" /></strong></p>
1233<h3 align="center"><a name="cycle"></a><strong><a href="/cycle/"><span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';">The Jewish Cycle of Life</span></a></strong></h3>
1234<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics41" align="bottom" border="0" /> <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/cycle/milah.html">Bris Milah: The Covenant of Circumcision</a><br />
1235Why that part of the body? How is circumcision a completion of the human male? Why don&#8217;t women have a comparable Commandment?</span></strong></p>
1236<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics42" align="bottom" border="0" /> <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/cycle/brishealth.html">Circumcision and Your Child&#8217;s Health</a><br />
1237Is it safer to have a doctor or a Rabbi circumcise your son? The difference between the two, and which it is better to use.</span></strong></p>
1238<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics43" align="bottom" border="0" /> <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/cycle/exchange.html">An Exchange of Holiness: Redeeming the Firstborn Son</a><br />
1239The special status of &#8220;firsts.&#8221; An act of gratitude. Firstborn and priests. Why a Redemption?</span></strong></p>
1240<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics44" align="bottom" border="0" />
1240  <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/cycle/pidyan.html">Pidyan Haben: How to Redeem Your Firstborn Son</a><br />
1241Who Gets Redeemed? When is the Redemption Performed? The Amount of the Redemption. Preparing for the Ceremony of the Redemption. The Ceremony of the Redemption.</span></strong></p>
1242<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics45" align="bottom" border="0" />  <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/cycle/barmitzva.html">The Bar and Bat Mitzvah</a><br />
1243How does a boy become &#8220;bar mitzvahed&#8221; and a girl &#8220;bat mitzvahed?&#8221; What ceremony is needed? What does the term mean? What is the history of it? What&#8217;s the purpose of it? The right and wrong ways to do it.</span></strong></p>
1244<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics46" align="bottom" border="0" /> <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/cycle/wedding.html">The Jewish Wedding</a><br />
1245The special status of a bride and groom. What a Jewish wedding really accomplishes. What you should expect to see at a Jewish wedding, and their reasons. The two parts of a Jewish marriage, and the entire procedure.</span></strong></p>
1246<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics47" align="bottom" border="0" /> <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/cycle/simchah.html">How to Dress and Act at a Jewish Occasion</a><br />
1247Is it okay to bring a friend? Expected dress, and a little about the reason for this expectation.</span></strong></p>
1248<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics48" align="bottom" border="0" /> <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/cycle/niddah.html">About the Jewish Marital Laws</a><br />
1249A beginners guide to <i>Taharas Hamishpachah</i>, the Jewish Marital Laws. The Holiness of the Laws, and some basic instructions on how to keep those Laws, as well as some books for suggested reading on the subject.</span></strong></p>
1250<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics49" align="bottom" border="0" /> <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/cycle/nichum.html">The Shivah Call: Comforting the Mourner</a><br />
1251What do I do? What do I say? The importance of visiting a mourner. The Laws to keep at the home of a mourner.</span></strong></p>
1252<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics21" align="bottom" border="0" />   <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/cycle/connections.html">Connections Are Never Lost</a><br />
1253Can the living help the dead? What can you do for those you have loved who are no longer here?</span></strong></p>
1254<p><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" align="baseline" border="0" />  <a href="/cycle/chamah.html"> Birchas Hachamah &#8211; The Blessing of the Sun</a><br />
1255Only Once in 28 Years! The Purpose of the Blessing; About Saying the Blessing; When to Say the Blessing; Who Should Say the Blessing</p>
1256<p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';">One of these days, hopefully sooner than later, I hope to have articles about the following subjects as well:</span></strong></p>
1257<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics50" align="bottom" border="0" /> <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';">Bris Milah (Covenant of Circumcision), The ceremony and celebration.<br />
1258<img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics51" align="bottom" border="0" /> Kiddush for a girls&#8217; birth<br />
1259<img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics52" align="bottom" border="0" /> First haircut for a boy<br />
1260<img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics53" align="bottom" border="0" /> Anything else I may have forgotten.</span></strong></p>
1261<p align="center"><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jadebar.gif" alt="*" width="800" height="18" name="graphics54" align="bottom" border="0" /></strong></p>
1262<h3 align="center"><a name="faqs"></a><strong><a href="/faqs/"><span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';">Frequently Asked Questions About Judaism</span></a></strong></h3>
1263<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics55" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/faqs/faq1.html">Part One</a><br />
