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so, i think alot of you goyim are confused as to what us jews actually believe in. so i am going to try an dispell some common mistakes an answer any questions you all have. i have been a jew my whole life. an while i have not always been a practicing jew, i feel that i am still more informed about this religion than most of totse.

so &t ask your questions an i will try an answer them to the best of my abilities.

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Why did your murder Jesus? Also, does your circumcised dick cause your scrotum to rise up the shaft, causing a hair to grow low on your shaft?


Sorry, but really what are the Jewish views on why Jesus was not the messiah?

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the romans killed jesus, not us

the skin an hair rise cause as you grow older you dick gets bigger, but you are lacking skin now that you have been cut, so your body takes the skin from around your shaft a stretches it a bit.

the jews dont view christ as a messiah for one reason. if he really was the messiah then we would be in paradise right now. we are not in paradise, so obviously (to jews) christ was not the messiah. i think Christian feel that christ is coming back, an this time he will bring us to gods kingdom, now that is well an good, but us jews feel that if he was legit he would not have to come back, it would have already been done. plus he would not have been killed. i hope that answers your q. if it did not i can try an explain it better after i get back from class. but right now i am running late.

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To continue on that theme can you explain about the Jewish messiah? Also explain the deal with kosher food.

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OP, as you know, there are various Jewish sects. It would be helpful if you would identify yourself as Conservative, Reform, Orthodox, Hassidim, whatever--and explain the differences between them.

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The Romans killed Jesus to appease a mob of angry Jews who accused him of being a heretic and were baying for his blood...

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^^Yup
Also I was joking about the first 2 questions....Anyways, why are you guys so successful in Hollywood and America in general? (...Another fail excuse me.)
Can you source this from the Hebrew Scriptures or at least the Torah?

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the jewish messiah means different things to different jews. something i will explain when i get to armsmerchant question. orthodox an conservative jews who follow a literal translation of the torah believe in a actual physical being. who will usher in a utopian age. and all of gods children will be united in peace. this is very similar to a jesus like figure.

to the reform jewish movement, it is felt that a messianic age will be usherd in once completed we have completed tikkum olam or the repairing of the world. reformed jews feel that instead of a physical entity coming to man an ushering in a utopia it will be up to us, all humans to make the world a perfect place. it is felt that by completing mitzvahs or blessings we can make the world that much more near to a perfect age.

Kosher food is a dietary law. it restricts several kinds of food that are deemed unclean for one reason or another.
animals must chew there cud and also have cloven hooves to be considered kosher. predatory birds are not kosher. dairy products can not be served with meat. pots that had meat in them can not have dairy in them an vice versa . fish must have fins an scales. this excludes all shell fish. further all meat must be slaughtered in a specific manner. on passover the rules get a bit more intense.

*this post has been edited for clarity*Armsmerchant judasim has been around for well over 5000 years. as such there has been a great amount of collected thought. there main bodies are orthodox, conservative, and reform. Hasidim an Ashkenazim refer to ethnic background, rather than religious beliefs. due to time constraints i am not knowledgeable of every school of jewish thought.

Judaism has no formal set of beliefs that one must hold to be a Jew. In Judaism, actions are far more important than beliefs, although there is certainly a place for belief within Judaism.
The closest that anyone has ever come to creating a widely-accepted list of Jewish beliefs is Rambam's thirteen principles of faith. Rambam's thirteen principles of faith, which he thought were the minimum requirements of Jewish belief, are:
1. God exists
2. God is one and unique
3. God is incorporeal
4. God is eternal
5. Prayer is to be directed to God alone and to no other
6. The words of the prophets are true
7. Moses' prophecies are true, and Moses was the greatest of the prophets
8. The Written Torah (first 5 books of the Bible) and Oral Torah (teachings now contained in the Talmud and other writings) were given to Moses
9. There will be no other Torah
10. God knows the thoughts and deeds of men
11. God will reward the good and punish the wicked
12. The Messiah will come
13. The dead will be resurrected

these are very basic and general principles. Yet as basic as these principles are, the necessity of believing each one of these has been disputed at one time or another, and the liberal movements of Judaism dispute many of these principles.
Unlike many other religions, Judaism does not focus much on abstract cosmological concepts. Although Jews have certainly considered the nature of G-d, man, the universe, life and the afterlife at great length ( Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism), there is no mandated, official, definitive belief on these subjects, outside of the very general concepts discussed above. There is substantial room for personal opinion on all of these matters, because as I said before, Judaism is more concerned about actions than beliefs.
Judaism focuses on relationships: the relationship between G-d and mankind, between G-d and the Jewish people, and between human beings. Our scriptures tell the story of the development of these relationships, from the time of creation, through the creation of the relationship between G-d and Abraham, to the creation of the relationship between G-d and the Jewish people, and forward. The scriptures also specify the mutual obligations created by these relationships, although various movements of Judaism disagree about the nature of these obligations. Some say they are absolute, unchanging laws from G-d (Orthodox); some say they are laws from G-d that change and evolve over time (Conservative); some say that they are guidelines that you can choose whether or not to follow (Reform, Reconstructionist)


i am a reformed jew

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What is the jewish question, and was it answered?

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What's with the pointy little hats?