Rabbi Louis Jacobs Articles By Rabbi Louis Jacobs
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Vilna Gaon
Renowned scholar led non-Hasidic Jewish world into modernity.
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Hand Washing
Jewish custom now normally associated with meals started with Temple purity.
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Yom Kippur Katan
A fast day associated with the new moon.
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Nachman Krochmal: A Guide for the Perplexed of His Era
Nachman Krochmal pioneered the idea of historical-critical study of Judaism in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia
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The Free Will Problem: Medieval Solutions
In the Middle Ages, Jewish thinkers struggled to reconcile God's knowledge of the future with human choice.
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Levites
Even after the Temple's destruction, Levites enjoy some unique ritual privileges.
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Moses: In the Bible & Beyond
The greatest of Jewish leaders and prophets.
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Song of Songs
The Rabbis taught: All the writings are holy, but the Song of Songs is the Holy of Holies.
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The Angel of Death
This concept is a creation of rabbinic literature.
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Electricity on Shabbat
Why did the rabbis forbid electricity to be used on Shabbat? That wasn't in the Torah!
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Rabbi Dr. Louis Jacobs (1920-2006) was a Masorti rabbi, the first leader of Masorti Judaism (also known as Conservative Judaism) in the United Kingdom, and a leading writer and thinker on Judaism.
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