Questions about Judaism answered by a Jew!

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There are other quotes from the Bible that imply that the earth is flat, withouth even mentioning "four corners."
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They all have the same word in Hebrew though. There is just no real word or expression for it in English.

And for future reference, the King James Bible and its gross mistranslations of the Holy Torah to justify the worship of Jesus as a Moshiach should never be brought here because this is a Jewish thread.

Thank you.
 
My point is, in these versions, the Unicorn (or for that matter Ox or buffalo) is used as a metafor. None of them actually state that the unicorn existed. Are metafor's used in the Qu'ran?
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There is absolutely no evidence that unicorn was used as a metaphor. But I do respect your input and I thank you for clearing some issues out :)
 
And for future reference, the King James Bible and its gross mistranslations of the Holy Torah to justify the worship of Jesus as a Moshiach should never be brought here because this is a Jewish thread.

Thank you.
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Yes, I understand that. That is why I said specifically that Christians belive in the unicorn, not Jews.

Peace.
 
lavikor201 said:

And for future reference, the King James Bible and its gross mistranslations of the Holy Torah to justify the worship of Jesus as a Moshiach should never be brought here because this is a Jewish thread.

Thank you.
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Lavikor, I beleive that might be down to me as I requested that Qu'ranstudy say where he found in the bible that unicorns existed. I apologise for hijacking your thread. I hope I havent offended you.

Peace
CG
 
QuranStudy said:
Yes, I understand that. That is why I said specifically that Christians belive in the unicorn, not Jews.

Peace.
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Alright I see that now. Sorry for overreacting. I just hate Torah mistranslations the same as you must hate quran ones.

Lavikor, I beleive that might be down to me as I requested that Qu'ranstudy say where he found in the bible that unicorns existed. I apologise for hijacking your thread. I hope I havent offended you.

Peace
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Its okay. Feel free to ask anything anytime. :)
 
lavikor201 said:
Depends. A Marrano is a Jew who was forced to convert to Christianity in Spain. It is part of the laws of Judaism that you must chose death over polytheism. Therefore if they secretly kept all Jewish laws afterwards then they are still Jewish but if they became Christian then they became a Polythiest.
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How about Donme (followers of Shabbetai Zevi who converted to Islam and waiting for Shabbetai to return back as Messiah?)
 
Re: Questions about Judaism awnsered by a Jew!

cihad said:
cool thread
i've always wanted to aks a jew so many questions but somehow they seem so secretive about their religion ,any reason for this? or maybe it's just the people I know.

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thanks
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I have not read this whole thread as yet, but let me say a few things about what I have read and about Judaism:

(1) I am a Jewish convert, but not to the same "stream" or "school" or "denomination" of Judaism that is being described by the Jewish poster responding to questions in this thread. However, I agree with most of his answers, with a few marginal changes [most of which are more of historical interest than contemporary relevance].

(2) I am delighted by the tone of this thread. It is exactly what I was hoping would happen in a Muslim Forum when I joined this one.

(3) Believe me brother, we Jews are not at all secretive about our religion. If you would like a dozen or so links that will take you literally a year to read on all aspects of Judaism, just write me. Or if you have a particular topic in mind I will try to find you a link on that topic. [I understand that the policy of this Forum is that I should not post links publically as they are equated with "advertising."]

(4) You should understand that Judaism is at least as diverse as Islam. Although the questions and answers so far have been pretty basic and would be answered more or less the same by most Jews, you should understand that "most" is not "all" and once you get beyond the basics the answers get pretty divergent. Also, I don't know about Islam but certain Jewish "streams" don't think very highly of each other. I have also been posting to a Jewish Forum set up much like this one and one of the other Jewish posters within the first week described me and my views as "not worth piss." [Which is, incidentally, a violation of Jewish law.] So don't put us all in the same bucket.
 
I am a Jewish convert, but not to the same "stream" or "school" or "denomination" of Judaism that is being described by the Jewish poster responding to questions in this thread. However, I agree with most of his answers, with a few marginal changes [most of which are more of historical interest than contemporary relevance].
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How do people convert to Judaism?
 
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miseshayek said:
I have not read this whole thread as yet, but let me say a few things about what I have read and about Judaism:

(1) I am a Jewish convert, but not to the same "stream" or "school" or "denomination" of Judaism that is being described by the Jewish poster responding to questions in this thread. However, I agree with most of his answers, with a few marginal changes [most of which are more of historical interest than contemporary relevance].
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What's your previous religion?
 
Hi, nice to see this thread is still going, I have a question.

Is the name Judaism dervided from one of Jesus's (PBUH) desciples? Judah. If so, how is the word Jew related to Judaism if the word Jew existed since the time of Moses (PBUH) which was obviously before Jesus (PBUH) and Judah.

If Judaism is not derived from Judah, where did Judaism and Jew (the words) come from?

Thanks.
 
Is the name Judaism dervided from one of Jesus's (PBUH) desciples? Judah. If so, how is the word Jew related to Judaism if the word Jew existed since the time of Moses (PBUH) which was obviously before Jesus (PBUH) and Judah.
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The rebbe already gave an explanation to this:

The word "Jew" comes from the word "Yehudi" in Hebrew.

The Talmud (Megillah 13a) says that the name Yehudi applies to anyone who rejects idolatry and follows/recongnizes that there is one true G-d and the laws he has given us are in the Torah (uncorrupted :)).

The word "Hodaah," which is the root of the word Yehudi (and Yehudah), means to acknowledge.


So Judaism in Hebrew means to acknowledge one true G-d.

The name "Yehudi" or Jew was also used to describe a descendant from the Ancient Hebrews who became the Jews when the Torah was recieved at Mt. Sinai.


As far as the word for "yehudi" in English "Judaism" it was taken from Judah, but in reality that is not what the religions name signifies, but instead what some English translator probably called it.

Or if you have a particular topic in mind I will try to find you a link on that topic.
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There is a search option at the top of this thread. :)
 
lavikor201 said:
The name "Yehudi" or Jew was also used to describe a descendant from the Ancient Hebrews who became the Jews when the Torah was recieved at Mt. Sinai.
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Were there any ancient hebrews that didnt become Jews when Torah was received at Mt. Sinai?

And talking about Mt. Sinai, my friends who were studying in Egypt visit it and saw lots of Jews going there... do Jews consider Mt. Sinai as holy place? Are the Jews ok with Muslims visiting the place too...? My friends took pics - and the place is extremely beautiful!!!
 
As far as the word for "yehudi" in English "Judaism" it was taken from Judah, but in reality that is not what the religions name signifies, but instead what some English translator probably called it.
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I thought Arabs called Jews "Yehudi" as well.
 
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