r/Judaism

I have been following scriptural (Karaite-style) Judaism for a bit, and I feel more connected through it compared to rabbinic Judaism. Any opinions from the community on Karaism?

Since the Hanukkah events happened after Moses, which prophet communicated this commandment to the Jews?

And it made me wonder how they would do it on Sabbath? Can I assume that they just don't smoke/vape on Sabbath, or are there kosher ways to get nicotine in?

Thanks!

Hello everyone, I don't know if I'm in the right sub, wanted to ask a question to you all, because I feel like you have a better answer than google or chat gpt.

I heard that the Jewish heritage was passed from the mother (I'm sorry if I'm wrong, I don't know much about this religion). Would an adopted child inherit it too ? Or does it have to be biological.

Thanks for your answers, sorry if it comes off as insensitive or wrong, I'm not there to offense anyone.

Thank you very much :)

Hello all! My wife and I are trying to conceive through in vitro fertilization after 5 losses. My wife wants to go to a Mikveh before the frozen embryo transfer for her own mental health, for luck, for herself.

The issue is, she has chronic endometritis. She’s been told not to go in a pool, or lake water. We’re currently treating the endometritis but we’re worried about reinfection. The water is treated and we have no doubt about its cleanliness and safety, but in our specific circumstance…would it be wise to wait til the after the transfer?

We really don’t know and this means so much to her. Thank you all! And for those celebrating Happy 4th of July!

I am a 22 years old woman, and I have a problem with sex, because I do it even thought I’m not married, and not with the same partner. Sometimes it’s even kinky sex.

I don’t live by sex but at the same time I enjoy having it and the intimacy of it. I feel extremely dirty and guilty. And I also believe i suffer from OCD so anything I do I feel like I’m a piece of sh*t.

Please be specific about the differences if there is any.

it seems there is some commmunity and history in almost every latin american country most prominently being argentina, brazil, mexico especially. And Argentina in particular seems to stand out in recent years for various reasons.

As a Jewish person I have religiously read the Torah, followed Sabbath and whatever little things my parents have told me about. Growing up now, I feel fascinated towards Indian culture, The Bhagavad Gita, Mahabharata, Ramayana and the Vedas. They seem to be happening in a parallel timeline. I saw a video of a Rabbi saying that Brahmanism (the practice of the priests being the head of the region providing the appropriate godly wisdom) comes from the name “Abraham”. A bunch of my Hindu friends are laughing at this connection. They believe in Brahma, Shiva & Vishnu. The creator, destroyer and the preserver. They believe in Avatars of Vishnu. I’m really confused about the Torah scrolls, their belief and science telling me that the earth is definitely older than 6000 years. What do I do?

EDIT: twice before I have been banned from Reddit. Regular ppl kindly help me.

I feel curious to know what the Tanakh or rabbinical teachings say on this topic, directly or indirectly.

Idk where I stand on the issue and am looking for moral or ethical guidance

A few years ago, a "friend" of 20 years repeatedly asked me, "What did Jews do to make everyone hate them enough to try to exterminate them in WWII?" I cut contact with him.

Recently, he sent a long apology, claiming he now understood why his comments were wrong, and professed full support for Jews and the people of Israel. I gave him another chance, which I now regret.

While he claimed to support the Jewish community, in that exact same conversation, he mocked me for eating bagels, saying, "I know I shouldn’t be laughing, but how funny is it that you're Jewish and you have a bag of bagels?" He then laughed at the fact that I don't keep kosher.

Can people really change? He's still trying to be friends with me and even showed up at my house uninvited. When I saw him in my home talking to my husband, I turned around and walked back out the door.

I am curious if anyone has any resources (books, podcasts, articles, academic research, etc.) or first/secondhand knowledge of how and why American Jews (at least Reform, Conservative and parts of Modern Orthodoxy) "switched" to the Modern Hebrew pronunciation.

I put "switched" in quotes because it doesn't seem like the effort was particularly successful. Just a few examples:

- Pronunciation of modern ר is very difficult for American Jews

- Many words that have more frequent use retained an Ashkenazic inflection, like mitz-vuh vs meetz-vah

- Mitzvah usually gets pluralized with an 's' not a 't'. I conjecture this is the traditional mitzvos surviving, not the anglicized mitzvahs

- American Jews do not stress the same part of the word as Israelis

Overall, it seems we ended up with a strange half-half accent, that I don't think we're better off with. I'm open to any information and opinions on the topic, but some starter questions are:

- When did this change start to occur in institutions, and by what year was it widespread?

- Was it a top down institutional decision (and if so who started it) or was it a grass roots effort?

- What was the rationale for the change?

- In your opinion, was it successful? If yes, what merits it as a success? If not, what went wrong?

- Could the switch have gone better, or was some level of discomfort with Hebrew inevitable for people who speak/use it only as a secondary language?

Thank you in advance for your answers!