Sentences with phrase «of rabbis for»

If you could go back and see the idiot they based the Jesus story on, you'd see someone who would spit on you for being a non-Jew and who would probably snarl about how his race is superior to yours despite being saddled with ridiculous random rules handed down by fat greasy slobs of rabbis for hundreds of years.

«Judaism places ultimate value on human life» said Ascherman, of Rabbis for Human Rights.

Therefore in the Jewish tradition, in Jewish law, redeeming captives trumps just about everything else,» said Ascherman, of Rabbis for Human Rights.

Not exact matches

While students and teachers account for much of his business, Curran says his most surprising new customer base is pastors and rabbis.

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 synagoguFor 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 synagogufor America as well for the Jewish people (not to mention the fact that Rabbi Soloveichik is associate rabbi of my synagogufor the Jewish people (not to mention the fact that Rabbi Soloveichik is associate rabbi of my synagogue).

If someone is guilty of a crime in this litany of «neithers» they should or should have been penalized as the law dictates to include jail terms for pe - dophiliacs (priests, rabbis, evangelicals, boy scout leaders, married men / women), divorce for adultery (Clinton, Kennedy, Woods), jail terms for obstruction of justice (Clinton, Cardinal Law, Bevilacqua?)

JTA: N.Y. rabbis decry upcoming vote on consent waiver for circumcision - related rite Haredi Orthodox rabbis in New York are accusing the city's Department of Health of «spreading lies» in order to pass a law mandating that parents sign a consent waiver in order to use a controversial circumcision - related rite.

As a result of this type of thinking, most non-fundamentalist Rabbis have been taught a non-literal understanding of Genesis for many decades.

«The priest represents the Pharisees» — thanks again for bringing up the Christian Bible's «truth» of criticising Jewish rabbis.

The priest, a rabbi, a Protestant minster and an Orthodox priest gather for the blessing of the area's boats.

If someone is guilty of a crime in this litany of «neithers» they should or should have been penalized as the law dictates to include jail terms for pedophiliacs (priests, rabbis, evangelicals, boy scout leaders, married men / women), divorce for adultery (Clinton, Kennedy, Woods), jail terms for obstruction of justice) Clinton, Cardinal Law), jail for embellizing / money laundering (the topic rabbi) and the death penalty or life in prison for murder («Kings David and Henry VIII).

Scholasticism Theology moved from the monastery to the university Western theology is an intellectual discipline rather than a mystical pursuit Western theology is over-systematized Western Theology is systematized, based on a legal model rather than a philosophical model Western theologians debate like lawyers, not like rabbis Reformation Catholic reformers were excommunicated and formed Protestant churches Western churches become guarantors of theological schools of thought Western church membership is often contingent on fine points of doctrine Some western Christians believe that definite beliefs are incompatible with tolerance The atmosphere arose in which anyone could start a church The legal model for western theology intensifies despite the rediscovery of the East

While various disputes occurred among the rabbis about the precise nature of these laws, and even whether they are more or less than seven in number, in every version of them the prohibition of idolatry for gentiles is prominently featured.

If someone is guilty of a crime in this litany of «neithers» they should or should have been penalized as the law dictates to include jail terms for pedophiliacs (priests, rabbis, evangelicals, boy scout leaders, married men / women), divorce and alimony payments for adultery (Clinton, Kennedy, Woods), jail terms for obstruction of justice (Clinton, Cardinal Law, B16?)

Later rabbis and theologians tried to deal with their embarrassment in working with this literature by the subterfuge of metaphor: the love in this poetry is «really» the love of God for Israel, or of Christ for the church.

'» While the feminine participle «omeneth refers to a woman who nurses a child (2 Sam 4:4; Ruth 4:16) the masculine participle «omen can simply designate a male «guardian,» «attendant,» or «foster father» of children (i.e., someone who cares for all their needs), as the very example cited by the rabbi from Isa 49:23 indicates (so also 2 Kings 10:1, 5).

By the rabbi's reasoning, half of the protagonists of the Hebrew Bible were presented by biblical authors as candidates for transgender surgery.

America's genius for assimilation persuaded Eastern European rabbis to denounce immigration; Jonathan Sarna of Brandeis University has translated a....

Sara Hurwitz, a learned and devout Orthodox Jewish woman was conferred the new title of MaHaRa'T, an acronym for Manhigah Hilkhatit, Ruhanit, Toranit (for a halakhic spiritual and Torah leader) by Rabbi Avi Weiss, senior rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale.

Jesus» original disciples likely never thought of him as anything more than a great rabbi, and some might have thought him a good rallying point for a revolt, they could have even whispered that he was anointed by God, but the idea of his being divine only seems to enter into the gospels around the time many Greek educated folks had converted, bringing their own views of what a «son of God» means into the faith.

I learned this not from a class in feminist studies, but from Jesus — who was brought into the world by a woman whose obedience changed everything; who revealed his identity to a scorned woman at a well; who defended Mary of Bethany as his true disciple, even though women were prohibited from studying under rabbis at the time; who obeyed his mother; who refused to condemn the woman caught in adultery to death; who looked to women for financial and moral support, even after the male disciples abandoned him; who said of the woman who anointed his feet with perfume that «wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her»; who bantered with a Syrophoenician woman, talked theology with a Samaritan woman, and healed a bleeding woman; who appeared first before women after his resurrection, despite the fact that their culture deemed them unreliable witnesses; who charged Mary Magdalene with the great responsibility of announcing the start of a new creation, of becoming the Apostle to the Apostles.

The rabbi was one of 200 or so people who came to an Atlanta temple for an event titled «Understanding the Quran,» sponsored by the Southeast Branch of the Anti-Defamation League and the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta.

