Sentences with phrase «as observant»

As of today, I work alongside a funeral directer as an observant.

But Rosh Hashanah is the day on which the Torah reckons the traditional counting of years since the sixth day of Creation, the day on which God, or Hashem as observant Jews refer to the Deity, imparted His spirit into Adam — the primeval Man, the purpose of Creation, the father of all peoples... and, setting what we lawyers like to call a precedent, the first person to receive a summons and think he really, really could have used a lawyer.

Stravinsky, Picasso, Braque, Eliot, Joyce, Pound — the «makers of the new» — have been neo-classics, often as observant of canonic precedent as their 17th - century forebears.

It is as observant and finely drawn as the rest of his work, but it also manages to be honest without being caustic, incisive and funny without being snide.

This makes it critical that you be informed, as well as observant.

The breed is known to be determined, as well as observant, with a strong protective and territorial instinct.

And as our observant readers will notice we experimented with the use of the new Microsoft Edge highlighter from Windows 10 in the «Amazon KFFOWI» screencap today.

readers learn that they are not as observant as they think they are, but that won't stop them from laughing about it.

A worksheet on Jesus and the celebration of the Jewish Passover helps to locate Jesus as an observant Jew.

Originally numbered seven, most of the brothers now exist as observant spirits, looking as unsightly as at the instance of their premature deaths and stuck in limbo until the crown of Stormhold is inherited.

This is as observant a film as you will find, delicately crafted and brimming with sincere, multi-dimensional performances.

The film's three elegantly structured sections (divided along geography lines) function more as observant, vibrant vignettes than straight narratives.

I thought I had red - blooded, heterosexual dudes mostly figured out as far as what they think girls look most attractive in because I've spent a few years as an observant young female.

One for his team of MPs who, as observant readers of today's Guardian will have noticed, generated three of the first four stories on pages one and two.

As an observant Jew in the strict Pharisee tradition, he would have learnt the Law from the elders of his community and lived the enclosed life of piety in family and synagogue that a religious upbringing entailed.

To define the church as eschatological Israel and not merely as observant Israel, Luke transformed Pentecost, the Jewish festival to commemorate the giving of the Law, into a commemoration of the giving of the Spirit.

The Pharisees, on the other hand, as observant Jews, were offended at the thought of paying taxes to a foreign government.

Without this structure, some coworkers might not be as observant in how they interact with others and if they are being a good coworker.

Not exact matches

In their dealings in Canada, as with international transactions generally, Chinese companies have been scrupulously observant of prevailing laws and practices, but this is not their way at home.

«I am not observant that every cryptocoin is a scam, just as I'm not observant that every blockchain association is bullshit,» he said.

For this observant Jew, hearing an Orthodox rabbi quote Torah to open the Republican convention was a milestone for America as well for the Jewish people (not to mention the fact that Rabbi Soloveichik is associate rabbi of my synagogue).

Not only have the Jews survived as a people, but many are still observant, that is, they remain faithful to the covenant, as expressed in Deuteronomy: «And now, O Israel, give heed to the statutes and the ordinances which I teach you, and do them; that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, gives you.»

As Ahava became more observant, friends connected her to a Jewish dating service through which she met Michael, whose priestly descent required that he marry a Jewish - born woman.

But there's no reason why those who aren't observant Christians should not approach Christmas purely as a gift - giving, feast - eating and under - the - mistletoe event.

As a non observant Jew I respect the schools decision as it is their belief to follow the rules of their faitAs a non observant Jew I respect the schools decision as it is their belief to follow the rules of their faitas it is their belief to follow the rules of their faith.

Because that scribe is a Torah - observant Jew and because Jesus is a Jew as well, the scribe asks this great question in a first - century Jewish manner: «Of all the commandments [and you know Jesus, there are over 600 of them], which is the most important?»

I like how it features families that are very observant of Muslim traditions as well as families who are less observant.

As for the Pope's economic theories, the Pope by all appearances is an extremely intelligent man but you don't have to be very bright and only moderately observant to understand «trickle down economics» never worked and never will.

