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The Three Oaths is the name for a midrash found in the Babylonian Talmud, and midrash anthologies, that interprets three verses from Song of Solomon as God imposing three oaths upon the world. Two oaths pertain to the Jewish people and a third oath applies to the gentile nations of the world.
16.1–20: Oath to enter the community, as well as laws concerning the taking of other oaths and vows; 9.1: Death to the one responsible for the death of a Jew using gentile courts of justice; 9.2–8: Laws about reproof [clarification needed] and vengeance; 9.9–10.10a: Laws about oaths, lost articles [clarification needed] and testimony and ...
The book is considered to be Teitelbaum's magnum opus, and is of the utmost importance to Satmar Hasidim, as well as to other Haredim who follow the Satmar doctrine regarding Zionism. Satmar Hasidism has many institutions, buildings, and neighborhoods named after the book. Vayoel Moshe is primarily a book of Halacha, Jewish law. However, it ...
The book "Hastening Redemption: Messianism and the Resettlement of the Land of Israel", by Arie Morgentstein, discusses the "Three Oaths" at length, and shows how widespread religious objection or disregard to their use in preventing large-scale Jewish settlement of the Land of the Israel predates the rise of modern political Zionism.
There is no central authority in Judaism in existence today - although the Sanhedrin, the supreme Jewish religious court, would fulfill this role if it were re-established. Instead, Judaism's principles of faith remain debated by the rabbis based on their understanding of the sacred writings , laws , and traditions , which collectively shape ...
The difference between an oath and a vow, and in what respects an oath is considered the more rigorous, and in what respects a vow is so regarded (§§ 2-3); vows with and without restrictions; the difference between the Judeans and the Galileans in regard to the ordinary "ḥerem" (§ 4); evasions which of themselves invalidate vows (§ 5).
Still, this fast-paced, well-shot doc does place its finger on the quickening pulse of an ever-wider gap between liberalizing Western social values and the Orthodox sphere that believes they are ...
A History of God is a book by Karen Armstrong that was published by Knopf in 1993. It details the history of the three major monotheistic traditions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, along with some details on Buddhism and Hinduism. The evolution of the idea of God is traced from its ancient roots in the Middle East up to the present day.