Since you criticized the Islamic belief that even a murderer can be forgiven by God, does this mean that in Judaism a murderer cannot be forgiven by God?
One who murders, murders. We are not judges, but if one murders, converting to Judaism will do nothing for them. It will be between him and G-d, but organized religion will not help. Good deeds do not take away bad ones. You are judged for everything you do.
Chapter 32
7 And the LORD spoke unto Moses: 'Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have dealt corruptly;
8 they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said: This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
9 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people
How soon after they received the 10 commandments was this? Were they or weren’t they just old NOT to make idols?
What exactly is your point? These people never went into Israel because they had the minds of slaves who never knew or could understand freedom. Therefore, only their children were aloud to enter the land.
Do they seem appreciative to you?
No, which is why only there children, who were not born in bondage were aloud to enter the land.
11 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'How long will this people despise Me? and how long will they not believe in Me, for all the signs which I have wrought among them?
12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.'
Who is it speaking in vv 11 & 12??
While the above events took place, was not there a presence from G-d among them?
so, you don't see a pattern here??
Alright? And your point?
11 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'How long will this people despise Me? and how long will they not believe in Me, for all the signs which I have wrought among them?
12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.'
How about putting it in context? You seem very good taking it out of context!
11. The L-rd said to Moses, "How long will this people provoke Me? How much longer will they not believe in Me after all the signs I have performed in their midst?
12. I will strike them with a plague and annihilate them; then I will make you into a nation, greater and stronger than they."
13. Moses said to the L-rd, "But the Egyptians will hear that You have brought this nation out from its midst with great power.
14. They will say about the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that You, O L-rd, are in the midst of this people; that You, the L-rd, appear to them eye to eye and that Your cloud rests over them. And You go before them with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of cloud by night,
15. and if You kill this nation like one man, the nations who have heard of Your reputation will say as follows:
16. 'Since the L-rd lacked the ability to bring this nation to the Land which He swore to them, He slaughtered them in the desert.'
17. Now, please, let the strength of the L-rd be increased, as You spoke, saying.
18. 'The L-rd is slow to anger and abundantly kind, forgiving iniquity and transgression, Who cleanses [some] and does not cleanse [others], Who visits the iniquities of parents on children, even to the third and fourth generations.'
19. Please forgive the iniquity of this nation in accordance with your abounding kindness, as You have borne this people from Egypt until now."
20. And the L-rd said, "I have forgiven them in accordance with your word."
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What is amazing is that your arguments are proofs in my mind that the Torah has not been corrupted. If you look, for example, at the Egyptianm and Babylonian records of war, each side says they only had victory and would not record there defeats. You need to look at another nations records to see when they lost battles. If the Torah was corrupted, why leave all these quotes about G-d becoming angry with the Jewish people? Why leave these quotes about him being restless with us? It proves this is exactly what happend and is still the Torah from G-d uncorrupted!
Let me ask you however, what are you trying to prove by posting a verse where G-d is angry and not posting the verses a few later that say he has frogiven them?
I really don't understand your purpose for being in this thread here is.
what are the differences between kosher wine and non-kosher wine? And what's the significant of having wine in Seder celebration?
There is a misconception about Kosher wine, that it simply doesn’t ‘hold-up’, taste wise. However, one only has to taste some of Golan Heights Winery’s wines (just as an example), to know that is simply not true. Kosher wine used to mean a sweet dark-red liquid – since the mid 1980’s all that has changed.
With the emergence in recent years of so many boutique wineries in Israel, not all of the wine being produced locally is kosher. Many of the boutique wineries simply are unwilling or unable, (due to their growing and production methods) to produce kosher wines. For a wine to be kosher, strict regulations must be followed. It really all begins in the fields. Grapes from new vines may not be used for making wine, until after the fourth year. Every seventh year the fields must be left fallow and there is a prohibition on growing other fruits and vegetables between the vines.
All the equipment, tools and winemaking storage facilities must be kosher. During the harvest, only Sabbath observant male Jews are allowed to work on the production of the wines. Since most of the experienced winemakers in Israel are not observant, this means that they can’t touch the wine or the equipment, during the winemaking process.
During the production of kosher wine, no animal products may be used. Gelatin or egg whites are sometimes used by non-kosher wine makers, to clarify the wine, while kosher wine makers use a clay material, called bentonite, which pulls suspended particles to the bottom of the barrel.
For wine to be kosher one percent of the wine must be discarded, a symbolic remnant of the 10% tithe, paid to the Temple in Jerusalem in days gone by. Additionally, barrels must be cleaned three times.
There are really two levels of kosher wine. The first includes the restrictions outlined above, while the second, known as “mevushal” utilizes an additional process. This is important since Kashrut law stipulates that in order for a wine to retain its ‘kosherness’ once opened and poured by a non-Jew, (such as a waiter, for instance) the wine must be "mevushal."
Bringing the liquid to a boiling point makes this type of wine, causing air bubbles to be brought to the surface and the loss of some wine, due to evaporation. A wine that is produced in this manner retains its religious purity, regardless of who opens or pours it. A study at the University of California at Davis, has proven that it is not possible to consistently taste the difference between non- mevushal and mevushal wine.
To ensure wine’s purity, the codification of koshering wine began in the days of Maimonides. Today, a quick glance at the bottle’s label will clearly indicate whether the wine is kosher or not. Some truly wonderful kosher wine is being produced in Israel.
