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Beginning Again In God’s Image

Posted in God, Human Rights, Judaism, Religion, Torah Commentary, Uncategorized on October 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Rabbi Akiva says: “‘Love your fellow as yourself’” (Leviticus 19:18), is the greatest principle of the Torah.
Ben Azzai says, “‘When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God’ (Genesis 5:1) is the greatest principle in the Torah. You should not say: Because I have been dishonored, let my fellow be dishonored along [...]

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The God of Boundlessness

Posted in God, Judaism, Kabbalah, Religion, Spirituality on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Do you ever find yourself reading the Torah and thinking to yourself, “That’s not the God I believe in!?” If so, then you should know that the Biblical God – the rewarding/punishing, supernatural God that exists apart from Creation – is not the sum total of Jewish theology.
If you are interested in a decidedly different Jewish God [...]

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