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Shabbat Ki Tisa: What does God look like?

Jeremy Rosen — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 05:53:22 +0000

The dominant theme of the Torah this Shabbat is the episode of the Golden Calf. Moses was up the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights. Nobody knew what had happened to him. The people down below start to panic. The two people that were left in charge in Moses’s absence were Aaron and Chur […]

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Tell me about Purim

Rabbi Raymond Apple — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 03:09:57 +0000

Ask the rabbi. MORDECHAI THE ENIGMA The Megillah attributes learning, piety and leadership ability to Mordechai, but in some ways, he is an enigma. His name Mordechai is not Hebrew but seems to be a form of Marduk. He is popularly known as the uncle of Esther but was, in fact, her cousin. His co-religionists […]

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What do Jews think of Jesus?

Rabbi Raymond Apple — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 06:50:46 +0000

Ask the rabbi. WAS JESUS A CHRISTIAN? What do Jews think of Jesus? Which Jesus are we talking about? Christians themselves have various Jesus-concepts. One is the person Jesus whose life is told in the Gospels (where there is no certainty which account is correct) – another is the later, doctrinal Jesus who is central […]

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