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?

I just wrapped up a lovely weekend as an invited guest at a large public event.

The day before, I got a prepatory note from the organizer containing the following bullet point:

• Zio is the Transport Coordinator.

I felt my eyebrows raise.

I consulted the Stand With Us chatbot, which assured me that Zio is a perfectly common nickname for people named Enzio and Fabrizio and the like. I asked and it confirmed that it would likely be pronounced "TSEE-oh." I breathed a sigh of relief.

When I landed, he was my driver. I didn't ask. But over the course of the weekend people constantly referred to him as "ZEE-oh."

At the closing ceremonies he was introduced by his full name.

"Zion."

I smiled a little smile.

Here for me and will help me and not let bad go on to me? How can I feel it? I want to

Kindly, if you don't have something constructive to say, please skip this post.

My baby half sister who isn't Jewish is in the wind, and last I knew, was deep into meth and is very probably dead. It's been many years since anyone's heard from her, and I think I held out hope for a long time that she'd somehow find her way back, but I feel like when I ask myself honestly, I know that the truth is that won't happen.

How can we mourn when we can't know, and when there is no yahrzeit we'll ever know?

If so, how long ago did they exist?

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.