http://www.jews4neworleans.org/2009/12/learning-and-unlearning-breishit-genesis/ Hosted by AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:26:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.jews4neworleans.org/2009/12/learning-and-unlearning-breishit-genesis/#comment-104969 Sunnie Epstein Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:10:15 +0000 http://www.jews4neworleans.org/?p=872#comment-104969 Rachie, this is your mom speaking.... So, first of all, you ARE the daughter I brought up to question, fight with and ask something more from Torah and Judaism, as is the case with your sisters, brother and my many students. I really agree that the point is NOT to justify and blindly accept Torah, but rather to fight and question. We are REQUIRED to think and realize the limits of humanity and who we are as B'nai Adam (all of humanity). Only by accepting the challenge of this fight, can we get to the point as the Tanna long ago reported that G-d laughed and said "My children have won! My children have won!" We MUST fight each other, ourselves and all of humanity to bring out the best of who we even dare to hope to be. G-d forbid, we do not accept the challenges and lessons taught by the weaknesses of the human personae in our Torah, in our Rabbinic literature, or today. Rachie, this is your mom speaking…. So, first of all, you ARE the daughter I brought up to question, fight with and ask something more from Torah and Judaism, as is the case with your sisters, brother and my many students. I really agree that the point is NOT to justify and blindly accept Torah, but rather to fight and question. We are REQUIRED to think and realize the limits of humanity and who we are as B’nai Adam (all of humanity). Only by accepting the challenge of this fight, can we get to the point as the Tanna long ago reported that G-d laughed and said “My children have won! My children have won!” We MUST fight each other, ourselves and all of humanity to bring out the best of who we even dare to hope to be. G-d forbid, we do not accept the challenges and lessons taught by the weaknesses of the human personae in our Torah, in our Rabbinic literature, or today.

]]> http://www.jews4neworleans.org/2009/12/learning-and-unlearning-breishit-genesis/#comment-103926 David Eber Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:25:31 +0000 http://www.jews4neworleans.org/?p=872#comment-103926 WOW! This was fabulous to read. Thank you so much for sharing. You have an amazing gift as a writer, because everything you said was so clear and well articulated. If you can't tell...I'm impressed. WOW! This was fabulous to read. Thank you so much for sharing. You have an amazing gift as a writer, because everything you said was so clear and well articulated. If you can’t tell…I’m impressed.

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