1264What does &#8220;Torah&#8221; mean? And what do &#8220;Tanach,&#8221; &#8220;Halachah,&#8221; &#8220;Mitzvah,&#8221; &#8220;Mezuzah,&#8221; and &#8220;Tefillin,&#8221; mean? Why do some people write G-d&#8221;
1264 instead of spelling it out in full? How does Kosher work?</span></strong></p>
1265<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics56" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/faqs/faq2.html">Part Two</a><br />
1266What is Shabbos/Shabbat? Why don&#8217;t Jews believe in Jesus? How does the Jewish Calendar work? Why are Jewish Women allowed to wear wigs?</span></strong></p>
1267<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics57" align="bottom" border="0" />   <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/faqs/chosen.html">The Chosen People</a><br />
1268The history behind it. Is it still true today? Why choose us? Who is included in this?</span></strong></p>
1269<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics57" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/faqs/men_women.html">Men and Women in Judaism</a><br />
1270Is a Wife the property of her husband, in Jewish Law? Does a Man &#8220;Inherit&#8221; his Brother&#8217;s Wife When the Brother Dies? Does Judaism Consider Women Unclean or Disgusting? Why won&#8217;t Men Touch Women?</span></strong></p>
1271<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics58" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/faqs/conflict.html">Good and Evil</a><br />
1272Does Judaism believe that the world is in a Conflict Between Good &amp; Evil?</span></strong></p>
1273<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics59" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/faqs/kosher.html">What&#8217;s With Those Kosher Symbols Anyway?</a><br />
1274Are those O&#8217;s and U&#8217;s really necessary? What are they for? Do Rabbis really bless the food? A lot of hate groups talk about this, without any understanding of the subject. Here&#8217;s the truth.</span></strong></p>
1275<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics60" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/faqs/halloween.html">Halloween and Jews?</a><br />
1276Are Judaism and Halloween compatible? Can it fit into Jewish life?</span></strong></p>
1277<p align="center"><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jadebar.gif" alt="*" width="800" height="18" name="graphics61" align="bottom" border="0" /></strong></p>
1278<p align="center"><a name="identity"></a><strong><a href="/identity/"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';">Who Is a Jew?</span></span></a></strong></p>
1279<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics62" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/identity/whoisajew.html">Who is a Jew, According to the Torah?</a><br />
1280Is being Jewish passed along by the father or the mother? Has that ever changed? What made our ancestors Jewish? Where in the Torah does it say what makes a person Jewish? Did the Rabbis change this Law?</span></strong></p>
1281<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics63" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/identity/kingdavidjew.html">Was King David Jewish?</a><br />
1282Does Halachah (Jewish Law) consider King David a Jew, or has Jewish Law changed since then? What is the Torah&#8217;s definition of a Jew? Were Abraham and Sarah Jewish? Did Abraham know the Torah? Were there converts in Biblical times? Did Ruth convert? Did Moses marry a Gentile woman?</span></strong></p>
1283<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics64" align="bottom" border="0" /> <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/identity/race.html">Judaism: Race, Religion, or Ethnicity?</a><br />
1284Is being Jewish related to being part of a race or a religion? Is it cultural? No matter what position you take in this matter, this is probably not the answer you&#8217;re expecting.</span></strong></p>
1285<p align="center"><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jadebar.gif" alt="*" width="800" height="18" name="graphics65" align="bottom" border="0" /></strong></p>
1286<p align="center"><a name="soul"></a><strong><a href="/soul/"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';">Life, the Afterlife, and the Soul</span></span></a></strong></p>
1287<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics66" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/soul/soul.html">The Soul, and What Happens After We Die</a><br />
1288The soul is not what you think it is. The multi-faceted nature of the human spiritual essences. What happens to those spiritual essences after death? What goes where, and what comes along with them? Is there such a place as Hell? Is there an Afterlife?</span></strong></p>
1289<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics67" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/soul/future.html">The Messianic Era and the World to Come</a><br />
1290How long will this world last? What do we mean by the resurrection, and when will it take place? What is the World to Come, and what will it be like? What will the Messianic Era be like, and when will it happen?</span></strong></p>
1291<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics68" align="bottom" border="0" /> <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/soul/afterlife.html">The Afterlife</a><br />
1292Is the Purpose of Life to Aspire to the Afterlife? A brief restatement and outline of the timetable of the future. The advantage and purpose of this world and the Next World.</span></strong></p>