As any remotely observant person will notice, it is not.

Through the great work being done by my friend Jennifer Bryson — who is a devout Christian and a great American patriot who spent two years as an interrogator at Guantanamo — I have met hundreds of religiously observant Muslims over the past several years and many are now my close friends.

When a label is required I've referred to myself as a Christian, as a believer, as Torah - observant, as a follower of the Way - as Rabbi Shaul / Paul says, becoming all things to all people.

As we slowed down we became more observant.

In the Jewish state, I actually was astonished to discover, Jews not only were observant at home, but observant Jews were on the street — and rabbis were in the Knesset as members, not chaplains.

Again, as with the Protestants, Catholic Perot voters were drawn from the least religiously observant.

But just as religiously committed Evangelical and Mainline Protestants were much more likely to vote Republican than their nominally religious brethren, regularly attending white Catholics gave Bush a narrow plurality over Clinton (41 percent to 39 percent), while less - observant Catholics gave Clinton a bigger margin (44 percent to 33 percent).

These days there are more observant Jews on campus and more Jews whose identity is focused on Jewish people issues, such as Israel and Soviet Jewry.

Neither of us, I think, was quite certain just what contribution I might be making to the enterprise, but I was a reasonably educated and reasonably pious» though hardly properly observant» Jew who had worked for many years as an editor, and since Religion and Public Life had recently begun publishing First Things, I suppose it was thought that I was qualified to add some, albeit hardly scholarly, expertise to the enterprise.

In observant Jewish homes, Shabbat begins each Friday night at sundown as a woman lights the Sabbath candles.

As with the Protestant alienation a century earlier, the severance of formal ties has been the achievement of enlightened and observant clergy, or members of religious orders, acting in order to shelter their upgrading institutions from church authorities who were seen as anti-intellectual, intrusively authoritarian, and unable to offer any resources but their own unimpressive governancAs with the Protestant alienation a century earlier, the severance of formal ties has been the achievement of enlightened and observant clergy, or members of religious orders, acting in order to shelter their upgrading institutions from church authorities who were seen as anti-intellectual, intrusively authoritarian, and unable to offer any resources but their own unimpressive governancas anti-intellectual, intrusively authoritarian, and unable to offer any resources but their own unimpressive governance.

Observant Jews don't view Reform Jews as «defectors», they view them as misinterpreting Torah, and drawing incorrect connections between Torah and Marxist ideals such as environmentalism that do not exist.

Sometimes, as a result, kids challenge us to become more mindful or observant.

Their goal was to help ordinary people become more observant of the law (both written and oral) as a way of affirming or reinforcing their Jewish identity.

As in Spanish America, missions were undertaken, mostly by religious orders which reflected the Catholic Reformation — Jesuits, Observant Franciscans, and Capuchins.

Since observant Sikh men keep a turban (known as dastaar or pagri) and unshorn hair, which often manifests itself into a long beard, many Americans after September 11 wrongfully conflated Sikh Americans with Muslim Americans because of this «turban - and - beard» look.

While Christians often mention Zolli as an example of an observant Jew who found Christ, some Jewish scholars contend that Zolli's conversion was a result of having been ostracized by the Jewish community following the Holocaust, rather than a spiritual awakening»

As a religiously observant Jew, I find this a welcome, and compelling argument that other Jewish believers, of all denominations, should be able to support and applaud.

Or as a more observant person may call it: not cleaning or organizing and living like a slob until my husband comes home.

Leading someone into transgressions is frowned upon, so an observant Jew spells out the name of the Deity incompletely, as in «G * d».

Since the Temple was destroyed, the Challah is burnt as it is considered Holy and an observant Jew may not use it.

But since then Wenger has been slowly building this one with a few minutes at the end of a game here and few minutes at the end of the game there and then interestingly a good twenty minutes against Southampton, the more observant would have noticed that Wenger always tries to salvage something when all seems lost and in this case it was giving valuable unpressured pitch time to the young would be DM before finally starting him against Bournemouth during which he found his confidence and got better and better as that game went on to the point where we were all singing his praises at the end.