#halakhah — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #halakhah, aggregated by home.social.
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"This #book examines #Jewish #law (#Halakhah) from both #historical and current perspectives, and also contemplates the future as law continues to evolve. As the introduction makes clear, the hope is that this volume, which clearly contains much original research material, as well as codifying succinctly what has gone before, will lead to further research and publications.
The volume is divided into three parts: ‘Reading Foundational Jewish Texts and Law’; ‘Distinguishing Characteristics of #JewishLaw’; and ‘Jewish Law and Practice in Modernity’."
https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/reviews/a-towering-work-of-scholarship/5126646.article
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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.
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@mazeldonConsider 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/
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This Abraham Joshua Heschel quote is from "God In Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism"
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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
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@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/
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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.
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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/