In Israel, where civil marriage is not an option, only religious marriages are recognized as legally binding, and the only rabbis permitted to perform weddings are those who are authorized by the Chief Rabbinate. Can a rabbi marry you? However, while many Reform rabbis have conducted such ceremonies, they were […]
People often use the word zonah to mean a woman of loose morals, a prostitute or a tramp. Really, a zonah is a woman who has had intercourse with one of the forbidden sexual relationships and the term has no bearing on whether or not she is promiscuous. Can a […]
Regina Jonas. Regina Jonas (1902–44), who was ordained in Germany in 1935, is now widely recognised as the world’s first female rabbi. However, for almost 50 years after her death at Auschwitz in 1944, she was given very little, if any, public recognition. Who was the first woman in Judaism? […]
Rebbetzin (Yiddish: רביצין) or Rabbanit (Hebrew: רַבָּנִית) is the title used for the wife of a rabbi, typically from the Orthodox, Haredi, and Hasidic Jewish groups, or for a female Torah scholar or teacher. What does the word Rebbetzin mean? the wife of a rabbi: the wife of a rabbi. […]
Traditionally, rabbis were expected to marry women who were devoted to Judaism. The convention was a logical one. As a symbolic exemplar of Judaism, everything a rabbi does should reflect his commitment to the Jewish religion. What do you call the wife of a rabbi? : the wife of a […]
Aleichem Shalom. The appropriate response is “Aleichem Shalom” (עֲלֵיכֶם שָׁלוֹם) or “Upon you be peace.” (cognate with the Arabic-language “assalamu alaikum” meaning “The peace [of ] be upon you.)” What is the reply of Shabbat Shalom? It came to be used during the entire Sabbath, not just after the Saturday […]
Contents of The Forgotten Books of Eden The Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan (The First and Second Book of Adam and Eve) The Secrets of Enoch (also known as the Slavonic Enoch or Second Enoch) The Psalms of Solomon. The Odes of Solomon. The Letter of Aristeas. The […]
Importance of the Torah The word Torah occurs eighteen times and the name of Moses is mentioned 136 times in the Quran. Nowhere in the Quran is it written that Moses alone taught by the Torah as all succeeding Hebrew prophets and seers, including Harun, used the Law for preaching. […]
Belief in the Books of God: Muslims believe that God revealed holy books or scriptures to a number of God’s messengers. These include the Quran (given to Muhammad), the Torah (given to Moses), the Gospel (given to Jesus), the Psalms (given to David), and the Scrolls (given to Abraham). How […]
The appropriate way to address a letter to a husband and wife who are both ministers is: The Reverends Mary and John Smith. The wife’s name always comes first. What do you call the pastor’s wife? Use Mrs./Ms./Mr./Dr./etc – whichever honorific to which he or she is entitled. After their […]
Even after nearly 2,000 years of its existence, and centuries of investigation by biblical scholars, we still don’t know with certainty who wrote its various texts, when they were written or under what circumstances. When was the Bible first written and by whom? The Old Testament is the original Hebrew […]
Ministers, rabbis, cantors, priests and other religious officials who work as leaders of religious organizations are entitled to have some of their income excluded from taxation. In particular, the amount spent on housing and furnishing the home is excluded from income taxation. This is called parsonage. What taxes are pastors […]
The man in the shiny black top hat is Rabbi Joseph Weinreb, the chief rabbi of Toronto at the time.Joseph Weinreb. Rabbi Joseph (Yosef) Weinreb Nationality Canadian Denomination Orthodox Jewish leader Successor Gedalia Felder Who is the highest rabbi in the world? The present Sephardi Chief Rabbi is Yitzhak Yosef, […]
YHWH. In Judaism, God has been conceived in a variety of ways. Traditionally, Judaism holds that YHWH, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and the national god of the Israelites, delivered the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, and gave them the Law of Moses at biblical Mount Sinai as […]
rabbi, (Hebrew: “my teacher” or “my master”) in Judaism, a person qualified by academic studies of the Hebrew Bible and the Talmud to act as spiritual leader and religious teacher of a Jewish community or congregation. Can a rabbi marry you? However, while many Reform rabbis have conducted such ceremonies, […]