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    ABRAHAMICS ONLY: The Tree called the knowledge of good and evil, (Genesis: a closer look) continued.

    In Genesis 2:16-17 it is written: 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. If we look at...
    • Yahcubs777
    • Thread
    • adamandeve belief christian faith fallofman gardenofeden genesis religion torah
    • Replies: 121
    • Forum: Same Faith Debates
  2. Y

    Genesis 3: A height of Blasphemy; a hoary lie.

    This is continuation of our study; a deeper look into the events of the Garden of Eden. in Genesis 3, it is written: And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live...
  3. firedragon

    Paul, the Pentateuch, the Tanakh: Conflict or reconciliation

    Since Jewish and Gentile followers of Jesus are now equal members of the family of God and therefore one people, Paul argues that Jesus put an end to the requirement of adherence to the Torah or Law, not only for Gentiles but also for Jews. That means Torah takes a backseat to Jesus—for Jews and...
  4. Ehav4Ever

    Simple Reasons Why Jews Don't Believe in Jesus and Christianity

    There have been several threads recently where questons have come up as to: Why do Torah based Jews not accept Chrisitian scriptual interpretation? Why do Torah based Jews not Jesus as a/the Messiah? Why is there a divide between "Judaism" and "Christianity?" It is hope that in this post these...
    • Ehav4Ever
    • Thread
    • christianity jesus jews judaism torah torath mosheh understanding
    • Replies: 42
    • Forum: Judaism DIR
  5. Ehav4Ever

    Questions about (כשוף - קסם - חבר - חרש) Types of Avodah Zara

    Concerning the "wise men" of Pharaoh: According to Saadya Gaon in his commentary to the Torah he mentions (דבר הנעשה בחשאי ובהסתר) i.e. essentially slight of hand tricks. Also, mentioned in Emunoth and Deoth book 3 section 5 that they did things that were (כפא מסתורא אדא כשף) hidden to make...
  6. firedragon

    The Pentateuch and its sources, is it one, four, or more?

    If I may, if not all, most adherents of the Jewish faith, the Christian faith, and to a lesser degree, the Islamic faith (I dont know to what degree) believe that the Pentateuch or the first five books of the Tanakh or as the Christians called it, the Old Testament was one mans work. I will...
  7. Ehav4Ever

    In Short - The Noachide/7 Mitvahs an explaination

    Carried over from a question in another thread. Questions came up about the Noachide "movement." This explaination may give a better insight to what is meant by a Noachide. According to Torah and Halakha Adam was given 6 mitzvoth by Hashem. The 7th mitzvah was given during the generation of...
  8. Harel13

    Chosen Aliens

    ...no, the title isn't meant to be antisemitic... I saw this quote from Rabbi Yosef B. Soloveitchik the other day and found it thought-provoking (although, what in his teachings isn't? :)): Rabbi David Holzer: "Would the discovery of alien life be an issue in terms of the Torah view?" Rabbi...
    • Harel13
    • Thread
    • aliens chosen people judaism torah
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Judaism DIR
  9. Harel13

    Judaism and Modernity

    I came across this quote today while going through old threads on the Judaism DIR (emphasis mine): "...Theologically there is nothing un-Orthodox about any of their interpretations of Torah, only that they seem to approach it in a way that allows them to meet modern ethical standards and...
    • Harel13
    • Thread
    • judaism modernity torah torah laws
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Judaism DIR
  10. Ehav4Ever

    Torath Mosheh

    I decided to addres a few questions about Torath Mosheh here in this thread. It will make it easier to explain what the term means and why it is used in a number of Jewish sources. I am working on a video to give more detail. I hope to have it done soon. Until then this video may give some detail.
  11. Ehav4Ever

    Matan Torah at Mount Sinai

    A few years ago I started a practice of writing position papers to both a) prove out the things I hold by in terms of Torah/Halakha/Philosophy and b) as an easier way to respond to debates (especially when they were repetitive.) Attached below to this post is a paper I wrote in response to...
  12. Ehav4Ever

    Answering Tzarah's Question about Hebrew text of Yoel 4:1

    This is a carry over from another thread where the question was asked by @Tzarah about a) the difference between the Hebrew text and the KJV bible and b) how a Torath Mosheh Jew who reads Hebrew reads the Hebrew text. The video below was created to answer both of these questions. Note: The...
  13. firedragon

    Quran mentions "Taurat, Zabur, Injil, furqan, Qur'an". What are they?

    There are many places in the Quran where Taurat, Zabur, Injil, Quran are mentioned. 1. Muslims, Jews and Christians predominantly believe that these are all books that were written down in the past at some point. Each faith of course would vary in their interpretation of this idea but were...
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    The Teachings of the Kingdom of Heaven, Rabbi Portnar

    The Centre For Lurian Kabbalah Audio Lessons
    • Victor
    • Thread
    • audio bible jesus kabbalah redemption salvation teaching torah yeshua zohar
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Resources
  15. Philip Maymin

    Can you distinguish real biblical verses from machine generated ones?

    I'm running a fun survey to test machine learning on the Old Testament. It's ten random verses and you have to decide if each one is more likely to be real, or more likely to be fake, meaning, generated by a computer that has learned from the original text. The survey is anonymous and fun...
    • Philip Maymin
    • Thread
    • bible old testament scripture torah
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Games
  16. Elliott5779

    Science vs. Torah?

    in our dayinage, many things in science can be found to have support from the Torah and even ultimately prove the legitamacy of Torah. Our teachers like Rav Aryeh Kaplan ＆ Rav Zamir Cohen have shown us many such examples. The Torah was given thousands of years ago, teaching us things that...
  17. Dawnofhope

    To what extent did Muhammad meet the Messianic Requirements of Judaism and Christianity?

    This is another discussion mainly for Theists. Many Christians and Jews are expecting the advent of another great religious leader. The expectations within Judaism relate to their sacred texts, for example a book in the Tanakh called Isaiah. For some Christians the question is framed around the...
    • Dawnofhope
    • Thread
    • baha'i christianity islam judaism messiah prophecy quran return of christ torah
    • Replies: 73
    • Forum: Religious Debates
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    Torah laws & metaphor

    The "laws" may circumstancially not be kept perfectly. This means that the laws are in some way metaphoric. This also means the either intentionally or by accident, any jew or other person trying to follow the laws, is going to be making some choices as to which laws they arent following.
  19. Lorgar-Aurelian

    Mythism : Did the prophets actually exist?

    It's not too difficult to find someone who will tell you that say Zeus never existed. It is however much less common to find people who will tell you that Jesus never existed. You may even get some people who outright deny that Jesus was God or that Christianity has any merit but still affirms...
  20. Lorgar-Aurelian

    Read through the entire bible in 7-10 days

    I've just recently finished going through the god delusion by Richard Dawkins. Honestly I've never liked Dawkins and I've found his writing style to be almost unbearable. So we're looking for a change of pace. My intention is to read through the entire Christian bible in either 7 or 10 days. I...
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