Sounds like an oxymoron, right? God is central to Judaism and you can’t write them out of it. But the question of the nature of God is not really an important one in Jewish traditional theology; we’re not preoccupied with God, we just accept that God exists and don’t worry about it too much. The…
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Drashe for Yom Kippur 5781
Here on Earth, in our lives, is where we learn the meaning of being human; we hurt and are hurt, we cry and laugh, we make mistakes and are given the chance to make up for them and learn from them. When we left Ganeyden, we left with a newfound knowledge of good and evil, right and wrong, harm and reconciliation. It is so integral to who we are, as beings with free-will.
Does Judaism try to control the lives of Jews?
Someone asked in a comment on The Queer Diasporist facebook page whether or not Jewish communities try to control the lives of its members. Here’s my attempt at an answer: