Sentences with phrase «rabbis speak»

The rabbis spoke of «the yoke of the law» and «the yoke of the kingdom of heaven.»

Jesus lays a «yoke» on his followers; but it is his yoke, and unlike the «yoke of the commandments» of which the rabbis spoke, it is a «kindly» yoke.

What they tend to forget is: his son - in - law is Jewish and was his right - hand - man during the campaign (and now in the administration), his daughter is Jewish and he never disowned her, he supports Israel (he didn't have to, as most leftist don't), and he had a rabbi speak at his inauguration.

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NEW YORK (AP)-- Former Playboy model Pamela Anderson has teamed with a rabbi to speak out against pornography.

Lucivar: This figure Jesus that you speak of was supposedly a rabbi.

In Judaism, the rabbis used to speak of circumcision as a seal, the divinely appointed sign, of a person's standing within the covenant.

Responding to these kinds of questions, a group of Jewish rabbis and scholars issued a statement, «Dabru Emet» («Speak Truth»), on the eve of Yom Kippur 2000.

I spoke to a rabbi about Isreal once, he called it the greatest threat Judaism has ever faced.

Speak with the voice of Mary of Bethany, whose discipleship broke with convention but whose valor in sitting at her rabbi's feet will never be taken away from her.

In Jewish tradition, we frequently speak in terms of «Written Torah» (the text of the Hebrew Scriptures as they have come down to us) and «Oral Torah» (the ensuing centuries of conversations and interpretations of our sages and rabbis, which are also considered to be holy.)

Speaking with clarity and authority, the first woman is theologian, ethicist, hermeneut and rabbi.

Some Haredi newspaper editorials, rabbis, and public activists have spoken out against the violence, calling it a violation of Torah, but others have not.

And though there were preachers and rabbis and other religious leaders opening and closing each day of each convention, there wasn't an avowed atheist talking up unbelief on either convention's speaking list.

They have already been outraged because this rabbi presumes to speak words of forgiveness as if he were God.

But Russia's chief rabbi, Berl Lazar, and ombudsman Vladimir Lukin spoke in support of the defendants.

The rabbis» observations underscore this point: God was speaking about the Canaanites back then, and there are no more Canaanites today.

Jesus tries to ignore her; his disciples urge him to send her away; and when the itinerant rabbi finally speaks his mind — in response to them more than to her — it is with a bit of received wisdom that no one would hold against him: «I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.»

Astonishingly, the rabbis imagined resurrection to have already taken place at the moment of revelation at Sinai: «Rabbi Joshua ben Levi said: At every utterance that went out from the mouth of the Holy One, blessed be He, the souls of Israel went out [of them], as it is said, My life went away when he spoke» (Song of Songs 5:6).

Speaking of tithing, I called rabbis at various, what do they call them, temples, synagogues?

A priest and a rabbi and a student from the local university and several other community members spoke.

I invited a Conservative Jewish woman who is studying to be a rabbi to speak to one class.

As The Post notes, Rabbi Marvin Hier will be the first rabbi to speak and pray and at an inauguration since 1985, when Ronald Reagan was reelected.

But if you haven't traditionally eaten kitniot, and you're vegan, and especially if you have a growing child or teenager who is vegan, you should consider speaking to a trusted and sympathetic rabbi to ask for permission to eat kitniot, on the basis of nutritional necessity.

He was recognized by the rabbi, and when offered the chance to speak, simply thanked everyone for allowing him to be there.

The event featured imams, rabbis and pastors speaking about the need for unity and deploring Mr. Trump's rhetoric.

Sharon Kleinbaum, the rabbi at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the gay synagogue, further expanded on that theme when she spoke moments later.

The second is spoken to a Bar Mitzvah boy by a wizened old rabbi, quoting Jefferson Airplane in a scene that (like much of the film) teeters on the edge between anguish and absurdity.

Rachel Greenberg's parents are on the edge of divorce, her former best friend Alexis is barely speaking to her, her grandmother's health is fading — and while she's theoretically almost - dating handsome, athletic Jake, something about the rabbi's son, Adam, is totally irresistible.Arriving early at her synagogue one day, Rachel accidentally hears an encounter that...

Along with healing and prayer services, there were also rabbis who spoke out against gun violence.