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| ARTICLES RELATED TO 613 mitzvot | | | |  613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Guide for the Perplexed - StructureThe work is divided into three books.
Guide for the Perplexed - Book One.
The book begins with Maimonides' thesis against anthropomorphism. In the Bible, one can find many expressions which describe God in human terms, for instance the "hand of God". Maimonides was strongly against what he believed to be a heresy present in unlearned Jews who then assume God to be cor ...
See also:Guide for the Perplexed, Guide for the Perplexed - About the work, Guide for the Perplexed - Structure, Guide for the Perplexed - Book One, Guide for the Perplexed - Book Two, Guide for the Perplexed - Book Three, Guide for the Perplexed - How to read the Guide, Guide for the Perplexed - Reactions and Criticism, Guide for the Perplexed - Translations Read more here: » Guide for the Perplexed: Encyclopedia II - Guide for the Perplexed - Structure |
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| | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Halakha - The scope of Halakha The Halakha is a comprehensive guide to numerous aspects of human life, corporeal and spiritual. Its laws, guidelines, and opinions cover a vast range of situations and principles, in the attempt to comprehend what is implied by the repeated commandment to "be holy as I your God am holy" of the Torah. They cover what are better ways for a Jew to live, when commandments conflict how one may choose righteously, what is implicit and understood but not stated explicitly, and what has been deduced b ...
See also:Halakha, Halakha - Terminology, Halakha - The scope of Halakha, Halakha - The laws of the Torah, Halakha - Categories of law, Halakha - Sin: violation of Jewish law, Halakha - Gentiles and Jewish law, Halakha - The sources and process of Halakha, Halakha - Eras of history important in Jewish law, Halakha - The thirteen rules by which Jewish law was derived, Halakha - How Halakha is viewed today, Halakha - Flexibility within the Halakha, Halakha - Codes of Jewish law Read more here: » Halakha: Encyclopedia II - Halakha - The scope of Halakha |
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| | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Kashrut - Identification of kosher foods Store-bought foods can be identified as kosher by the presence of a hechsher (plural hechsherim), a graphical symbol that indicates that the food has been certified as kosher by a rabbinical authority. (This might be an individual rabbi, but is more often a rabbinic organization.) The most common symbol is the "OU", a U inside a circle (Ⓤ), standing for the Union of Orthodox Congregations. Many rabbis and organizations, however, have their own certification mark, and the other symbols are too numerous to list.
The hechsher ...
See also:Kashrut, Kashrut - Types of foods, Kashrut - Identification of kosher foods, Kashrut - Reasons for the Biblical dietary laws, Kashrut - Ritual purity and holiness, Kashrut - Symbolic purpose, Kashrut - Maintenance of a separate culture, Kashrut - Hygiene, Kashrut - Other reasons, Kashrut - U.S. Laws regarding use of word Kosher, Kashrut - How kashrut is viewed by Judaism today, Kashrut - Vegetarianism, Kashrut - Kashrut and animal welfare, Kashrut - Kashrut and Islam, Kashrut - Notes Read more here: » Kashrut: Encyclopedia II - Kashrut - Identification of kosher foods |
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| | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Amalek - Amalekites Some interpret Gen. 14:7 (which refers to the "land of the Amalekites"), to mean that the Amalekites existed as early as the time of Abraham, in the region that would later become the Roman province of Arabia Petraea [3]. This view corroborates Nachmanides' claim of an origin for the Amalekites earlier than Esau's grandson. However the passage in question does not require this interpretation as it may be referring to the region by a name from a later era. However, the Arab historian Masudi, citing traditional Arab history relates that the Amalekites did indeed exist at this early period having originated in the region ...
See also:Amalek, Amalek - Amalekites, Amalek - Allies of the Amalekites, Amalek - Genocide of the Amalekites, Amalek - Symbolism of the Amalekites, Amalek - Rejection of God, Amalek - Kings of the Amalekites, Amalek - Listing of Amalek/Amalekite references in the Old Testament Read more here: » Amalek: Encyclopedia II - Amalek - Amalekites |
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| | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Tallit - Blessings
Tallit - When putting on a Talit Katan.
The tzitzis are first inspected to make sure they are properly intact before wearing the talit katan. While holding the Tallit Katan in readiness to put it on, and the following blessing is recited. If the person will later put on a Tallit Gadol, this blessing is omitted. The Tallit Katan is then donned; many kiss the tzitzit.
