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Tag: Holiness

0 Jewish Law Culture

6/1/24 – Shiur 469 – Shemiras Einayim – Halachos, Chizzuk and Stories: the Vayimaen phenomenon

Halacha Headlines · 31 May

The episode examines the growing movement for Shemiras Einayim, a practice of guarding one's eyes from improper sights, highlighting the Vayimayin initiative reaching over 100,000 viewers daily.

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You Can’t Hurry Love

Dovid Bashevkin in Tablet · 3 Nov 2023

The author reflects on the process of planning a wedding compared to the planning of an engagement, highlighting the detailed emphasis on the laws of engagement (kiddushin) in Jewish law.

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Eating Our Way to Holiness

Mary Lane Potter in Tablet · 2 Mar 2020

The author reflects on their preconceived notions about food, holiness, and religious practices influenced by their Christian upbringing before converting to Judaism and embracing kosher observance.

0 Culture Gender/Identity

No Broken Glass

Richard L. Eisenberg in Tablet · 13 Aug 2018

A former rabbi shares his family's experience and decision to hold a secular wedding for their daughter who married a non-Jew, despite their observant Jewish background.

0 Holidays Prayer

Forward Staffers Dish On Their Yom Kippur Food Cravings — What Are Yours?

Forward · 26 Sep 2017

On Yom Kippur, a day of fasting and prayer, many struggle with food cravings despite the solemnity of the occasion.

0 Jewish Law Science

Covenant & Conversation: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible— Leviticus: The Book of Holiness/The Torah Encyclopedia of the Animal Kingdom—Volume 1: Chayot/Wild Animals

Jewish Action · 4 Jun 2015

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks' Covenant & Conversation: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible Leviticus emphasizes the concept of holiness found in Vayikra, arguing that holiness is achieved through human submission to the divine and the willingness to sacrifice.

0 History Jewish Law

How the Bible became holy

Tel Aviv Review · 8 Jan 2015

Dr. Michael Satlow, a religious studies professor at Brown University, explains the historical processes that led to the Bible becoming regarded as a holy and sacred text.