Questions about Judaism answered by a Jew!

[Daffodil]

Re: Questions about Judaism awnsered by a Jew!

How comes when a rabbi circumcises a male baby they suck the blood out the wound with their mouths.

And how comes jewish women are meant to cover their hair yet they dnt cover it with a scarf they where a wig, but doesnt that defeat the object of covering the hair.

 

[lavikor201]

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How comes when a rabbi circumcises a male baby they suck the blood out the wound with their mouths.

Metzitzah b'peh ("suction by mouth") is a Halakhic practice in Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) and Hasidic circles in which the mohel has mouth-to-genital contact during ritual circumcision of baby boys. After the mila, the mohel then sucks the baby's penis once to draw blood, much in the same fashion as medical science still prescribes for a snakebite. The mohel spits the blood into a receptacle provided. Afterwards the circumcised penis is bandaged, and the operation considered complete.

Some have feared that the practice may spread diseases to the babies from the mohel's mouth (such as herpes), but most mohelim are aware of this and ensure that their mouths are sanitized and washed out by rinsing with alcohol to disinfect the mouth.

Most Jews do not do this ritual.

And how comes jewish women are meant to cover their hair yet they dnt cover it with a scarf they where a wig, but doesnt that defeat the object of covering the hair.

It is not out of the fact that they must cover there head. It is that they must remain modest, and very religious Jewish women only show there real hair to there husband and other women, and not in front of other men. The only way they can only show there real hair is by wearing a wig. Most Traditional Jewish just wear a Scarve though.

 

[lavikor201]

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Let me also say that JEWS DO NOT BELIEVE EZRA AS THE SON OF G-D! In now way has Ezra ever been looked at as the son of G-d, and to look at anyone as the son of G-d is not only against Jewish Law, but you are considered a heratic!

The fact that the Quran says that the Jews looked upon Ezra as the son of G-d is a complete obsurdity that cannot be justified.

If you look upon any human as the son of G-d, than you are NOT A JEW. Case closed.

 

[abdmez]

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I just want to say that Lavikor, your the man for using all of this time to explain your religion. I applaud you. And we only live a little bit away LOL.

 

[Phil12123]

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So if I do not follow the 7 laws I will go hell?

We really do not know. G-d has just told us that whoever follows the seven laws of Noah will go to heaven. G-d never tells us what happens to those who don't follow them.

Where does God tell you this? Can you quote it, or give us a citation so we can look this up ourselves? Is it in the Bible ("Old Testament" part)? If so, what book, what chapter, what verse? (Sorry if you've already answered this question for someone else; I haven't read all the posts in this thread yet.)

So hell is a place where people will be hurt?

Hell is a place where people who have commited sin go. It is a place where you are cleansed we believe to become spiritually cleansed. You do not burn in hell forever like some religions claim. You are corrected and learn from your mistakes in hell. Your soul beomes 'clean' from the sins you commited.

If you were a terrible person and made the world a worse place like for example: Hitler. Than there is a place worse than hell where G-d has no mercy on your soul, and you will never see heaven. You do not get sent to this place because you are of a certain religion. Any person of any nationality or faith if bad enough could end up here.

I do not know of a name for this place.

What you describe for "hell" sounds like the Catholic idea of purgatory. The other place, name unknown, sounds like the usual description of hell. Can you tell me where you get any of this in scriptures?

Peace

 

[north_malaysian]

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Metzitzah b'peh ("suction by mouth") is a Halakhic practice in Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) and Hasidic circles in which the mohel has mouth-to-genital contact during ritual circumcision of baby boys. After the mila, the mohel then sucks the baby's penis once to draw blood, much in the same fashion as medical science still prescribes for a snakebite. The mohel spits the blood into a receptacle provided. Afterwards the circumcised penis is bandaged, and the operation considered complete.

Some have feared that the practice may spread diseases to the babies from the mohel's mouth (such as herpes), but most mohelim are aware of this and ensure that their mouths are sanitized and washed out by rinsing with alcohol to disinfect the mouth.

Most Jews do not do this ritual.