ברוך אתה ה׳ אלהינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותי ...
See also:Tallit, Tallit - Terminology, Tallit - Historical origin, Tallit - Kinds of tallit, Tallit - Tallit gadol, Tallit - Tallit katan, Tallit - Description of tallit gadol, Tallit - Blessings, Tallit - When putting on a Talit Katan, Tallit - For putting on a Tallit Gadol, Tallit - Use, Tallit - Obligation for men, Tallit - Views on use by women, Tallit - Order of putting on tallit and tefillin, Tallit - Weddings, Tallit - Burial Read more here: » Tallit: Encyclopedia II - Tallit - Blessings |
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| | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Kashrut - How kashrut is viewed by Judaism today Orthodox Judaism and Conservative Judaism hold that Jews should follow the laws of kashrut. Some of Reform Judaism and Reconstructionist Judaism think that these laws are no longer binding to them. Some parts of the Reform community have begun to move towards a more traditional position. This tradition-leaning faction agrees with mainstream Reform that the rules concerning kashrut are no longer binding to them, but holds that keeping kosher is an important way for people to bring holiness into their lives. Thus Jews are encoura ...
See also:Kashrut, Kashrut - Types of foods, Kashrut - Identification of kosher foods, Kashrut - Reasons for the Biblical dietary laws, Kashrut - Ritual purity and holiness, Kashrut - Symbolic purpose, Kashrut - Maintenance of a separate culture, Kashrut - Hygiene, Kashrut - Other reasons, Kashrut - U.S. Laws regarding use of word Kosher, Kashrut - How kashrut is viewed by Judaism today, Kashrut - Vegetarianism, Kashrut - Kashrut and animal welfare, Kashrut - Kashrut and Islam, Kashrut - Notes Read more here: » Kashrut: Encyclopedia II - Kashrut - How kashrut is viewed by Judaism today |
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| | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Business ethics - Religious views on business ethics Many faiths have extensive literature and legal code on the accumulation and use of wealth; and many businesses rely on these ethical guidelines, both as a result of the religious beliefs of owners and managers, and as a way of ensuring that their actions meet the otherwise unwritten ethical standards of local communities.
Business ethics - Christian business ethics.
In Christianity, ...
See also:Business ethics, Business ethics - Related disciplines, Business ethics - Typical issues, Business ethics - Conflicting interests, Business ethics - Ethical issues and approaches, Business ethics - Corporate ethics policies, Business ethics - Ethics officers, Business ethics - Religious views on business ethics, Business ethics - Christian business ethics, Business ethics - Jewish business ethics, Business ethics - Muslim business ethics Read more here: » Business ethics: Encyclopedia II - Business ethics - Religious views on business ethics |
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| | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Canaan - Etymology In linguistic terms, Canaanite refers to the common ancestor of closely related Semitic languages including Hebrew, and Ugaritic, and was the first language to use a Semitic alphabet, from which the others derived their scripts; see Canaanite languages.
The name Canaan is of obscure origins but is extremely ancient; the first known references appear in the 3rd millennium BC. The Biblical explanation is that it derives from Canaan, the son of Ham and the grandson of Noah, whose offspring correspond to the names of Cana ...
See also:Canaan, Canaan - Etymology, Canaan - Phoenician Canaan, Canaan - Canaan in Mesopotamian inscriptions, Canaan - Egyptian Canaan, Canaan - Biblical Canaanites Read more here: » Canaan: Encyclopedia II - Canaan - Etymology |
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| | | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Judaism and Christianity - Faith versus good deeds Judaism teaches that the purpose of the Torah is to show that good deeds are considered in holiness as much or even more important than belief in God, and that both are required of people. An old Jewish saying captures this sentiment, "If you hear the Messiah has come, and you are doing a job, finish the job properly, then go and see." Although the Torah commands Jews to believe in God, Jews see belief in God as a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for a Jewish life. The quintessential verbal expression of Judaism is the Shema Yisrael, ...
