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The radical transition from the Yom Kippur solemnity to the Simchat Torah revelry can be dizzying, but it makes sense. There is a method to the madness.

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The Jewish Faith: G-d

November 6, 2005 – 5:01 am | Comments Off on The Jewish Faith: G-d3,138 views

Absolute

Jews believe in a single G-d. The very notion that there might be another deity is to the Jew, foreign and utter heresy.

The G-d that
Jews believe in is absolute in every way. Absolute in his unity,
absolute in his eternity, absolute in his capacity and absolute in his
infinity.

This absolute
G-d is omnipotent. …

The Jewish Faith: A Chosen People

November 6, 2005 – 5:00 am | Comments Off on The Jewish Faith: A Chosen People3,048 views

The Jewish people

The Jewish
people are a unique nation. Our distinction is not due to major
accomplishment or extraordinary talent but our close relationship to
the Almighty.

Three thousand
and eight hundred years ago there lived a man by the name of Abraham.
As a young child, Abraham came to a full recognition of an all-powerful
and …

The Jewish Faith: The Torah

November 6, 2005 – 4:52 am | Comments Off on The Jewish Faith: The Torah3,351 views

A Means of Connection
In the Essay on
the Jewish people we have learned of the Jewish mission to bring
humanity to a state of unity with itself and with G-d. A natural
question presents itself. How are the Jews meant to bring about this
utopian age? Why do we believe ourselves to be equipped …

The Jewish Faith: Discipline

November 6, 2005 – 4:45 am | Comments Off on The Jewish Faith: Discipline3,074 views

Obediance

Our sages taught
the formula for achieving this connection. A burning love for G-d and
intense feeling of awe are pre-requisites for the Jewish approach.
However, Jewish worship and service must begin with a simple but
conclusive discipline to the regiment of G-d and his Torah.

More than our
desire to cleave to him should be …

The Jewish Faith: Moshiach – The Messiah

November 6, 2005 – 4:41 am | Comments Off on The Jewish Faith: Moshiach – The Messiah7,878 views

A Miraculous Time

The eager hope
for an imminent and expedient arrival of the messianic age has always
been a fundamental cornerstone of the Jewish faith. To understand the
reason for why the centrality of Moshiach we must first explain the
Jewish tradition of the messianic era.

Jews believe
that in messianic times the world will reach …