Tag: ask a jew

He points out that rabbis of old could not have flatly prohibited capital punishment, since Leviticus 20 clearly authorizes it in some cases.

Jews who worship any entity worship God, aka Hashem. As you’re probably aware, we don’t have godheads, saints, or other figures worthy of worship — just God.

There is no one way to raise Jewish children. It can be different for each family.

How children are raised in Judaism varies greatly based on the family’s denomination and specific preferences.

“Bar” means son, “bat” means daughter and “mitzvah” means commandment or law. So a bar or bat mitzvah is literally a son or daughter of commandment (i.e., one who is expected to uphold the commandments of the Torah).

A bar mitzvah is literally "the son of the commandments."

The short answer is that the Torah is the first five books of Moses: Bereishit (Genesis), Shemot (Exodus), Vayikra (Leviticus), Bamidbar (Numbers), and Devarim (Deuteronomy).