See also:Judaism and Christianity, Judaism and Christianity - Neither religion is monolithic, Judaism and Christianity - Raison d'être of the religion, Judaism and Christianity - The nature of religion: national versus universal, Judaism and Christianity - Concepts of God, Judaism and Christianity - Understanding of the Bible, Judaism and Christianity - Sin and Original Sin, Judaism and Christianity - Faith versus good deeds, Judaism and Christianity - Love, Judaism and Christianity - Abortion, Judaism and Christianity - War violence and pacifism, Judaism and Christianity - Judgement, Judaism and Christianity - Capital punishment, Judaism and Christianity - Heaven and Hell, Judaism and Christianity - The Messiah, Judaism and Christianity - Catholic views, Judaism and Christianity - Eastern Orthodox views, Judaism and Christianity - Jewish views, Judaism and Christianity - Evangelism, Judaism and Christianity - Miscellaneous, Judaism and Christianity - Mutual views, Judaism and Christianity - Common Jewish views of Christianity, Judaism and Christianity - Common Christian views of Judaism Read more here: » Judaism and Christianity: Encyclopedia II - Judaism and Christianity - Faith versus good deeds |
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| | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Amalek - Genocide of the Amalekites As the Jewish Encyclopedia put it, "David waged a sacred war of extermination against the Amalekites," who subsequently disappeared from history. Long after, in the time of Hezekiah, five hundred Simeonites annihilated the last remnant "of the Amalekites that had escaped" on Mount Seir, and settled in their place.(1 Chr. 4:42-43)
The Biblical relationship between the Hebrew and Amalekite tribes was that the Hebrew tribes hated the Amalekites, primarily due to banditry committed by the Amalekites.
"Go and smite A ...
See also:Amalek, Amalek - Amalekites, Amalek - Allies of the Amalekites, Amalek - Genocide of the Amalekites, Amalek - Symbolism of the Amalekites, Amalek - Rejection of God, Amalek - Kings of the Amalekites, Amalek - Listing of Amalek/Amalekite references in the Old Testament Read more here: » Amalek: Encyclopedia II - Amalek - Genocide of the Amalekites |
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| | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Halakha - The sources and process of Halakha The boundaries of Jewish law are determined through the halakhic process, a religious-ethical system of legal reasoning. Rabbis generally base their opinions on the primary sources of Halakha as well as on precedent set by previous rabbinic opinions. The major sources and genre of Halakha consulted include:
The foundational Talmudic literature (especially the Mishna and the Babylonian Talmud) with commentaries;
The post-Talmudic codificatory literature, such as Maimonides' Mishneh Torah and the Shulkhan Arukh with comme ...
See also:Halakha, Halakha - Terminology, Halakha - The scope of Halakha, Halakha - The laws of the Torah, Halakha - Categories of law, Halakha - Sin: violation of Jewish law, Halakha - Gentiles and Jewish law, Halakha - The sources and process of Halakha, Halakha - Eras of history important in Jewish law, Halakha - The thirteen rules by which Jewish law was derived, Halakha - How Halakha is viewed today, Halakha - Flexibility within the Halakha, Halakha - Codes of Jewish law Read more here: » Halakha: Encyclopedia II - Halakha - The sources and process of Halakha |
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| | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Business ethics - Religious views on business ethics Many faiths have extensive literature and legal code on the accumulation and use of wealth; and many businesses rely on these ethical guidelines, both as a result of the religious beliefs of owners and managers, and as a way of ensuring that their actions meet the otherwise unwritten ethical standards of local communities.
Business ethics - Christian business ethics.
In Christianity, ...
See also:Business ethics, Business ethics - Overview of issues in business ethics, Business ethics - General business ethics, Business ethics - Professional ethics, Business ethics - International business ethics and ethics of economic systems, Business ethics - Theoretical issues in business ethics, Business ethics - Conflicting interests, Business ethics - Ethical issues and approaches, Business ethics - Business ethics in the field, Business ethics - Corporate ethics policies, Business ethics - Ethics officers, Business ethics - Religious views on business ethics, Business ethics - Christian business ethics, Business ethics - Jewish business ethics, Business ethics - Muslim business ethics, Business ethics - Related disciplines, Business ethics - Notes Read more here: » Business ethics: Encyclopedia II - Business ethics - Religious views on business ethics |
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| | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Torah - Production and usage of a Torah scroll A Torah can be written for ritual purposes (i.e. religious services) on a scroll, called a Sefer Torah ("Book [of] Torah"). These are written using a painstakingly careful methodology by highly qualified scribes, and copies of the text that are centuries or millennia old have come down to us with almost unchanged wording as a result of this system. The reason for such care is it is believed that every word, or marking, has divine meaning, and that not one part may be inadvertantly changed lest it lead to error. The text of the Torah c ...
