B”H And why doesn’t this blog continue as usual ? Because I am still sitting over Talmud Bava Batra 73 – 75 in order to compare Leviathan and the Yetzer Harah in order to make clear that the Christian concept of Satan has absolutely nothing in common with the Jewish understanding. And as it always … Continue reading
B”H A Gentile asked me on my German blog whether I am ready to explain a bit more about Adam HaRishon, the Jewish meaning of “Satan” (Yetzer HaRah), Gan Eden (Paradise) and topics connected to Parashat Bereshit. Therefore, I am going to start a “Bereshit Series” today but, as all of us know who study … Continue reading
B”H Until the foundation and spreading of Christianity and Islam as well as Karaite theories, Jews never thought about the concept that G – d could be corporeal and / or might have human character traits. Especially Christianity loves to understand the Torah literally. Far too literally and without taking into account that there could … Continue reading
B”H The Torah refers to “other gods” only as images but not as existing beings such as G – d Himself. Moreover, it considers pagan religion as nothing but fetishism. Men carve images out of wood and stone. Then they start projecting a god into the object. Thus, the image becomes a god for them. … Continue reading
B”H Before I am going to publish all kinds of Karlin – Stolin pictures from their Purim Tish in Mea Shearim and finally answer a comment, I would like to take a brief trip into the literature world. Besides all kinds of Sifre’i Kodesh, I love reading novels or history books. From Steven King to … Continue reading
B”H I heard the following teaching at a special Purim Shiur given taught Rabbi Chaim Eisen last week: There is a Pasuk in Megillath Esther (the Book of Esther) where Esther, King Achashverosh and Haman have a special meeting. Esther tells the King about Haman’s evil plan to exterminate all the Jews of Persia / Babylon. Achashverosh listened, got … Continue reading
B”H Next Sunday and Monday (Shushan Purim in Jerusalem) we are going to celebrate PURIM. Those who don’t know why we are doing so should read the “Book of Esther –Megillath Esther”. Esther, the Jewish queen, saved her own people, the Jews, from total extermination; together with her uncle (some commentators say “her husband”) Mordechai. The location … Continue reading
B”H We know the first word VaYIHI as an introduction of various Torah Parashot and the Prophets. When we look at the first words of Megillath Esther, we also read “Vayihi biyame’i Achashverosh – And it was in the days of Achashverosh”. The Talmud Tractate Megillah 10b teaches us that, wherever we find the introduction … Continue reading
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