1293<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics69" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/soul/burial.html">Body and Soul</a><br />
1294Why does Judaism Forbid Cremation? What is the Relationship Between the Body and the Soul?</span></strong></p>
1295<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics70" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/soul/freewill.html">On the Nature of Free Will</a><br />
1296Does Judaism believe that people have free will? What does &#8220;free will&#8221; really mean, according to Judaism? Where does the Torah mention free will?</span></strong></p>
1297<p align="center"><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jadebar.gif" alt="*" width="800" height="18" name="graphics71" align="bottom" border="0" /></strong></p>
1298<p align="center"><a name="G-d"></a><strong><a href="/G-d/"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';">The Jewish G-d: What&#8217;s He Like?</span></span></a></strong></p>
1299<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics72" align="bottom" border="0" /> <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/G-d/G-disgood.html">G-d: Judge or Teacher?</a><br />
1300My response to a letter I received which said: &#8220;The traditional Jewish G-d is too vindictive, vain, and controlling.&#8221;
1300 The truth is that Jews and Judaism consider G-d loving and kind. Read his letter and my response.</span></strong></p>
1301<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics73" align="bottom" border="0" /> <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/G-d/little.html">Why does G-d Care About the Little Things?</a><br />
1302Does G-d really care if we rip toilet paper on the Sabbath? Does G-d watch us to see if we are doing sins? Isn&#8217;t it enough to have a Jewish <b>heart</b>?</span></strong></p>
1303<p align="center"><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jadebar.gif" alt="*" width="800" height="18" name="graphics74" align="bottom" border="0" /></strong></p>
1304<h3 align="center"><a name="mesorah"></a><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/mesorah">The History and Transmission of the Jewish Traditions</a></span></strong></h3>
1305<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics75" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/mesorah/history.html">The History of the Exodus and the Receiving of the Torah</a><br />
1306What <em>really</em> happened in Egypt and afterwards. This also has a capsule history of the Children of Israel from Noah until The Second Temple.</span></strong></p>
1307<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics76" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/mesorah/timeline.html">The Jewish History Timeline Chart</a><br />
1308A brief chart of the time line of Jewish History, with major events from Creation until the birth of the Bal Shem Tov (1698), with both the Jewish and Gentile dates listed for each. A glance at the names of the eras of Jewish History.</span></strong></p>
1309<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics77" align="bottom" border="0" />   <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/mesorah/ageoftorah.html">How Old is the Torah?</a><br />
1310Showing that the Torah is at least 3,313 years old. The Periods of Jewish History (in brief). Tracing the Torah back to Moses. Who are the Samaritans, and how do they help prove our case? The Torah was created by Hashem 2,000 years before Creation.</span></strong></p>
1311<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics78" align="bottom" border="0" /> <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/mesorah/howtoask.html">Scripture Only, Please: Asking Questions</a><br />
1312The relationship between the Written Torah and the Oral Torah. How <b><i>not</i></b> to ask a Rabbi questions.</span></strong></p>
1313<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics79" align="bottom" border="0" /> <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/mesorah/oral-imperative.html">The Indispensable Oral Law</a><br />
1314How to understand the Torah. Why do we have an Oral Torah? Is it necessary?</span></strong></p>
1315<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics80" align="bottom" border="0" /> <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/mesorah/whynotwritten.html">Why Did Hashem Create an Oral Torah?</a><br />
1316Why did it need to be oral, and not written? Its unique properties. The details it contains. Context and changing idioms. The personal touch.</span></strong></p>
1317<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics81" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/mesorah/notchaotic.html">The Oral Law and Our Own Opinions</a><br />
1318Is every opinion about the Torah valid? Are there guidelines to interpreting the Torah? Do we need to follow established precedence? What to do in case of doubt. Where did the Oral Law come from?</span></strong></p>
1319<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics82" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/mesorah/1_moses_to_joshua.html">How the Torah was Taught and Transmitted</a><br />
1320<u>Part 1: From Moses to Joshua.</u><br />
1321How Moses taught the Torah to the Generation in the Sinai Desert. What Hashem taught Moses, and what Moses taught the Children of Israel. The types of sections in the Scrolls of the Written Torah. The system of Elders and Leaders. The Sanhedrin and the Lower Courts. The Mosaic Ordination. Who wrote the Written Torah? Moses hands over the leadership of the Torah Nation to Joshua.</span></strong></p>