See also:Torah, Torah - Structure, Torah - Production and usage of a Torah scroll, Torah - The Torah as the core of Judaism, Torah - The Torah and the oral law, Torah - Other views of the Torah Read more here: » Torah: Encyclopedia II - Torah - Production and usage of a Torah scroll |
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| | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Torah - The Torah and the oral law Orthodox Judaism holds that the Torah has been transmitted in parallel with an oral tradition. They point to the text of the Torah, where they believe many words are left undefined, and many procedures mentioned without explanation or instructions; they believe the reader is assumed to be familiar with the details from other, oral, sources.
This parallel set of material was originally transmitted orally, and came to be known as the oral law. At the time, it was forbidden to write and publish the Oral Law, as any writing would be incom ...
See also:Torah, Torah - Structure, Torah - Production and usage of a Torah scroll, Torah - The Torah as the core of Judaism, Torah - The Torah and the oral law, Torah - Other views of the Torah Read more here: » Torah: Encyclopedia II - Torah - The Torah and the oral law |
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| | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Maimonides - Biography Maimonides was born in 1135 in Córdoba, Spain, then under Muslim rule during what some scholars consider to be the end of the golden age of Jewish culture in Spain. Maimonides studied Torah under his father Maimon who had in turn studied under Rabbi Joseph ibn Migash. The Almohades conquered Córdoba in 1148, and offered the Jewish community the choice of conversion to Islam, death, or exile. Maimonides's family, along with most other Jews, chose exile. For the next ten years they moved about in southern Spain, avoiding the conquering Almoh ...
See also:Maimonides, Maimonides - Biography, Maimonides - Works and bibliography, Maimonides - Influence, Maimonides - The 13 principles of faith, Maimonides - Halakhic works, Maimonides - Philosophy, Maimonides - Negative theology, Maimonides - Prophecy, Maimonides - The problem of evil, Maimonides - Astrology, Maimonides - True beliefs versus necessary beliefs, Maimonides - Resurrection acquired immortality and the afterlife Read more here: » Maimonides: Encyclopedia II - Maimonides - Biography |
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| | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Maimonides - Influence Maimonides was one of the few medieval Jewish philosophers who also influenced the non-Jewish world. Even today, he is among the most respected of all Jewish philosophers. A popular medieval saying that also served as his epitaph, stated that From Moses [of the Torah] to Moses [Maimonides] there has not been such a Moses.
Maimonides was by far the most influential figure in medieval Jewish philosophy. Radical Jewish scholars in the centuries that followed can be characterised as "Maimonideans" or "anti-Maimonideans". Moderate s ...
See also:Maimonides, Maimonides - Biography, Maimonides - Works and bibliography, Maimonides - Influence, Maimonides - The 13 principles of faith, Maimonides - Halakhic works, Maimonides - Philosophy, Maimonides - Negative theology, Maimonides - Prophecy, Maimonides - The problem of evil, Maimonides - Astrology, Maimonides - True beliefs versus necessary beliefs, Maimonides - Resurrection acquired immortality and the afterlife Read more here: » Maimonides: Encyclopedia II - Maimonides - Influence |
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| | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Maimonides - The 13 principles of faith See also the main article Jewish principles of faith
In his commentary on the Mishna (tractate Sanhedrin, chapter 10), Maimonides formulates his 13 principles of faith. They described his views on:
The existence of God
God's unity
God's spirituality and incorporeality
God's eternity
God alone should be the object of worship
Revelation through God's prophets
The preeminence of Moses among the prophets
God's law given on Mount Sinai
The im ...
See also:Maimonides, Maimonides - Biography, Maimonides - Works and bibliography, Maimonides - Influence, Maimonides - The 13 principles of faith, Maimonides - Halakhic works, Maimonides - Philosophy, Maimonides - Negative theology, Maimonides - Prophecy, Maimonides - The problem of evil, Maimonides - Astrology, Maimonides - True beliefs versus necessary beliefs, Maimonides - Resurrection acquired immortality and the afterlife Read more here: » Maimonides: Encyclopedia II - Maimonides - The 13 principles of faith |
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| | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Maimonides - Halakhic works See also Mishneh Torah on his influence in halakha
With Mishneh Torah, Maimonides composed a code of Jewish law with the widest-possible scope and depth. The work gathers all the binding laws from the Talmud, and incorporates the positions of the Geonim (post-Talmudic early Medieval scholars, mainly from Mesopotamia). It is a highly-systematised work, and employs a very clear Hebrew, reminiscent of the style of the Mishna.
