Morah

you hit it right on the mark for the whole heaven/hell thing. in other news, were u in a kids service when u went to shul? cause if u were, that would be the easy explanation for the apple juice. honestly, the drinking of apple juice has no symoblic/religious meaning. there is a blessing to say b4 doing so though in the everyday journey of life. baruch ata Adonai elohanu melech ha'olam boray pere ha adamah ^transliteration^

the closest thing jews have to hell is a place that is like limbo. basically, u get sent there for what we aproximate to be a time equal to about a year (based on scriptures and codes). while there, ur soul gets cleansed and ready for heaven. unlike many other religions, judaism believes that you do not need to be jewish in ordered to be admitted into heaven.

It's in the book "A Thinker's Guide to God", I believe. Although I can't say I'm sure, it was a long time ago. Makes sense though, eh? Hebrews came out of Egypt, and now the three primary monotheistic religions worship a God that lives above us, or in Heaven (which is referenced as "up" in both the Bible and the Torah, and probably the Koran). u do realize that judaism was created generations before any jew went to egypt? let's count...abraham,issac,jacob, and then joseph was the 1st one to enter egypt. abraham and issac were dead by the time. and jacob went when he was near death to visit joseph, who had become a higher up in egypt's gov. eventually, pharoh saw how the jews were multiplying and became worried that if egypt were to be attacked, that they would side with the attacker, hence making them slaves. judaism does not believe G-d resides in the heavens, that's christianity. we believe G-d is incorporal (without body or shape). My apologies, I forgot that. And the Judaistic belief that speaking His name in vain is, well, bad. I wasn't trying to start anything by it, it's just a fact. Being led out of Egypt by Moses, Judaism was much more spread than when the first few Israelites entered Egypt, according to the Old Testament. Plus, geographically, Israel and Egypt would have been obvious trade partners. On another note, what is the Judaistic belief on Abraham's near-sacrifice of Isaac? I know my personal belief wasn't that God was testing Abraham, yet that Abraham was testing God, to see if this God was truly worth worship. Abraham lived in a time of many false gods and goddesses, and he couldn't have just any for his lineage. The reason i spell G-d's name the way i do, is to show respect. in judaism, if anything has G-d's name spelled out on it, and then it needs to be gotten rid of, it can only be done so by being burried or burned. it cannot be thrown in the trash. rabbi's have said that typing G-d's name out fully on something u don't intend to print out is OK, however i'm just staying on the safe side. now to answer ur question: being a reconstructionist jew, i believe that while G-d did command that he sacrifice issac, that abraham also ignored some of G-d's more subtle hints that he has gone far enough and can go back home. G-d sent Natas (the jewish version of satan) to not only test abraham, but to also give abraham hints that he didn't need to do this. if u try to look up the jewish answer to this question though, u'll find many different opinions. 2 jews=5 opinions!

I hate to break it to you, but they don't really need you to watch the Olympics. ur right, they don't need me to watch the olympics. however, i've written all the olympic sponsors who's products i can feasibly boycott as well, and i'm doing so. google the website "dream for darfur"

It's in the book "A Thinker's Guide to God", I believe. Although I can't say I'm sure, it was a long time ago. Makes sense though, eh? Hebrews came out of Egypt, and now the three primary monotheistic religions worship a God that lives above us, or in Heaven (which is referenced as "up" in both the Bible and the Torah, and probably the Koran). u do realize that judaism was created generations before any jew went to egypt? let's count...abraham,issac,jacob, and then joseph was the 1st one to enter egypt. abraham and issac were dead by the time. and jacob went when he was near death to visit joseph, who had become a higher up in egypt's gov. eventually, pharoh saw how the jews were multiplying and became worried that if egypt were to be attacked, that they would side with the attacker, hence making them slaves. judaism does not believe G-d resides in the heavens, that's christianity. we believe G-d is incorporal (without body or shape).

I'll put money on that christianity will never die. Things like tha don't just "die out." It's one of the major religions in the world. If it's lasted for 2000+ years, and still going strong, when will it die out, the year 5000? and various pagan religions used to be the major world religions. look at them now, many of them completely dead. i'm just curious, are there any jews for jesus in this discussion? Those pagan religions aren't dead (for the most part). They just evolved into what we have them now. Christianity and Islam are offshoots of Judaism, which was the first major monotheistic religion and came from Egyptian sun worship. being jewish (and i mean a real jew--not a jew for jesus),i can tell u right now that it did not come from egyptian sunworship. judaism follows the lunar calendar. and also, many of the pagan religions are dead. there are some that are still alive, but many are dead. Yes, most of them are dead or assimilated into other religions. Egyptian worship of Ra led to many passages of the Torah, or Old Testament. The Israelites, when led out of Egypt by Moses, traveled for forty years - a sacred number to the Egyptians. If a pharaoh was buried with forty cats in his tomb, he was guaranteed entrance into Ra's sacred lands. A relatively coincidental example, but it is true. All modern-day monotheistic religions began as worshiping the Sun - hence, Heaven being in the sky. Judaism began in the lands of the Israelites, with Abraham - I believe he is known in the Torah as Avraham Avinu. Following the lunar calendar has nothing to do with it. Also, I try to steer clear of Wicca in general. Such an odd religion. i'd like to know where u get ur information from. considering my grandfather was a rabbi and i've received every kind of jewish education from venues that count women in a minion, i find it odd that i've never heard any of what ur saying b4. if u can show me a credible source, i'll be more than happy to listen. also, for what it's worth, judaism doesn't see heaven (or any part of the afterlife) as being above or below where we are on this earth, but more as on a different plane of existance.

I'll put money on that christianity will never die. Things like tha don't just "die out." It's one of the major religions in the world. If it's lasted for 2000+ years, and still going strong, when will it die out, the year 5000? and various pagan religions used to be the major world religions. look at them now, many of them completely dead. i'm just curious, are there any jews for jesus in this discussion? Those pagan religions aren't dead (for the most part). They just evolved into what we have them now. Christianity and Islam are offshoots of Judaism, which was the first major monotheistic religion and came from Egyptian sun worship. being jewish (and i mean a real jew--not a jew for jesus),i can tell u right now that it did not come from egyptian sunworship. judaism follows the lunar calendar. and also, many of the pagan religions are dead. there are some that are still alive, but many are dead.

Honestly with 30 something million tuned in, in just the US i doubt your boycott is doing anything. and if it were just me and in just the usa, i'd say ur right. however it's millions of people around the world.

no where does the consititution garuntee our privacy, as much as i hate to say it.

honestly, i believe that if the bush admin wanted to wage an effective war in the mid-east, they should've attacked iran instead of iraq in the 1st place. now don't get me wrong...saddam was a horrible man. however iran has made threats about wiping israel off the map. imo, that's more of a concern than getting even with the man who tried to assisinate ur dad (yes, george dubya, i'm talking to u!)

I'll put money on that christianity will never die. Things like tha don't just "die out." It's one of the major religions in the world. If it's lasted for 2000+ years, and still going strong, when will it die out, the year 5000? and various pagan religions used to be the major world religions. look at them now, many of them completely dead. i'm just curious, are there any jews for jesus in this discussion?

i'm boycotting the olympics because of the role china plays in aiding the sudanese gov. in their genocide in darfur. google darfur olympics and watch.

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so i just realized this thing was going on. i'm a little confused about how i can enter my recording...sorry if that question has already been answered, however trying to read this threat straight throught is confusing. for what it's worth, the song i'm singing is one that i wrote.