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Jews for Judaism — Emor 5784

Выпуск: Jews for Judaism — Emor 5784. Темы: relationships_shalom_bayit. Поисковые термины: шалом байт, брак, отношения, shalom bayit, marriage, שלום בית, זוגיות. ‫בס"ד‬ Spiritual Insight For The Week with Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz Why I Confronted the Priest About Marriage When I was young and attended high school, “Coffee Houses” were popular, but they were not cafes like Starbucks, and they weren’t that much about coffee. The eventual decision by the Catholic Church to ban marriage for priests is even more baffling since the High Priest [‫–כהן גדול‬Kohen Gadol] was required to be a married man in order to perform the Yom Kippur service, a day when only he would enter the Temple’s Holy of Holies. The Torah highlights this special relationship with the powerful God wants us to proclamation, “You shall have no other gods before Me” (Exodus have a personal 20:3), and the statement, “I will not SHARE My glory to another or relationship My praise to idols” (Isaiah 42:8). Kohanim, in particular, hold an elevated position, and their personal and intimate [not shared] relationship with God is alluded to in the act of marriage and the restrictions that require that they avoid marrying a woman who was previously “shared” with someone else. By following the Torah, we can achieve a personal and intimate relationship with God and not share this relationship by following false gods; as it says, “It is not too difficult for you, and it is not beyond your reach” (Deuteronomy 30:11). The Hebrew word for holy, [‫–קדש‬kodesh], also means “separate,” as we see in the verse, “You are to be holy to Me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have separated you from the nations to be My own” (Leviticus 20:26). Furthermore, even Jewish priests [‫–כהנים‬Kohanim] were permitted to marry, which is understandable since the priesthood is a hereditary position, and marriage is the way to ensure future generations of priests. Tragically, Constantine, also, influenced the Church to be anti-Jewish and labeled the Jews as “detestable” and “depraved.” He also decreed that the Jewish commandments [which God said were eternal] were now obsolete. Many scholars, including Hyam Maccoby (1924-2004), attribute the rapid growth of Christianity to Constantine, who wielded the political clout to establish it as the official state religion of the Roman Empire. It is ironic that in a city named for its pagan ro

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Jews for Judaism

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17 мая 2024 г.

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Темы: relationships_shalom_bayit