Sentences with phrase «forbid women serving»

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Deuteronomy 17:2 - 5 Suppose a man or woman among you, in one of your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, has done evil in the sight of the LORD your God and has violated the covenant by serving other gods or by worshiping the sun, the moon, or any of the forces of heaven, which I have strictly forbidden.

His outright rejection of Rabbinic ideas of sin and sickness leading to ritual impurity or defilement allowed him to relate women he might not have reached otherwise.57 Also his rejection of certain Rabbinic Sabbath restrictions allowed him to serve and to accept service at the hands of grateful women when normally such activities were forbidden (cf. Mk.

Never mind that around 85 percent of Americans identify themselves as Christians, the current president identifies himself as a Christian, the majority of the men and women serving in congress identify themselves as Christians, and there are absolutely no laws forbidding the practice of the Christian faith in the United States.

Women were also forbidden to be rabbis because the Bible seemed to preclude their serving as judges and acting as a judge is an important element in a rabbi's job description.