Re: Questions about Judaism awnsered by a Jew!
You said it is ok if we enter the Jewish Temples even if we are non-jews. How would we find one in our area? Also... what's a respectful clothing to wear, I don't disrespect anyone...
Basically a button down shirt would be good. A suite and tie is nice to wear.
You can find one going here:
http://www.chabad.org/centers/default.asp?country=&image1.x=6&image1.y=8
Also... Muslims believe that the Torah has been tampered with and is not the true word of God... and that is why afterwards came more Prophets to guide people to the right track. Do you as a Jew believe that the Torah was God's exact words, or that man changed the words a little bit????
Tradional Jews believe that the Torah is the word of G-d handed to us at Mt. Sinai. Many scrolls found prove that the Torah was the same before Jesus and Mohammad as it is now. But anyway... The Torah holds the 613 commandments we must follow as Jews to serve G-d.
What's like the history of the Torah coming down? I have no Idea, i'm thinking It came to Moses (pbuh) and he wrote it?? or I don't know.. you can answer better,
Moses was spoken to by G-d and wrote it word for word as G-d commanded him to.
i was just wondering, in your opinion does judaism offer more for both this life and the next then islam because judaism has a very few set of rules... is that enuff? Doesnt it leave u in doubt about most of what you do? Also what makes u so sure that the torah is the truth.... just wondering
I'm trying to understand this question... I am not that amazing at English. First off if you just follow the 7 laws of Noah you will have a proper place in heaven, as a Non-Jew.
To behave justly in all relationships, and to establish courts of justice.
To refrain from blaspheming Gods name.
To refrain from practicing idolatry.
To avoid immoral practices, specifically incest and adultery.
To avoid shedding the blood of ones fellow man.
To refrain from robbing ones fellow man.
To refrain from eating a limb torn from a live animal.
I also know that Judaism has granted me peace, happiness, health, and everything I could want for my loved ones and myself. I have a happy life, and I don't follow G-d's commands because I have to. I follow them out of my love for G-d.
Judaism doesn't have a very few set of rules.... Judaism has 613 Laws we must follow dictated through the Torah, and many more through Oral Tradition. I believe the Torah is the truth because it has guided my people for thousands of years in hostile worlds, thousands of years before Islam and Christianity. The Torah is the reason we survived. The Laws we followed kept us alive as a people in a time when we were the only ones who believed in "one G-d" We still hold the tradition of the Torah, and even though every genration someone has tried to kill the Jews we have survived longer than they have.
I believe the Torah to be the word of G-d, and I obey all of his laws humbly, including respecting all of you, for your religion.
Why did Jews believe that Ibrahim is a prophet and Jesus is not a prophet..!!!!
who decides that? them or God?
OMG! Lammagad! I am going to copy and paste this for the last time!!!! :heated: Sorry if I seem a little mad but this is the third time someone asks me why we don't believe Jesus as a prophet!
Read this:
5) CHRISTIANITY CONTRADICTS JEWISH THEOLOGY
The following theological points apply primarily to the Roman Catholic Church, the largest Christian denomination.
A. G-D AS THREE?
The Catholic idea of Trinity breaks G-d into three separate beings: The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost (Matthew 28:19).
Contrast this to the Shema, the basis of Jewish belief: "Hear O Israel, the Lord our G-d, the Lord is ONE" (Deut. 6:4). Jews declare the Shema every day, while writing it on doorposts (Mezuzah), and binding it to the hand and head (Tefillin). This statement of God's One-ness is the first words a Jewish child is taught to say, and the last words uttered before a Jew dies.
In Jewish law, worship of a three-part god is considered idolatry -- one of the three cardinal sins that a Jew should rather give up his life than transgress. This explains why during the Inquisitions and throughout history, Jews gave up their lives rather than convert.
B. MAN AS G-D?
Roman Catholics believe that G-d came down to earth in human form, as Jesus said: "I and the Father are one" (John 10:30).
Maimonides devotes most of the "Guide for the Perplexed" to the fundamental idea that G-d is incorporeal, meaning that He assumes no physical form. God is Eternal, above time. He is Infinite, beyond space. He cannot be born, and cannot die. Saying that G-d assumes human form makes God small, diminishing both His unity and His divinity. As the Torah says: "God is not a mortal" (Numbers 23:19).
Judaism says that the Messiah will be born of human parents, and possess normal physical attributes like other people. He will not be a demi-god, and will not possess supernatural qualities. In fact, an individual is alive in every generation with the capacity to step into the role of the Messiah. (see Maimonides - Laws of Kings 11:3)
C. INTERMEDIARY FOR PRAYER?
The Catholic belief is that prayer must be directed through an intermediary -- i.e. confessing one's sins to a priest. Jesus himself is an intermediary, as Jesus said: "No man cometh unto the Father but by me."
In Judaism, prayer is a totally private matter, between each individual and G-d. As the Bible says: "G-d is near to all who call unto Him" (Psalms 145:18). Further, the Ten Commandments state: "You shall have no other gods BEFORE ME," meaning that it is forbidden to set up a mediator between G-d and man. (see Maimonides - Laws of Idolatry ch. 1)
D. INVOLVEMENT IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD
Catholic doctrine often treats the physical world as an evil to be avoided. Mary, the holiest woman, is portrayed as a virgin. Priests and nuns are celibate. And monasteries are in remote, secluded locations.
By contrast, Judaism believes that G-d created the physical world not to frustrate us, but for our pleasure. Jewish spirituality comes through grappling with the mundane world in a way that uplifts and elevates. Sex in the proper context is one of the holiest acts we can perform.
The Talmud says if a person has the opportunity to taste a new fruit and refuses to do so, he will have to account for that in the World to Come. Jewish rabbinical schools teach how to live amidst the bustle of commercial activity. Jews don't retreat from life, we elevate it.
Everything Christ preached is not Jewish! He did not fufill even one of the many qualifications the Messiah had to hold to be reconized as the Messiah by the Jewish people... (G-d told us in the Torah these qualifications) and many of his theories go against the Torah! Christianity is considered by many Jews to be idolatry because they believe G-d as not a whole.
We recite everyday twice:
Hear O' Israel, the Lord is our G-d, the Lord is ONE! They believe that Father, the Holy Ghost, and Son....
Many Jews chose death instead of becoming Christian because praying to the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost can be considered idolatry.
Jews must chose death instead of being forced to worship and Idol, Sexually assault someone, and Murder someone.
If somone comes up to me and points a gun to my head, and sais Kill this person, or Rape this person, or Worship this idol... or I will kill you.
It is my duty to G-d to chose death.
Abraham taught the Jewish people to love G-d. Not idols... He taught us that our creator was G-d. Then the Jews were given the Torah at Mt. Sinai... inside included the laws, and the qualifications of the Messiah. jesus did not meet one qualififcation. If you want Jesus to be your Messiah that is ok... but many people have been obsessed with getting my religion to accept him. And that won't happen. because he was not the Messiah, and taught many things that brand him as a heretic(sp?)Judaism.
Anyway I hope I offended no one with this post.
do jewish people have to special jewish clothes if yes why
Hasidic Jews will wear what there Rebbe (spiritual leader, in no way do we pray to him, as he is human) wore when there Hasidic sect began. But the most Jews don't have an article of clothing they wear other than a head covering for males and a prayer shawl (Tallit) in synogogue) and somethimes a talit katan under a shirt.
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