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    Judaism: Looking for book recommendations on the tosafist rabbis and their...

    ...methods of Talmudic study? Professor Talya Fishman's book 'Becoming the People of the Talmud' briefly mentions them, as does a short selected essay in my Jewish Study Bible, but I can't seem to find any books that discuss the numerous tosafist rabbis in any great detail. If anyone knows of...
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    Do you agree with ultraorthodox rabbis that you cannot "convert" to Judaism in...

    Do you agree with ultraorthodox rabbis that you cannot "convert" to Judaism in... ...any real sense? I asked an ultraorthodox rabbi about this, and he said that "Jewishness" is a property first and foremost of matrilineal descent. As such, it is impossible for an outsider to truly "convert" to...
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    What do rabbis and converts wear i need to know?

    me and my friend w/ benifits like to roleplay hes going to be the rabbi. and i dont know what converts wear.
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    'No housing for non-Jews' say 250 rabbis. Is this what Judaism leads to?

    News story: http://www.jpost.com/Features/FrontLines/Article.aspx?id=198810 I've seen peace in all religions, they all preach the same things: equality, charity, do unto others as you would have them do to you. So why does Judaism lead to 250 rabbis protesting against the buying / selling...
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    What branchs of Judaism do not allow sexually-active homosexual Rabbis?

    A reform temple near where I live has an lesbian Rabbi and her significant other as head of the Congregation. Do Conservative and Orthodox Jews welcome this as well?
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    What do you believe , may be as Rabbis or those believing in Judaism?

    about God's (G_d's) intention in the creation and/or making of man-kind ? what was the purpose in our creation ? I thank you for your previous answers
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    What do you believe , may be as Rabbis or those believing in Judaism?

    about God's (G_d's) intention in the creation and/or making of man-kind ? what was the purpose in our creation ? I thank you for your previous answers
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    Is Zionism pagan or atheistic or all these great Jewish Rabbis only agree it's

    not Judaism? These Rabbis say it atheistic: Rabbi Aryeh Leib Alter (1847-1905) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehudah_Aryeh_Leib_Alter Rabbi David Friedman (1828-1917) http://www.traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=104556 Rabbi Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (1843-1926)...
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