called Midrash was compiled in the first 10 centuries in CE. What are the two types of Midrash and how are they different? The two types of Midrash are Midrash Aggada and Midrash Halakha. Aggada focuses on characters and their stories. The stories help explain the portion of the Torah, similar to a flashback. A Halakha is more focused on law and practice and directly explains the reasoning behind laws, like

(the Rabbis) in a religion that was historically centered on divine authority. In doing so, the Rabbis were able to interpret the God-given laws of Halakha and make informed decisions regarding the application of those laws to various situations that Jews around the world encountered, on a case-by-case basis. Examples of changing the applicability of Halakha abound, and can be separated into several categories: adaptations to geographical change, adaptations to political ch... ... middle of paper

The Chained Women: When Religion and the State Intersect When Israel was conceived as a Jewish state, questions arose over the division between the religious and the secular. Judaism is grounded in halakha, a detailed set of laws which guides observant Jews, but debate continues over whether Israel should adopt these religious laws to govern a largely secular population. Contradictions exist between the ancient laws and modern ideals, especially regarding women’s rights. Most developed states

The Role of Women in Judaism Some say that the role of women in Judaism has been misrepresented and misunderstood. Today when people think of women's role in Judaism, they think of them as being of very low importance. Yet, threw the Halakha (Jewish laws) we are able to see how significant the role of women is in Judaism. There are many Jewish feminist leaders in today's society. This is because throughout the years of education and study of Judaism, the women learned that everyone must be respected

Judaism has survived throughout history by being flexible and by admitting foreign influences into its practice. Its success in the 21st century depends on its ability to continue doing this in response to the pressures of modernity. Judaism has endured the challenges imposed upon it, by its ability to preserve deep-rooted traditions of the past. It is through maintaining customs from preceding times that defines the foundations of modern day Jewish practice, be it through observance, prayer or

History of Judaism a. Israel Basic Judaism is Israel's existence and calls as well as membership by birth , although the door is open also for proselytes . There is no evidence that Judaism understands the OT teachings about the existence of ' the rest ' . Motto that ' All Israel will inherit the world who will come ' is generally accepted . Only apostasy ( a term which means not steady ) is usually considered to be the only barrier to enjoy it . In this environment everyone is a brother Israelite

The Role of Women within Orthodox Judaism 1 Since the beginning of the Jewish religion, women have had what seems to be a marginalized role that encompasses almost every facet of life. In many cases within the body of Jewish texts, clear misogynist statements and commentary are made dealing with every aspect of what it means to be female. Within the Orthodox movement, these restrictions appear to be the most prevalent. Through examination of the role of women within the key

Judaism, a religion of the Jews, is one of the most popular religions in the world. In a graph it is shown at 0.2%. Most of the Jews live in either Israel or the United States. Since Judaism is a popular religion, it is often considered as the same as Christianity. Judaism has vast range of beliefs and customs that are the DNA for the religion, but they too like many other religions have gone through many struggles because of what they believe. In the religion of Judaism, they have what is called

The core ethical teachings of Judaism are the Commandments of the Torah, the Prophetic Vision and the Book of Proverbs. These ethical teachings are all ultimately derived from the Jewish Bible or Tanakh. The importance of these teachings are to provide Jewish adherents with informed moral choices. One of the most important ethical issues that a Jewish adherent may face is pollution, decisions must be made in favor of methods that involve less rather than greater destruction to the earth because according

Clothing traditions in Religions There are many types of different clothing in Religion. Clothing represents special significance in different religions. In this paper I would like to point out the differences between clothing in the different religions. Christianity First of all i want to address the way people dress while going to church. Going to church has always been linked to wearing so called "church clothes" and looking nice, ect. I wanted to point out that in the bible there are some passages