While Mishneh Torah is now considered the fore-runner of the Arbaah Turim and the Shulkhan Arukh (t ...
See also:Maimonides, Maimonides - Biography, Maimonides - Works and bibliography, Maimonides - Influence, Maimonides - The 13 principles of faith, Maimonides - Halakhic works, Maimonides - Philosophy, Maimonides - Negative theology, Maimonides - Prophecy, Maimonides - The problem of evil, Maimonides - Astrology, Maimonides - True beliefs versus necessary beliefs, Maimonides - Resurrection acquired immortality and the afterlife Read more here: » Maimonides: Encyclopedia II - Maimonides - Halakhic works |
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| | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Judaism - Introduction According to both traditional Judaism and modern scholars, a number of qualities distinguish Judaism from the other religions that existed when it first emerged. One characteristic was monotheism. The significance of this idea, according to critical historian Yehezkal Kaufman, lies in that Judaism holds that God created, and cares about, humankind. In polytheistic religions, humankind is often created by accident, and the gods are primarily concerned with their rel ...
See also:Judaism, Judaism - Introduction, Judaism - Monotheism, Judaism - Practical worship and the laws, Judaism - Traditional view of the development of Judaism, Judaism - Critical historical view of the development of Judaism, Judaism - Religious doctrine and Principles of Faith, Judaism - The traditional Jewish bookshelf, Judaism - Jewish Law and interpretation, Judaism - What makes a person Jewish?, Judaism - Jewish philosophy, Judaism - Jewish denominations, Judaism - Jewish denominations in Israel, Judaism - Karaism, Judaism - Jewish prayer and practice, Judaism - Prayers, Judaism - Jewish holidays, Judaism - Torah readings, Judaism - Synagogues and Jewish buildings, Judaism - Dietary laws: Kashrut, Judaism - Family purity, Judaism - Life-cycle events, Judaism - Community leadership, Judaism - Classical priesthood, Judaism - Prayer leaders, Judaism - Specialized religious roles, Judaism - Jewish religious history, Judaism - Ancient Jewish religious history, Judaism - Historical Jewish groupings to 1700, Judaism - Persecutions, Judaism - Hasidism, Judaism - The Enlightenment and Reform Judaism, Judaism - The Holocaust, Judaism - The present situation, Judaism - Judaism and other religions, Judaism - Christianity and Judaism, Judaism - Islam and Judaism, Judaism - Jews and Judaism, Judaism - Jewish law and religion, Judaism - Comparative Read more here: » Judaism: Encyclopedia II - Judaism - Introduction |
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| | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Torah - The Torah as the core of Judaism The Torah is the primary document of Judaism, and is the source of all Biblical commandments, in an ethical framework.
According to Jewish tradition, these books were revealed to Moses by God; some of it is said to have been revealed at Mount Sinai in 1280 BC. Classical rabbinic writings offer various ideas on when the entire Torah was revealed. Some sources state that the entire Torah was given all at once on Mount Sinai. In the maximalist view, this dictation included not only the "quotes" which appear in the text, but every word of ...
See also:Torah, Torah - Structure, Torah - Production and usage of a Torah scroll, Torah - The Torah as the core of Judaism, Torah - The Torah and the oral law, Torah - Other views of the Torah Read more here: » Torah: Encyclopedia II - Torah - The Torah as the core of Judaism |
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| | | | | 613 mitzvot: Encyclopedia II - Halakha - How Halakha is viewed today Orthodox Judaism holds that the words of the Torah (Pentateuch) were indeed dictated by God to Moses in almost precisely the way that they exist in the Torah today. The laws contained in the Written Torah were given along with detailed explanations as how to apply and interpret them, the Oral Law. The religious laws that Jews know today are thus directly derived from Sinai. As such, one must be extremely conservative changing or adapting Jewish law. Orthodox Judaism holds that, given Jewish law's Divine origin, no underlying principle may be ...
See also:Halakha, Halakha - Terminology, Halakha - The scope of Halakha, Halakha - The laws of the Torah, Halakha - Categories of law, Halakha - Sin: violation of Jewish law, Halakha - Gentiles and Jewish law, Halakha - The sources and process of Halakha, Halakha - Eras of history important in Jewish law, Halakha - The thirteen rules by which Jewish law was derived, Halakha - How Halakha is viewed today, Halakha - Flexibility within the Halakha, Halakha - Codes of Jewish law Read more here: » Halakha: Encyclopedia II - Halakha - How Halakha is viewed today |
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