tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199205905935393822.post8565602341799886950..comments2023-10-08T08:19:33.457-07:00Comments on To Kiss A Mezuzah: The 613 Commandments - Do We Follow Them?Susan Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00840373234747823781noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199205905935393822.post-82300894994486787992012-02-29T15:02:20.835-08:002012-02-29T15:02:20.835-08:00This doesn't make any sense. You are picking o...This doesn't make any sense. You are picking on terminology in a way that has no substance. <br /><br />The main distinction is between people who feel categorically bound by all the mitzvos, and people who don't. Frum people feel bound by all the mitzvos. Non frum people don't. Hence a broad line distinction.Dan for frumsatire infamynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199205905935393822.post-43814236509662574032011-07-01T12:07:44.822-07:002011-07-01T12:07:44.822-07:00Laura -
I assume Ben-Yehudah was talking about th...Laura -<br /><br />I assume Ben-Yehudah was talking about the Talmud when he was talking about the Oral Law, and so was I.Susan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840373234747823781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199205905935393822.post-92015174636351560682011-07-01T11:04:11.417-07:002011-07-01T11:04:11.417-07:00Perhaps what Ben-Yehudah meant by Oral Law was the...Perhaps what Ben-Yehudah meant by Oral Law was the writings of it as found in Talmud? Not sure what Susan meant by it unless she just meant literally oral as in what people today have to SAY about it. But Susan is also correct about the Talmud being filled with "contradictory or differning opinions" - as one can see from reading and study of Talmud pages, there are various commentaries there that debate just what the Law is and means and how to apply it in various specific circumstances.Laura S.http://www.nvcc.edu/home/lshulman/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199205905935393822.post-79403861069124978752011-03-07T20:23:44.025-08:002011-03-07T20:23:44.025-08:00I've said it before, and I'm sure to say i...I've said it before, and I'm sure to say it again: I learn something new from you every. Single. Post! <br /><br />I appreciate your thoughtful explanations and willingness to share so much of the way that you "do" your Judaism. It makes me sad that doing this felt even remotely necessary in terms of a"justification," though.<br /><br />Well done, as always, Susan!Galit Breenhttp://theselittlewaves.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199205905935393822.post-41624683866946261872011-03-06T21:53:10.777-08:002011-03-06T21:53:10.777-08:00What's not the Oral Law? Are you claiming ther...What's not the Oral Law? Are you claiming there are not contradictory or differning opinions in the Oral Law, or are you saying there is nothing about kashrut in the Oral Law?Susan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840373234747823781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199205905935393822.post-19339693194642563212011-03-06T06:49:11.899-08:002011-03-06T06:49:11.899-08:00Um,...no. That's not Oral Law.Um,...no. That's not Oral Law.Esser Agarothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12853681733864707489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199205905935393822.post-10585777681491502582011-03-03T14:30:58.190-08:002011-03-03T14:30:58.190-08:00Even with the Oral Law, it's still pretty hit ...Even with the Oral Law, it's still pretty hit and miss. Both within the Oral Law and in interpretations of it, there is a lot of disagreement. <br /><br />For example, different groups of Jews have different beliefs about the proper way to observe the dietary laws, and are so certain they are right and the others are wrong that they won't eat in each other's homes.<br /><br />Unfortunately, it is not all clearly spelled out, so the best we can do is to study the texts and come to the best conclusions we can about what it is that God really wants us to do.Susan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840373234747823781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199205905935393822.post-8659310123362964622011-03-03T13:35:03.890-08:002011-03-03T13:35:03.890-08:00This is a really good example of what happens when...This is a really good example of what happens when one does not possess the Oral Law, or only has a distorted version of it.<br /><br />Do not stand idly by and do not place a stumbling block before the blind, among other misswoth make for a lot of guess work, picking and choosing, and 100% listening to ones feelings (a non-Jewish, Western concept), rather than actually trying to understand, and do the halakha.<br /><br />I commend you for trying to keep misswoth, but without the Oral Torah, it's hit or miss.<br /><br />I used to have at least some respect for the Reform people who made no bones about not recognizing the need for halakhic observance. They at least were consistent.<br /><br />But even some leaders in the Reform movement see that is not sufficient for their communities, who are thirsting for more.<br /><br />There's nothing to make up or reinvent here. It's all spelled out in halakhic sources.<br /><br />Either you believe in the validity of the Oral Law, or you don't. If you don't, then it's just hit or miss if you are performing a misswah correctly or not.<br /><br />Think of Written Torah as the hard ware and the Oral Torah as the software. One simple cannot function in the way it was intended without the other.Esser Agarothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12853681733864707489noreply@blogger.com