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November 2018
November 11, 2018
How we know what’s right: from God or from ourselves?
There’s an ancient question, known in philosophy as Euthyphro’s Dilemma. Asked by Socrates in the...
October 2018
October 25, 2018
Written Text and Oral Law: Why Do We Need Both?
My last post discussed the Jewish belief in an Oral Law that accompanies the...
October 21, 2018
The Bible is not enough: why Jews believe in an oral tradition
It’s a core belief of traditional Judaism stretching back to the days of the Pharisees...
October 07, 2018
Did God Really Command Genocide?: The Case of the Canaanites
This is a follow up to my last post about the divine commandment for the...
October 03, 2018
Did God Really Command Genocide?: The Case of Amalek
Continuing the series that I began a few weeks ago, this post will once again...
September 2018
September 27, 2018
Simchat Torah: A Celebration of Continuity
Yup, another holiday. But this is the last one for a while, I promise. On...
September 16, 2018
Yom Kippur: is it really the day of “atonement?”
That’s how most people translate it. But maybe they’re missing the mark. In a...
September 02, 2018
How Orthodox Jews read tough Biblical passages: Part III—“An Eye for an Eye?”
My last two posts about controversial Bible passages were a bit obscure. I’m sure many...
August 2018
August 29, 2018
How Orthodox Jews read tough Bibical passages: Part II —The case of the rebellious son
This post is the next installment in what will hopefully be a series on traditional...
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