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- The beginning of all galut, the root from which it grew and branched off, was when Jacob and his children left Canaan (as Israel was then called) because of famine and traveled to Egypt for food. 2 There they settled, prospered and began to grow numerous. 3 Fearing the growth of this nation, Pharaoh enslaved the children of Israel. 4 After a period of 210 years, G‑d sent salvation through His servant Moses, smiting the Egyptians with the ten plagues. 5 The Jewish people were redeemed and started...
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- Biblical Roots of Jewish Matrilineal Descent
- Matrilineal Descent in The Times of Moses
- The Earliest Reference to Matrilineal Descent
- Did Moses Marry out?
- Is Matrilineal Descent Reasonable?
- Patrilineal Descent in Judaism
- Jewish Resilience
There’s clear evidence There’s clear evidence of the rule of matrilineal descent in Biblical times in the story of Ezra and the returning exiles.of the rule of matrilineal descent in Biblical times in the story of Ezra and the returning exiles. The Book of Ezra tells the story of the Jews who returned from Babylonia to finish rebuilding the Holy Te...
Ezra is one of the last books of the Hebrew Bible. Many have asked why this issue was not raised earlier—even in the times of Moses? If the Hebrew Bible provided a detailed exposition of every law and custom, this would be a question. But with even a cursory look it’s obvious that this is not so. Some laws, such as priestly rites and offerings, or ...
Rabbinic tradition, then, is that at least from the time that the Torah was given, Jewishness has followed the mother. As we’ve seen, Ezra and his scribes had the same tradition. In the Talmud,8 we find that Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai provides support for the rule of matrilineal descent from a passage in Deuteronomy. However, this has been widely misu...
Here’s another common question: We see many figures in the Hebrew Bible that married out of their people. Joseph married an Egyptian woman. Moses married a Midianite.14 King David took a Philistine wife and King Solomonalso took wives who were not from the Jewish people. Why is there no mention of any conversion? But then, neither is there any ment...
There are many things in Jewish tradition that are hard to understand. The Five Books of Moses provide many instructions, but rarely provides the “why.” And even the explanations that we do have are not the ultimate reason, as Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi explains. We’re speaking, after all, of the wisdom of our Creator. It’s wondrous that we unde...
Although Jewishness is matrilineal, there are many aspects of Judaism that are patrilineal.There are many aspects of Judaism that are patrilineal.But this too is eminently sensible. For example, within the Jewish people there is a division of Yisrael, Levi and Kohen. And that’s patrilineal. The Kohen, as long as the Jewish Temple is standing in Jer...
It’s vital to understand that Judaism is not a Judaism is not a book.book. Judaism is the covenant of a people with G‑d. The story of that covenant and its basic tenets is preserved in written form in what people call the Hebrew Bible. The way the people understood that covenant and its details was preserved by oral tradition for many centuries unt...
- Tzvi Freeman
Nov 18, 2008 · When did Judaism as we know it today—devoted to one God and the teachings of the Torah—really take root? How did the religious practices of the earliest Israelites differ from monotheistic ...
Jews gave it the idea of hope. The whole of Judaism – though it would take a book to show it – is a set of laws and narratives designed to create in people, families, communities and a nation, habits that defeat despair. Judaism is the voice of hope in the conversation of mankind.
- Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
The Book of Genesis offers some answers to the questions which the nascent Hebrew nation had to contend with at the time: How was the world created? Why does a woman bear children in pain? What is the significance of the rainbow? And first and foremost: Where did we come from? How did the Hebrew nation come into being?
Feb 15, 2017 · The word “Jew” ultimately comes from Judah, an ancient kingdom centered in Jerusalem, in the 2nd century BCE. But how did the kingdom's Hebrew name, Yehudah (Judah in English), pronounced ye-hu-DAH, beget “Jew”?
The story of the Exodus is central in Judaism. It is recounted daily in Jewish prayers and celebrated in festivals such as Passover. Early Christians saw the Exodus as a typological prefiguration of resurrection and salvation by Jesus.
