tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post5703051289435570579..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Judaism on its Own EvolutionYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-68441730552066012122011-04-18T14:56:34.636+03:002011-04-18T14:56:34.636+03:00As we'll all say at the seder: Baruch Ha'M...As we'll all say at the seder: Baruch Ha'Makom, Baruch Hu.Shalom, NJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-23219532656269702302011-04-17T19:29:53.721+03:002011-04-17T19:29:53.721+03:00K'tarim are usually translated into English li...K'tarim are usually translated into English literally as "crowns."RKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-70466074221338391722011-04-17T18:26:51.664+03:002011-04-17T18:26:51.664+03:00The Talmudic story of Moshe Rabbenu visiting Rabbi...The Talmudic story of Moshe Rabbenu visiting Rabbi Akiva's Beit Midrash and not understanding what is going on and his shock at finding out what will happen to Rabbi Akiva is one of the most beautiful I have seen and played a major role in bringing me around to adopting a religous lifestyle. The brutal honesty in showing the murky way halacha developed and the nature of reward and punishment showed me people who are willing to grapple with the most difficult questions and the refusal to hide these difficulties in the name of giving people "simple answers" in order to keep them "frum".<br />Thanks for posting this and reminding me of this as we confront the major difficulties of our era.Y. Ben-Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-66063985801873928342011-04-17T18:05:51.764+03:002011-04-17T18:05:51.764+03:00Not sure that "that is my intention" is ...Not sure that "that is my intention" is the best translation here, but you obviously know that already.Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-54432567231731523692011-04-17T15:18:29.018+03:002011-04-17T15:18:29.018+03:00The Jews are a nation.... whose story begins with ...The Jews are a nation.... whose story begins with Passover. Before the Exile in Egypt they were nothing more than a collection of feuding tribes at odds with each other as we know from the story of Joseph. This is still the case with the Arabs today, who are more often than not, mutually hostile tribes concealed behind a flag of national convenience.<br /><br />Egypt changed the Jews. And Passover tells us the Jews have a long way to go, despite the establishment of Israel, to attain full freedom and justice. Until then, every Jew is still a slave who has just emerged out of Egypt.<br /><br />May Passover this year bring the Jewish People one step closer to that cherished dream becoming a reality at last upon this earth!NormanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03365459073293643108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-69394104133696884002011-04-17T14:59:14.176+03:002011-04-17T14:59:14.176+03:00Throughout history Jews have been identified as a ...Throughout history Jews have been identified as a foreign nation where ever they lived, thereby justifying the denial of rights to Jews. The 19th and 20th (and probably earlier) are replete with failed attempts to shed the national element and make Jews acceptable to the majority cultures. Zionism is the recognition of the futility of that attempt. If they are going to treat us like a nation, then we might as well be a nation, by Golly.<br /><br />Ironically, only since the advent of Zionism have the the enemies of the Jews started to say we are a religion, not a nation.<br /><br />May the Passover season bring freedom, joy, celebration, great light, redemption and renewal to all of us.<br /><br />NycerbarbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com