RELI 2110 Lecture Notes - Talmud, Mikveh, Hasidic Judaism
17 Feb 2014
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Observant jew, receives package from something that was of his mother"s sees a cross in the package. Wore a star of david even when it was dangerous. You let your religious teachers decide who your mother was . Yeshiva a place where men study torah and talmud together, also a prayer room. Very observant jew, has to obey the rules of the sabbath, but since he"s a gentile he can"t obey the sabbath. Has to think of ways that he can break the sabbath. Tel aviv vs. jerusalem cultural diversity, the different ways different jews observe the. Mikveh has to be living waters he immerses himself in the ocean counts. Reform: begins in germany, reforms practices to fit into the modern world and avoid civil disabilities. Conservative: middle path, examines historical context of law. Reconstructionist: judaism as a civilization and culture, less doctrine. They"re for more traditional practices, based on the teachings of great rabbis.