It is not out of the fact that they must cover there head. It is that they must remain modest, and very religious Jewish women only show there real hair to there husband and other women, and not in front of other men. The only way they can only show there real hair is by wearing a wig. Most Traditional Jewish just wear a Scarve though.

Who is a 'mohel' is he religious person or medical practitioner? My circumcision was done by a doctor in private clinic.

 

[lavikor201]

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Where does God tell you this? Can you quote it, or give us a citation so we can look this up ourselves? Is it in the Bible ("Old Testament" part)? If so, what book, what chapter, what verse? (Sorry if you've already answered this question for someone else; I haven't read all the posts in this thread yet.)

In Genesis Chapter 9, you will see the Laws G-d gave to Noah.

What you describe for "hell" sounds like the Catholic idea of purgatory. The other place, name unknown, sounds like the usual description of hell. Can you tell me where you get any of this in scriptures?

I will look, but I believe it is more our oral tradition, because our scriptures focus on doing good in the world and focus on the world now instead of worrying about heaven/hell ect... I'll definitly look for things in the scriptures about it.

Who is a 'mohel' is he religious person or medical practitioner? My circumcision was done by a doctor in private clinic.

A mohel (מוהל) is a Jewish ritual circumciser who performs a brit milah ritual circumcision on the penis of a male who is to enter the Jewish covenant of following the 613 Laws of the Torah.

For Jews, circumcision is mandated, as it is prescribed in the Torah:

In the book of Genesis as a mark of the Covenant between God and the descendants of Abraham: "Throughout all generations, every male shall be circumcised when he is eight days old...This shall be my covenant in your flesh, an eternal covenant. The uncircumcised male whose foreskin has not been circumcised, shall have his soul cut off from his people; he has broken my Covenant" [1] (Genesis 17:1-14),

In Leviticus: "God spoke to Moses, telling him to speak to the Israelites: When a woman conceives and gives birth to a boy...And on the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised." [2] (Leviticus 12:1-3).

In modern-day Judaism, circumcision is usually performed by a specially trained mohel, a specialist in circumcisions and the rituals surrounding the procedure. Many Mohels - at least in the UK - are either doctors or Rabbis (and some are even both). However, all have received appropriate training both from a religious and a medical point of view.

 

[ManchesterFolk]

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I'll ask you one. What is your favorite Quote in the whole Torah? LOL. I'm sure I will get an interesting awnser.

 

[jss]

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How does Judaism view other religions of the world and how many pages long is the torah?

 

[gbrl]

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(TFILA) A PRAYER
GUARD OVER US


He who sits somewhere up there in the heavens
He who heals all the sick
He who gives great joy to children
He who makes judgments
He is in the heavens and He is the Only One
He, the great and awe-inspiring
He is the one who protects us from troubles.

Chorus:
God, watch over us, please, like children
watch please and don't leave
give us light and the joy of youth
give us strength, more and more
and let us love too.

What still remains for us in our days?
What remains all day long?
Sunshine, hope and so many sights
Nights and days of dreams
He is in the heavens and He is the Only One
He, the great and awe-inspiring
He is the one who protects us from troubles.

Chorus

http://www.hebrewsongs.com/?song=tfilah

Beautiful song by Ofra Haza; a jewel i discovered recently.

Shalom;
A few qs
1. Why the importance of the Laws of Noah? I thought the Jews stressed most on the Ten Commandments? (I don't think there have been a mention of that here).
2. In Jewish weddings why are the bride and groom carried in chairs on people's shoulders?
3. I once saw the inside of a Jewish synagogue on NGC. The people were making prayer movements like in Islam. I ws thinking how similar they are. What are teh prayer movements in Judaism?

 

[north_malaysian]

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Does Judaism accept converts? If they're not circumcized, should they circumcized first before converting?

 

[lavikor201]

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I'll ask you one. What is your favorite Quote in the whole Torah? LOL. I'm sure I will get an interesting awnser.

I don't know if I can awnser that. I really do not have a favorite quote.

Does Judaism accept converts? If they're not circumcized, should they circumcized first before converting?

Judaism accepts converts. But you must not only be circumscized, you must also be circumcized by Jewish law. It is different that hospital circumcision.