1322<p align="center"><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jadebar.gif" alt="*" width="800" height="18" name="graphics83" align="bottom" border="0" /></strong></p>
1323<h3 align="center"><a name="unchanged"></a><strong><a href="/unchanged/"><span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';">The Unchanged Tradition of Judaism</span></a></strong></h3>
1324<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics84" align="bottom" border="0" />   <a href="/unchanged/true_mesorah.html"> <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';">How Do We Know Our Tradition is Correct?</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><br />
1325Should we simply accept the Tradition as true? Who owns the Torah? Who recorded the Torah? How was the Torah taught? How the Rabbis felt about the Tradition. Where is all that information from?</span></strong></p>
1326<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics85" al
1326ign="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/unchanged/changed.html">Has Judaism Changed?</a><br />
1327Has Judaism taken ideas from Gentile cultures? What about styles of clothing? Are the Laws of Judaism still followed?</span></strong></p>
1328<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics86" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/unchanged/sacrifices.html">Sacrifices and the Holy Temple</a><br />
1329Since Jews live by the Torah, and the Torah commands us to offer sacrifices, why don&#8217;t we still offer sacrifices today?</span></strong></p>
1330<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics87" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/unchanged/rebuild.html">Rebuild the Temple?</a><br />
1331The Holy Temple was built, destroyed, and built again. Then it was destroyed again. The Prophets said it would be rebuilt yet again, for a third and final time. Why don&#8217;t we rebuild the Holy Temple now?</span></strong></p>
1332<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics88" align="bottom" border="0" />  <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/unchanged/never-altered.html">Haven&#8217;t Rabbis Changed the Laws?</a><br />
1333The nature of the Rabbinical debates. Our authority to decide Jewish Law.</span></strong></p>
1334<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics89" align="bottom" border="0" />  <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/unchanged/unalterable.html">What Can&#8217;t Jewish Law be Altered?</a><br />
1335Do People Change? How have we Jews differed? Have we ever fit into the dominant societies? Is Judaism Archaic? Judaism is not static.</span></strong></p>
1336<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics90" align="bottom" border="0" />   <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/unchanged/platforms.html">The Platforms of Some of the Jewish Denominations</a><br />
1337People keep asking me about the difference between the various movements. Here&#8217;s the answer in brief.</span></strong></p>
1338<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics91" align="bottom" border="0" />  <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/unchanged/keleman.html">The Origins of the Reform, Conservative and Orthodox Movements</a><br />
1339An article by Lawrence Keleman in <i>Jewish Action</i> magazine, Summer 1999.<br />
1340Please note that I did not write this article. The author, Mr. Lawrence Keleman, was a member of all of these movements at one time or another. None of the claims made in this article are Mr. Keleman&#8217;s. For every statement he makes about any group he quotes sources <b><i>from that very group</i></b>. So when he tells you what the Reform say, he is telling you what Reform leaders have written in their very own books and periodicals.</span></strong></p>
1341<p align="center"><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jadebar.gif" alt="*" width="800" height="18" name="graphics92" align="bottom" border="0" /></strong></p>
1342<h3 align="center"><a name="mitzvos"></a><strong><a href="/mitzvos/"><span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';">The Commandments of the Torah</span></a></strong></h3>
1343<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics93" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/mitzvos/allcomm.html">Can We Fulfill All the Commandments?</a><br />
1344Did you know that there really is no such thing as the &#8220;Ten Commandments?&#8221; The &#8220;Commandments&#8221; mean something else. Is it true that a person cannot fulfill all the Commandments of the Torah? If this is true, what does it mean to each of us? Here&#8217;s the surprising answer.</span></strong></p>
1345<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics94" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/mitzvos/soulguard.html">How the Mitzvos Protect Us From Sin</a><br />
1346The Physical versus the Spiritual within us. Why Jewish women are like the Priests in the Holy Temple.</span></strong></p>
1347<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics95" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/mitzvos/shatnez.html">Shatnez: Forbidden Mixtures of Clothing</a><br />
1348Are all mixtures forbidden? Which are, and which aren&#8217;t. How prevalent is this problem? Do people still keep this prohibition? How to have your clothing checked for shaatnez.</span></strong></p>
1349<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics96" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/mitzvos/tefillin.html">The Mitzvah of Tefillin</a><br />
1350What Tefillin are, and a little bit about how they are made. Understanding the Mitzvah. Some of the Laws about wearing Tefillin. How to put on Tefillin, with pictures to help.
