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We encourage people to discuss these issues with Rabbis, parents, friends, and anyone who can offer insights. We do not encourage people to blindly follow anyone's advice, regardless of how knowledgeable or pious that person might be. Every
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Aleinu Family Resource Center is supervised under the guidance and endorsement of a Halachic Advisory Board comprised of leading Los Angeles-based authorities.
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Rabbinic Judaism is a Judaism centered around the teachings and writings of Rabbis. Its formation began over 1,900 years ago when the second temple was destroyed in 70 A.D. Before then, Judaism, or the faith of the Jewish people, was centered
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The ARZA Rabbinic Council is a group of Rabbis who make an annual contribution of AT LEAST $360 to ARZA to support our work, and encourage ongoing substantive conversations about Israel among their colleagues.
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You cannot! Even if the fish is halibut, whitefish or carp (all kosher fish), once the skin is removed it is impossible to identify, and it cannot be assumed to be kosher. In determining the kosher status of fish, identifying the species is critical.
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The earliest rabbinic literature comes from the first two centuries of the Common Era. Washofsky defines these two genres aptly: Mishnah – It means repetition and it is a concise statement of Jewish practice (halakha) that does not seek support in
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"If a case is too baffling for you to decide," says the Torah, you are to follow the advice of contemporary legal authorities; moreover, "you must not deviate from the verdict that they announce to you either to the right or to the left" (
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It is much too early for us to have a Rabbi. Since we are a Reform congregation, we would want, as our Rabbi, a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR). To utilize their search services, we will have to become a member of the
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Choosing a correct interpretation is not a matter of arbitrarily picking between several equal options but requires intense study to discover the strengths and weeknesses of each argument. In the end the individual must make a decision based on
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