Traditional Judaism, based on our religious beliefs and #halakhah, got caught in a tug of war between people moving to the religious far left or far right. In some communities #halakhah was eliminated, while in others it became too strict. So this story here shows the Judaism that most of our ancestors had: A warm, loving #Judaism still taught by the many wonderful #rabbis we have learned from in all of our denominations. This is the way ❤️ 🔯

#Kashrut
@mazeldon

Traditional Judaism, based on our religious beliefs and #halakhah, got caught in a tug of war between people moving to the religious far left or far right. In some communities Jewish law was eliminated, while in others it became too strict. But this story here shows the Judaism that most of our ancestors had; a warm, loving #Judaism still taught by the many wonderful #rabbis I have learned from in all of our denominations.

#Kashrut

@chaimbenaharon @rochelle
@mazeldon

Consider the hidden assumption - many Jewish people think that eating kosher requires eating only food with a heksher. Turns out that this has never been a requirement. In fact most Orthodox Jews who lived before 1960 have never heard of such an idea. They would have regarded such a view as extreme, and such stringencies violate the Mishnah in Yadayim and numerous other rules.

More details here -

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2016/12/24/does-kosher-food-really-need-a-hechsher/

#kashrut #halakhah

Many thanks for any and all thoughts, insights, references, debate, etc.! #halakhah #RuralJudaism /end

Looking to start a discussion of #halakhah around the challenges of #RuralJudaism. By discussion I mean to say that I’m not looking for an authoritative responsum, I’ll continue discussing these things with my rabbis, but looking for people’s understanding of the tradition. #mazeldon #RuralJews 1/

@adar @breadbin @serge

You don't own _any_ of your #Kindle books. When we read the agreement, we find that we effectively pay for a temporary license to read them, and #Amazon can revoke that at any time, for any and all books. The Amazon Kindle sales structure is #predatory and based on deception. #Halakhah refers to this as Genivat Da’at – Misleading people (literally, “stealing one’s mind”)

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/ethics/economic-and-business-ethics/

@alter_kaker @mazeldon

This Abraham Joshua Heschel quote is from "God In Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism"

"https://www.google.com/books/edition/God_in_Search_of_Man/_Gd-MJL40XEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22we+have+a+legacy+of+agada+together+with+a+system+of+halacha%22&pg=PA338&printsec=frontcover

#God #Judaism #Heschel #Halakhah #Aggadah

In #halakhah there never was a mandatory 6 hour wait time between eating milk and meat. That idea is a more recent (1500's) chumra חומרה (stringency.) People of course may follow this, but they should also know the history. Ashkenazi Orthodox insist on this waiting time as binding. Other Jews disagree.

Details here. Iyun Halacha, Vol. 4, Issue 2, 5782/2021, Denver Kollel

https://www.denverkollel.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/waitingbetweenmeatandmilk.pdf

@mazeldon #kashrut #chumrot #Jewishlaw #kosher

@sheepchase @imstilljeremy @mazeldon

The difference between Reform's view on halakhah and Conservative Judaism's is big. Even the most tradition respecting Reform rabbis (e.g. Washofsky ) hold that halakhah is subject to personal autonomy, i.e. Jews always have total autonomy over what to believe, or do, if anything.
In Conservative (and #Sephardic, and #ModernOrthodox) we see #halakhah as our understanding of God's will and thus obligatory, even when differing on interpretations

For any fans of #HarryPotter and #Halakhah, you may enjoy this

https://moderntoraleadership.wordpress.com/2022/12/23/halakhah-at-hogwarts/

@nomemory@fosstodon.org @judaism @mazeldon

By any chance have you read any of these responsa/ position papers on this topic by Orthodox and Conservative rabbis? Have any of these been discussed in your community? There's been a lot of careful, deep thought on this issue by many thinkers over the last two generations.

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2019/06/30/lgbt-inclusion-in-the-jewish-community/

#LGBT #responsa #halakhah

There are a range of Jewish views on suicide, assisted suicide, and euthanasia. There is a surprising amount of agreement on the issue from across the denominational range - Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform -

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2022/01/14/jewish-views-on-suicide-assisted-suicide-and-euthanasia/

@judaism
@mazeldon
#Jewdiverse #Mazeldon #Jewniverse
#Jewish #Judaism #Jews #JewishStudies #Babka #Torah #halakha #halakhah

@judaism @mazeldon

It is sometimes assumed that to be pro-LGBT one must be against halakhah. However, that is not so - A Jewish person can still accept Torah as normative in a way that is inclusive. This idea is widely accepted in Masorti/Conservative Judaism, the Havurah movement, Masorti movement, and beginning to become accepted within parts of Orthodoxy

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2019/06/30/lgbt-inclusion-in-the-jewish-community/

#LGBT #Jewish #Halakhah #babka #Judaism

A great infographic on the sources of Jewish law! Great for adult ed

#Jewish #Judaism #Torah #OrthodoxJudaism #ConservativeJudaism #ReformJudaism #Masorti #coffeehousetorahtalk #havurah #beitmidrash #halakhah #halachah #shulkhanArukh #shulchanaruch #Talmud #Mishnah