1350</span></strong></p>
1351<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics97" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/mitzvos/tzitzis.html">Tzitzis: What Are Those Strings Jewish Men Wear?</a><br />
1352About Tzitzis: four-cornered clothing and Jewish Law. How we have Standards in all our actions. How to remember G-d and the Commandments. The blue thread.</span></strong></p>
1353<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics98" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/mitzvos/mezuzah.html">Mezuzah: The Jewish Lightning Rod.</a><br />
1354What is that little box on the doorposts of Jewish homes? How a Mezuzah is made. What a Mezuzah looks like (includes a gif of a Mezuzah scroll). Who may write a Mezuzah. What sort of door needs a Mezuzah? How to affix a Mezuzah on your door, and the blessing to recite. Where to buy a Mezuzah. The protection a Mezuzah offers.</span></strong></p>
1355<p align="center"><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jadebar.gif" alt="*" width="800" height="18" name="graphics99" align="bottom" border="0" /></strong></p>
1356<h3 align="center"><a name="conversion"></a><strong><a href="/conversion/"><span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';">Conversion Issues</span></a></strong></h3>
1357<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics100" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/conversion/becomingjewish.html">Becoming Jewish.</a><br />
1358For non-Jews who want to convert to Judaism. The pros and cons, how to do it, and what you need to know, as well as links and contact information for Rabbis who help with conversions in various parts of North America. Plus a link to a page with Hebrew-language tutor software.</span></strong></p>
1359<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics101" align="bottom" border="0" /> <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/conversion/choosing.html">They Say You Can&#8217;t Choose Your Family&#8230;</a><br />
1360What if your spouse doesn&#8217;t want to convert with you? Must you choose Judaism over your family? What if you feel you won&#8217;t fit in because you don&#8217;t have children?</span></strong></p>
1361<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics102" align="bottom" border="0" />    <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/conversion/teenconvert.html">Teenage Converts</a><br />
1362A Christian teenager wrote me about the problems he has with his parents because he wants to become Jewish. Here is his letter and my answer with my advice on the subject.</span></strong></p>
1363<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" name="graphics103" align="bottom" border="0" />  <span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';"><a href="/conversion/non-orthodox.html">Non-Orthodox Conversions: Are They Valid?&#8221;</a><br />
1364Some Fundamentals. What conversions are valid? Other requirements. Isn&#8217;t sincerity enough?</span></strong></p>
1365<p><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" align="baseline" border="0" /> <a href="/conversion/rabbi_lists.html">How to Find a Rabbi or Synagogue</a><br />
1366Websites with lists of or search engines for Rabbis and/or synagogues.</strong></p>
1367<p align="center"><strong><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/jadebar.gif" alt="*" width="800" height="18" name="graphics99" align="bottom" border="0" /></strong></p>
1368<h3 align="center"><a name="ortho"></a><strong><a href="/ortho/"><span style="font-family: 'Arrus BT';">Are Non-Orthodox Jews Still Jews?</span></a></strong></h3>
1369<p>The first four articles in this section are written in the form of questions people sent me, with each question followed by my answer.</p>
1370<p><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" align="baseline" border="0" /> <a href="/ortho/ortho1.html">Part One</a></p>
1371<p>The Rabbis&#8217; Announcement. * Non-Orthodox Converts. * Doesn&#8217;t Sincerity Count?</p>
1372<p><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" align="baseline" border="0" /> <a href="/ortho/ortho2.html">Part Two</a></p>
1373<p>Why Is &#8220;Who is a Jew?&#8221; Important? * Children of Intermarriages. * Are Non-Orthodox Rabbis still Rabbis? * Aren&#8217;t the Orthodox Divisionary? * Why Can&#8217;t Jewish Laws be Altered?</p>
1374<p><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" align="baseline" border="0" /> <a href="/ortho/ortho3.html">Part Three</a></p>
1375<p>Individual or Preferential Differences and Jewish Law. * is the Jewish Population Declining? * Do We Need More Jews? * What Causes Assimilation? * Why is it Mostly the non-Orthodox who Assimilate?</p>
1376<p><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" align="baseline" border="0" /> <a href="/ortho/ortho4.html">Part Four</a></p>
1377<p>Do Non-Orthodox Jews Care About These Issues? * Haven&#8217;t the Rabbis Always Changed the Laws? Why Can&#8217;t We? * Analogy: If Pants Don&#8217;t Fit, Shouldn&#8217;t We Alter Them? Shouldn&#8217;t We also Change Jewish Law?</p>
1378<p><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" align="baseline" border="0" /> <a href="/ortho/origins.html">The Origins of the Reform, Conservative and Orthodox Movements</a></p>
1379<p>An article by Lawrence Keleman in <i>Jewish Action</i> magazine, Summer 1999.</p>
1380<p>Please note that I did not write this article. The author, Mr. Lawrence Keleman, was a member of all of these movements at one time or another. None of the claims made in this article are Mr. Keleman&#8217;
1380s. For every statement he makes about any group he quotes sources <i><b>from that very group</b></i>. So when he tells you what the Reform say, he is telling you what Reform leaders have written in their very own books and periodicals.</p>
1381<p><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bullet.gif" alt="*" width="15" height="15" align="baseline" border="0" /> <a href="/ortho/platforms.html">The Platforms of Some of the Jewish Denominations</a></p>
1382<p>People keep asking me about the difference between the various movements. Here&#8217;s the answer in brief.</p>
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