How does Judaism view other religions of the world and how many pages long is the torah?

The Torah isn't pages. It is written on a scroll.

Judaism views other religions as I am sorry to say, wrong. We believe that Christians and Muslims were decieved into straying away from the true message by people who were not really prophets, but mere fakes, and we believe that religions like Hinduism, Budhists ect, might be peaceful religions and may have had a very good effect on society, but they are ultimatly wrong.

Why the importance of the Laws of Noah? I thought the Jews stressed most on the Ten Commandments? (I don't think there have been a mention of that here).

The Ten commandments are stressed that other JEWS follow them. Non-Jews are only required to follow the seven laws of Noah.

In Jewish weddings why are the bride and groom carried in chairs on people's shoulders?

It has just been a tradition. In big celebrations he person whose big day it is sits on a chair and we raise them up and down for fun so everyone can see them. It is no law or anything, but just a tradition of our people.

I once saw the inside of a Jewish synagogue on NGC. The people were making prayer movements like in Islam. I ws thinking how similar they are. What are teh prayer movements in Judaism?

Well Jews do not go down are there knees but we sway back and forth and bow down after every mention of the name 'G-d' because we are commanded to 'use our bones and our body in prayer'

 

[gbrl]

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shalom
thanks for the answers lavikor
i have another q; the rabbis i have seen normally have long curly sideburns; and wear skullcaps and shirt+pants.. etc.. so i was really surprised to see some rabbis(?) wearing a long thowb like garment like the muslim imams and even wearing a type of white turban wound around a bright red cap on their heads..the only diff was some band tied around their waist.. can u explain this dress to me.. i am curious coz it resembles the clothing of muslim scholars quran recitors.. thanks
ps: i love ofra's chai too..!!!
peace

 

[Lamaggad]

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Judaism views other religions as I am sorry to say, wrong. We believe that Christians and Muslims were decieved into straying away from the true message by people who were not really prophets, but mere fakes, and we believe that religions like Hinduism, Budhists ect, might be peaceful religions and may have had a very good effect on society, but they are ultimatly wrong.

Does that means that Jews think that Hinduism, Buddhists etc. are better the Islam and Christianity in Jews opinion?!
as well on what basis Jews where able to confirm that our Prophets are not really prophets? and what do Jews think of the Qur'an that is spreaded all over the world? does that gives Jews any sign of truth since there books are mentioned in Qur'an?

 

[Zulkiflim]

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Salaam,

May ask,why is the wailing wall important?
Is it holy or is it a link to a past that ws traced to Prophet Solomon as?

Is the wall itself holy?

 

[cool_jannah]

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Alhamdulillah

There is no point waiting guys. The messiah has already come and gone (alive) and the Last Prophet of Allah - Muhammad (pbuh) has already come and left us (As mentioned inb your holy books, if you know what I mean )

http://www.jews-for-allah.org/

Salaam cousins!

 

[lavikor201]

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Of course they are. In the long run, when they get enough support and power, they plan to destroy the Dome of the Rock and replace it with the Third Temple. The couldnt do it now since they would get their a** kicked hard.

But I do expect Israel will become that powerful and infuential.

The fact that you make this statement shows how lacking your knowledge is of Jewish Law. The Jews are forbiden to rebuild the temple until the Messiah comes.

The lies, and false statemtents that are coming from your post only insult your own intellegence and reveal the ignorance and lack of information your brain holds.

Does that means that Jews think that Hinduism, Buddhists etc. are better the Islam and Christianity in Jews opinion?!
as well on what basis Jews where able to confirm that our Prophets are not really prophets? and what do Jews think of the Qur'an that is spreaded all over the world? does that gives Jews any sign of truth since there books are mentioned in Qur'an

No, because Hinduism and Budhism are polytheistic. Islam and Christianity have just been decieved and strayed away from the message. We believe that Islam and Chrisitianity taught peacefuly, not violently (like the little camps for pre-schoolers where they are taught to be suicide bombers) are good things.

