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| | Orthodox Judaism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Orthodox Judaism affirms monotheism, the belief in one God. | | | Orthodox Judaism is composed of different groups with intertwining beliefs, practices and theologies, although in their core beliefs, all Orthodox movements share the same principles. | | | Orthodox Judaism's central belief is that the Torah, including both the Written Law and the Oral Law, was given directly from God to Moses and can never be altered or rejected in any way. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism
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| | Orthodox Judaism |
| | Orthodox Judaism is the direct successor of early Rabbinic or Talmudical Judaism (See Talmudical Judaism), holding that the "Oral Torah" particularly as it is contained in the Bavli (or Babylonian Talmud) has divine authority equal to that of the "Written Torah" in the Hebrew Bible. | | | In the orthodox tradition practice in relation to circumcision, the dietary laws, the sabbath, the calendar, the role of women, marriage, the use of Hebrew in worship, the study of the Talmud and the rabbinate, is of such importance that it to some extent outweighs deviations in theological belief. | | | Orthodox Jewish women, inspired by the women's movement in secular society, have questioned traditional teaching on such matters as the remarriage of divorcees and the participation of women in public worship. |
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http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/judaism/orth.html
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| | Modern Orthodox Judaism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Orthodox Judaism makes clear distinctions between the books of the Hebrew Bible, holding that the first five books - the Torah - are of a special nature, being directly dictated by God to Moses on Mount Sinai. | | | His approach may be defined as "Cultured Orthodox" and as representing "[u]nconditional agreement with the culture of the present day; harmony between Judaism and science; but also unconditional steadfastness in the faith and traditions of Judaism" [6]. | | | Modern Orthodox Judaism (or Modern Orthodox, also known as Modern Orthodoxy and sometimes abbreviated as "MO") is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize traditional observance and values with the secular modern world. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Orthodox_Judaism
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| | Judaism |
| | Judaism was the first religion to teach Monotheism, or belief in one God. | | | But with the lengthy development of Judaism and its many changes it is incorrect to posit, as some have done, that Jewish history produced two separate religions: an OT religion of Israel and the postexilic religion of Judaism. | | | Deprived of land, temple, and cultic priestly ministrations, Judaism began to adopt a nonsacrificial religion. |
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| | S.C.J. FAQ: Section 2.4. Who We Are: What is Orthodox Judaism? |
| | Orthodox Judaism is not a unified movement with a single governing body, but rather many different movements adhering to common principles. | | | An excellent summary of the core beliefs of Orthodox Judaism may be found in the Rambam's 13 Principles of Faith. | | | Orthodox Judaism believes that both the Written and Oral Torah are of divine origin, and represent the word of G-d |
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http://www.shamash.org/lists/scj-faq/HTML/faq/02-04.html
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| | MyJewishLearning.com - History & Community: Orthodox Judaism |
| | Orthodox Judaism rejects the notion introduced by Reform that, in the light of modern thought and life in Western society, Judaism required to be “reformed.” Granted that the Torah is of divine origin, as the Orthodox affirm, to attempt to reform is to imply that God can change his mind, to put it somewhat crudely. | | | The actual term “Orthodox” is derived from Christian theology and was, at first, a term of reproach hurled against the traditionalists by the early Reformers at the beginning of the nineteenth century, to imply that those who failed to respond to the modernist challenge were hidebound. | | | The Orthodox rightly claim that theirs is the Judaism of tradition as followed in the pre-modern era. |
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http://www.myjewishlearning.com/history_community/Modern/ModernReligionCulture/MoreEmergence/Orthodox_Judaism.htm
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| | Orthodox Judaism |
| | Orientation in Judaism that is strictly based upon a traditional understanding of their religion. | | | The Orthodox practice their religion daily; study the Torah; follow the dietary injunctions; respect all aspects of the celebration of the Sabbath. | | | The Orthodox believe that the content of both the Written (Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament) and Oral Law (codified in the Mishnah and interpreted in the Talmud) are eternal and cannot be changed or omitted. |
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http://i-cias.com/e.o/jud_orth.htm
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| | MyJewishLearning.com - History & Community: Orthodox Judaism Today |