The book of Job has served as a philosophical Rorschach blot for its most outspoken interpreters, from the Talmudic rabbis and Church Fathers through their medieval philosophical successors and down to modern philosophers, theologians, and creative writers.

The church also partners with a local rabbi from time to time for conversation around Hebrew Scripture and offers a variety of Bible study / book club options.

In interviews with CNN, religious leaders from Newtown, the site of last year's school shooting where 20 children and six adults were killed, said that a recent gun control agreement does not do enough to fight gun violence, leading one rabbi to doubt whether Congress was actually working for the American people.

And Jews should burn their copies of the OT / Torah for the 6000 year old con job pulled on them by their past and current rabbis.

One rabbi says that on this day alone, it is allowed for a Jew to drink so much wine that he can not tell the difference between the two cheers of «Blessed be Mordecai» and «Cursed be Haman.»

By its standard have been judged the Jews, by the Prophet who bowed (as in Islam) to Allah's will, by the Rabbis and the Doctors of Law: for to them was entrusted the protection of Allah's Book, and they were witnesses thereto: therefore fear not men, but fear Me, and sell not My Signs for a miserable price.

and second, the approach to God by way of animal offerings had been so central in Judaism that, while the sacrifices were always accompanied by supplications, they had competed with personal prayer, had furnished for many people a public substitute for it, so that when the bloody altars were gone a devout rabbi could mingle his exaltation of private communion with the lament «We have nothing to bring but prayer.»

After the final destruction of the temple in Jerusalem, Jewish rabbis began teaching prayer as a substitute for the old offerings.

For Hasidim, every waking act is defined by the laws of the Torah; they depend on the teachings of rabbis to guide them in all parts of their day.

Holding pastors, clerics, imams and rabbis liable for the conduct of their followers would be a good start if it indeed can be shown that they influenced their conduct.

We can say such things, for example, as that he was born in Palestine during the reign of Herod the Great; that he was brought up in Nazareth; that he lived the normal life of a Jew of his period and locale; that he was baptized by John, a proclaimer of the early coming of God's judgment; that he spent a year or more in teaching, somewhat in the manner of contemporary rabbis, groups of his fellow countrymen in various parts of Palestine, mostly in Galilee, and in more intimate association with some chosen friends and disciples; that he incurred the hostility of some of his compatriots and the suspicion of the Roman authorities; that he was put to death in Jerusalem by these same authorities during the procuratorship of Pilate.

Please note that the review article was a summary of the New Torah for Modern Minds written and published by 1.5 million Conservative Jews and their rabbis so your culture and its myths are well known.

God was represented by one of the ancient rabbis as saying, «When they read before me the laws about sacrifices, I will impute it to them as if they offered the sacrifices before me, and will have mercy upon them for all their misdeeds.»

Pastors, priests, imams, rabbis, etc., all have the wonderful privilege of serving, caring for, teaching and guiding people.

I put this question out to some of my Rabbis Without Borders colleagues, and in addition to seconding the Bereshit Rabbah idea, they recommended Searching for Meaning in Midrash: Lessons for Everyday Living by Michael Katz and Gershon Schwartz and Reading the Book: Making the Bible a Timeless Text by Rabbi Burt Visotzky.

One of the problems that sometimes is the starting point for believers to have doubts, is when the leaders, the elders, the priest and rabbis and preachers... disagree.

Moked, a leading portal for Italian Jews, praises recent statements by Benedict XVI and Paris» chief rabbi, Gilles Bernheim, in defense of the traditional understanding of marriage.

In considering the Easter story, for instance, Cox describes the biblical accounts of Jesus» bodily resurrection as the confused ramblings of disciples who knew no other way to express their feeling that their rabbi remained somehow present in their lives.

In his book Man as Male and Female (Eerdmans, 1975), Jewett argues for an egalitarian male / female relationship by calling for distinctions (within the New Testament materials themselves) between Paul the former rabbi and Paul the apostle, or between Paul's perception of the truth and his implementation of it in the first century.

William Phipps, who has written extensively on the subject of Jesus» sexuality, says Jesus could not have been accepted as a rabbi in the Jewish society of his day had he not been married, and that the marriage in Cana, where his mother as hostess called on him for help with the wine, was probably his own wedding feast.

Suppose a group of rabbis from Israel were to make a highly publicized visit to Rome for the purpose of furthering peace, harmony, and fraternal dialogue.

B. Rabbi I. Fred Hollander of Yeshiva University directed the development of training courses for rabbis.

A widely publicised conflict broke out in one of the synagogues between a conservative elderly rabbi and a radical young rabbi who was all for change.

Vermes has observed that even when there is a similarity in the material used by Jesus and the Jewish Rabbis, «the careful reader will often notice an individual twist in the New Testament formulation... «81 Except for the parables of the Soil, Weed and Net, Jesus» parables do not contain any expository details.

If someone is guilty of a crime in this litany of «neithers» they should or should have been penalized as the law dictates to include jail terms for pe - dophiliacs (priests, rabbis, evangelicals, boy scout leaders, married men / women), divorce for adultery (Clinton, Kennedy, Woods), jail terms for obstruction of justice (Clinton, Cardinal Law) and the death penalty or life in prison for murder («Kings David and Henry VIII).

Menachem Schneerson, the famous Lubavitcher rabbi from Brooklyn, used to stand every week for hours as thousands of people filed by to receive his blessing or his advice about matters great and small.

A criminal complaint alleges that the rabbis charged Jewish wives tens of thousands of dollars to orchestrate kidnappings and accepted $ 20,000 for such an operation from undercover FBI agents.

That's why the religious right / islamic mullahs / orthodox rabbis want to gut funding for education, ignorance swells THEIR ranks, where education swells the ranks of the anti-priest-perverts.