Judaism does not seek out converts, Judaism doesn't spread false threats to converts like 'the fires of hell'... Judaism encourages its people to follow the laws, and everyone else to follow the seven laws of Noah. If Judaism held 'crusades' and 'jihads' to mass convert people then we would be a huge religion. Yet we only number around 15 million across the world, and look at the impact we have. Look at the richest men, greatest inventions, nobel prizes, scientific papers, new dicoveries. Jews have a hand in a lot of it.... and for 15 million we accomplish a lot more than religions that have hundreds of millions of followers.

If you accept Judaisms beliefs than you accept that the Quran was written by a false prophet according the laws of the Torah. Jesus, and Muhammad did not qualify at all by the text of the Torah to be prophets. Since they knew this why not claim the torah has been 'corrupted'.... that was there only argument since the Torah completly contardicted there claims to being prophets.

So people decided to say the Torah is 'corrupted' which is completly false. But you can believe whatever you want to believe. The Jewish people really could not care what other religions believe. As long as you don't preach the false and offensive words to us.

May ask,why is the wailing wall important?
Is it holy or is it a link to a past that ws traced to Prophet Solomon as?

The Wall is the last standing piece of history from the time of the Holy Temple. The Holy Temple was destroyed twice, and then had the Dome of the Rock built on it. The Wall represents the times of joy when our temple was still standing.

 

[Kidman]

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If you accept Judaisms beliefs than you accept that the Quran was written by a false prophet according the laws of the Torah. Jesus, and Muhammad did not qualify at all by the text of the Torah to be prophets. Since they knew this why not claim the torah has been 'corrupted'.... that was there only argument since the Torah completly contardicted there claims to being prophets.

One of the main miricles of the Quran is the challenge the Quran makes. It says that if you can write anything like the Quran, then you can call it a fake and Islam not true, then the Quran's next statement says, If you can even write one Ayat (verse) that is just as deep or better then the words of the Quran, then you can testify that it is not the true world of G-d.

Till this day, nobody could conquer this test, and this is one of the reasons that we believe the Quran to be the true word of G-d. Also, you cannot use the Torah or Bible, since some of those words might be the true word of G-d that he revieled to the previous Prophets... so don't count that.

If somebody did write something that even matched the Quran, it would be a world-wide phenomenon since it would denounce the Islamic faith... but until this day nobody has even came close.

I would like to know what you would say to this... not trying to convert you or anything, I am happy that you are strong in your faith and i was really happy about your actions on this forumn and the way you spoke. But still would like to know how you would counter-argue the "miracle of the Quran"

Kidman

 

[Zulkiflim]

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Heya

May i ask,the wailing wal....as you replied is part of the old temple.
May i ask,was the previous 2 temples situated there and why?

In Islam the palce is holy for a certain sacrifice were to be taken place.

How about in Judaism,is it the same or for antoher reason?

As for your reply,about the holiness of the wall,so it is not holy or there is no commandment in the torah to say you are to pray in to the wall..
You are just remembering lost times?

 

[lavikor201]

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But if ye cannot - and of a surety ye cannot - then fear the Fire whose fuel is men and stones,- which is prepared for those who reject Faith.
-- Qur'an 2.24 (trans. A. Yusuf Ali)

Fa-in lam tafAAaloo walan tafAAaloo faittaqooalnnara allatee waqooduha alnnasuwaalhijaratu oAAiddat lilkafireena

http://www.muslimaccess.com/index
(Thank you Manchesterfolk for the site with a legitamate reputation for translating the Quran 100% correctly into English.)

It is no surprise, then, that Muslims have found no sura equal to the Qur'an. The surprise would be if they had, since even admitting the possibility of a better Sura contradicts 2:24, which says "of a surety ye cannot," hence being a sign of disbelief.

May i ask,the wailing wal....as you replied is part of the old temple.
May i ask,was the previous 2 temples situated there and why

Yes it is historical fact recorded in Roman, Greek, Egyptian, Babylonian and many other historic texts that both Temples were built and destroyed on the exact spot the Dome of the Rock sits today by enemies of the Jews. We are not permitted to rebuild and begin sacrifice rituals that we have held in the Temple (thousads of years before islam was created as a religion) until the Messiah comes.