| | Increasing numbers of married women in Orthodox communities are covering their hair--either with hats or wigs--a Jewish law that was hardly observed among most Modern Orthodox women since the days of the shtetl in Europe. | | | The fact that Orthodox Judaism is, in the words of historian Jonathan Sarna, the "great success story of late 20th-century American Judaism" may seem surprising; a religion that believes in strict adherence to rules and rituals thrives at a time when personal choice seems to reign as the cultural norm. | | | To feminists, the change in women's status in the secular world is a monumental and permanent shift that must be reflected in Jewish life and observance; to conservatives, Jewish life and observance must be unchanging and unaffected by the cultural winds around it. |
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http://www.myjewishlearning.com/history_community/Jewish_World_Today/Denominations/OrthodoxJudaism.htm
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| | Judaism 101: Movements of Judaism |
| | It includes the modern Orthodox, who have largely integrated into modern society while maintaining observance of halakhah (Jewish Law), the Chasidim, who live separately and dress distinctively (commonly, but erroneously, referred to in the media as the "ultra-Orthodox"), and the Yeshivish Orthodox, who are neither Chasidic nor modern. | | | The Orthodox movements are all very similar in belief, and the differences are difficult for anyone who is not Orthodox to understand. | | | Conservative Judaism generally accepts the binding nature of halakhah, but believes that the Law should change and adapt, absorbing aspects of the predominant culture while remaining true to Judaism's values. |
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http://www.jewfaq.org/movement.htm
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| | Reform Judaism and the relationship to Deism. |
| | Judaism was not a revealed religion but revealed law. | | | The origins of Reform Judaism lie in the German Enlightenment with both Kant and Moses Mendelssohn (1729-86, a deist) Quoting Karen Armstrong in A History of G-d, It is not difficult for Enlightened Jews to accept the religious philosophy of the German Enlightenment. | | | Intolerance of traditional beliefs is not a mainstay of reform Judaism. |
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http://www.sullivan-county.com/id2/judaism.htm
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| | Orthodox and Non-Orthodox Judaism: How to Square the Circle |
| | The Orthodox religious establishment will lose its monopoly and the door will be opened for recognition of Reform and Conservative Judaism and their religious leaders independently of any Orthodox framework to do whatever their movements do. | | | In the interim, American Conservative Judaism had moved further away from traditional halakhic interpretation to develop more radical interpretations which they still claimed to be within halakhah, including empowering women for all or virtually all roles in Jewish life and allowing practices that Orthodoxy had ruled were not halakhically permitted on Sabbaths and holidays. | | | For it, halakhah is not binding but is merely one of the sources of Jewish religious tradition to which attention should be paid. |
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| | Orthodox Judaism -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Judaism's belief in one God has influenced most other major world religions. | | | The nuns in the Orthodox Church have been around from the very beginning and have great significance in the church and on the community. | | | Eastern Orthodox Churches are usually identified by nationality and are the result of the Catholicism. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9057485?tocId=9057485
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| | The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations is a major one. | | | Reconstructionists believe in a naturalistic approach to religion and conceive of Judaism not just as a religion but as an evolving religious civilization. | | | These include, for example, the Rabbinical Assembly, the association of Conservative rabbis and United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism which is the association of Conservative congregations. |
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http://www.convert.org/movement.htm
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| | Orthodox Judaism - ReligionFacts |
| | Orthodox Jews reject the changes of Reform Judaism and hold fast to most traditional Jewish beliefs and practices. | | | Orthodox Women - PBS Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, December 10, 1999. | | | Returning to Tradition: The Contemporary Revival of Orthodox Judaism |
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http://www.religionfacts.com/judaism/denominations/orthodox.htm
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| | orthodox reform conservative judaism contrasts |
| | Consequently, changes in the laws of Judaism must be made by the rabbis on behalf of the community, as the Tradition requires, and not by individuals on their own. | | | First was the natural conservatism of religious men who, within Judaism, followed not only the path of the fathers, but the ways of the father himself. | | | Isolating the prophets as the true exponents of Judaism, they chose within the messages of the prophets those texts that best served as useful pretexts for the liberalism of the age. |
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| | Such a dogma of Judaism is its belief that the world was called into existence at the will of the One, Almighty and All-good God. | | | As Kelemen describes it, Orthodox Judaism is the only branch that preserves the original Hebrew heritage, seeing the Torah as God’s holy law and faithfully observing the Mesorah: that is, observing the whole of Jewish tradition that has surrounded Orthodox Judaism since its inception. | | | Thus, some Orthodox Jews reject evolution entirely, others say that it is the means by which God guided His creation, still others are undecided. |
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http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?user=fishtree&tab=weblogs&uid=252859876
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| | Streams of Judaism: Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, and more |
| | As recently as 200 years ago, orthodox Judaism, which adheres to the traditions and rules practiced for thousands of years, was the only form of religious Judaism. | | | Reconstructionist Judaism, a fourth movement that is substantially smaller than the other three, has immerged in the United States in the second half of the 20th Century. | | | The terms Jews and Judaism refers to the religion, the culture, and/or the people. |
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http://www.mazornet.com/jewishcl/Judaism/denominations.htm
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| | Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Judaism |
| | Thus for the Orthodox maintaining practices is vital in order to recall their suffering and wandering, the faith of Abraham that remembers Moses, the Exodus, the destruction of the Temples and all subsequent suffering including the Holocaust. | | | The Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox who support the existence of Israel do so on the basis that this State facilitates the coming of the Messiah. | | | They believe that the sacred canopy of the Middle Ages (when people more easily believed in the workings of the supernatural) was the most suitable time for the wider cultural support to their faith. |
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http://www.change.freeuk.com/learning/relthink/orthojudai.html
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| | YUTOPIA: Understanding Orthodox Judaism |
| | As mentioned previously (and obvious to many readers), Orthodox Judaism is considered to be religious, traditional, and/or authentic, but there are several gradations and sub-categories within Orthodoxy. | | | Even if Orthodox Jews are inconsistent, they still believe that God gave the Torah and Jews are obligated to fulfill the will of God and as understood by the Rabbinic Sages. | | | The key to understanding Orthodox Judaisms, I believe, is to correctly identify the relationship between texts and tradition. |
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http://yutopia.yucs.org/archives/001377.html
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| | Orthodox Judaism: sheol |
| | Judaism teaches that G-d created the world and the beings within for a purpose. | | | I can try to answer questions pertaining to Judaism in general, Creation, Spirituality, Halacha, and the Geula (The Final Redemption) with the imminent arrival of Moshiach, may it be speedily in our days. | | | In Judaism there is no Evil that is independant, Heaven forbid, from G-d Himself. |
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http://experts.about.com/q/Orthodox-Judaism-952/sheol.htm
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| | The Basics of Judaism |
| | While the beliefs and practices of modern Judaism is not always the same beliefs and practices of Judaism in the 1st Century, the Orthodox Jews have preserved and kept many of the same traditions. | | | Orthodox Jews against Land Compromise: Gush Emunim (Bloc of the Faithful) | | | Ashkenazi Orthodox Movement in Israel: Aggudah Israel (Israel Union) |
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| | The Future of Judaism - article by Daniel Pipes |
| | It meant living by the religion's 613 laws, and doing so suffused Jews' lives with their faith. | | | The subsequent 60 years, however, witnessed a resurgence of the Orthodox element. | | | Should this trend continue, it is conceivable that the ratio will return to roughly where it was two centuries ago, with the Orthodox again constituting the great majority of Jews. |
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http://www.danielpipes.org/article/2370
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| | Israel - Orthodox Judaism |
| | Most Orthodox Zionists have been "ultra-hawkish" and irredentist in orientation; Gush Emunim, the Bloc of the Faithful, is the most prominent of these groups. | | | A minority of other Zionist groups, for example, Oz Veshalom, an Orthodox Zionist movement that is the religious counterpart to Peace Now, have been more moderate. | | | In practice, they live in the same neighborhoods as the more extreme haredi and maintain their own schools, rabbinical courts, charitable institutions, and so on. |
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http://countrystudies.us/israel/41.htm
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| | Question 2.16: Why shouldn't I say "ultra-Orthodox", "Reformed Judaism", or "Humanist Judaism"? |
| | Many people outside the Orthodox community mistakenly identify those who wear Chassidic garb (long black coats, earlocks for men, wigs/kerchiefs for women) as "ultra-Orthodox." In fact, the Chassidic groups are no more or less observant than other Orthodox groups who do not dress so distinctively. | | | In practice, the term is usually used as a disparaging synonym for Orthodox or Chassidic. | | | The term "Chareidi" (literally: "trembling" as in "trembling in awe of HaKadosh Baruch Hu (the Holy One Praised by he).") tends to refer to the same people as described by "Ultra-Orthodox" but is more acceptable. |
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http://www.faqs.org/faqs/judaism/FAQ/02-Who-We-Are/section-17.html
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| | Varieties of Orthodox Judaism |
| | The adjective "Orthodox" ("correct belief") is taken from the conceptual world of Christianity, where it denotes a conservative and ritualistic religious outlook, as viewed from the perspective of liberal Protestantism. | | | Whereas the Conservative and Reform movements in America each has a single seminary, Rabbinical association and synagogue union, the Orthodox world is fragmented into diverse institutional structures. | | | Though they agree on basic issues of religious authority (e.g., the divine origins of the Bible and Oral Tradition) and the commitment to the study and observance of Jewish law, the halakhah as interpreted in a relatively inflexable manner, Orthodox Jews diverge on a broad range of secondary issues, such as: |
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http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/363_Transp/08_Orthodoxy.html
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| | Movements of Judaism / Torah 101 / Mechon Mamre |
| | The different sects or denominations of Judaism are generally referred to as movements. The differences between Jewish movements are not nearly as great as the differences between Christian denominations. The differences between Orthodoxy and Reform Judaism are not much greater than the differences between the liberal and fundamentalist wings of the Baptist denomination of Christianity. | | | We have been to services in Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox synagogues, and have found that while there are substantial differences in length, language, and choice of reading materials, the overall structure is surprisingly similar. See Jewish Liturgy for more information about prayer services. | | | Movements of Judaism / Torah 101 / Mechon Mamre |
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http://www.mechon-mamre.org/jewfaq/movement.htm
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| | Orthodox - Judaism |
| | Steven Greenberg, an Orthodox rabbi, discusses the reactions of his family and congregation to his coming out as a homosexual. | | | Aimed at uniting Orthodox leaders, mostly rabbis and Yeshiva teachers, for causes affecting the Orthodox community, including Torah Ethics. | | | He explains why he chose to "out" himself, and talks about his lifestyle in the greater context of Orthodox life. |
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| | Orthodox Judaism: TANAKH |
| | 5) Orthodox Jews believe the Tanakh is the unchangeable word of God. | | | Unlike Christians, who believe that that the New Testament supercedes the Old Testament, and therefore they don't have to keep all the laws in the Old Testament. | | | 5) Do orthodox Jews believe the Hebrew Scriptures (TANAKH) to be the Word of God like the Christians do? |
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http://experts.about.com/q/Orthodox-Judaism-952/TANAKH-2.htm
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| | Judaism: Orthodox |
| | Jewish Virtual Library - a concise description of the basic beliefs and practices of Orthodox Judaism. | | | The Torah, written and oral, is at the heart of the tradition. |
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| | BBC - Religion & Ethics - Orthodox Judaism |
| | He writes for several Orthodox newspapers and teaches at two advanced Orthodox Jewish Colleges one for men and one for women. | | | Judaism > Subdivisions > Orthodox Judaism > Biography | | | BBC - Religion and Ethics - Orthodox Judaism |
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| | FORWARD : News |
| | "Besides, if you don't have an Orthodox conversion, you can't get buried in Israel. | | | Having the most admired woman in America speak joyously about Passover, Shabbat and Jewish lifestyle events — all of that was quite wonderful." | | | That placed the American Jewish community in a real fix; on the one hand, she made Judaism very popular, on the other, she made it vilified and hated by many people." |
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http://www.forward.com/issues/2003/03.08.15/news2.html
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| | Orthodox Judaism |
| | Like Wittgenstein, I cannot help looking at every question from a religious point of view. | | | Orthodox Jews are conspicuous among the faculty; quite a few of the professors in fields other than Jewish studies are Jewishly learned; a couple of Jewish studies professors regularly teach in other areas as well. | | | These teachings reside in a vast literature, starting with the Hebrew Bible and the Talmudic corpus and continuing through over a thousand years of legal and theological commentary, works of jurisprudence, and philosophical creativity. |
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http://www.aaup.org/publications/Academe/2001/01jf/jf01carm.htm
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| | Judaism 101: Table of Contents |
| | OU Online (home page of the Orthodox Union) | | | The Conversion to Judaism Home Page (an extensive resource for people considering conversion to Judaism, written from a Conservative perspective) | | | These things may or may not have anything to do with Judaism, but I try to bring my Jewish perspective to the commentary. |
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