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  2. Matrilineality in Judaism - Wikipedia

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    Orthodox Judaism maintains that the law of matrilineal descent in Judaism dates at least to the time of the covenant at Sinai (c. 1310 BCE). [24] This law was first codified in writing in the Mishna (c. 2nd century CE), [25] and later in the Mishneh Torah (c. 1170–1180 CE) [26] and Shulchan Aruch (1563 CE), without mention of any dissenting ...

  3. Conservative halakha - Wikipedia

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    Conservative Judaism affirms the belief in a rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem, in which Kohanim may bring offerings. However, Conservative Jews generally reject the idea that animal sacrifices will be a part of these services. The movement has no official position on what will or should occur in a future Temple.

  4. Sephardic law and customs - Wikipedia

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    While Patach Eliyahu is sometimes omitted, the other prayers are standard practice by most Sephardim. Friday evening, most Sephardi groups (but not the Spanish and Portuguese) sing the Shir hashirim between Minha and Kabbalat Shabbat. L; The order of the prayers in the Zemirot differs from the Ashkenazi practice and has some additional prayers ...

  5. Jewish principles of faith - Wikipedia

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    Many scholars have debated whether the practice of mitzvot in Judaism is inherently connected to Judaism's principles of faith. Moses Mendelssohn, in his Jerusalem (1783), defended the non-dogmatic nature of the practice of Judaism. Rather, he asserted, the beliefs of Judaism, although revealed by God in Judaism, consist of universal truths ...

  6. Joseph Telushkin - Wikipedia

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    The first volume of A Code of Jewish Ethics: You Shall Be Holy, which Telushkin regards as his major life's work, was published in 2006. It won the National Jewish Book Award for Jewish Book of the Year. [6] The second volume, A Code of Jewish Ethics: Love Your Neighbor, was released in 2009.

  7. Matriarchal religion - Wikipedia

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    A matriarchal religion is a religion that emphasizes a goddess or multiple goddesses as central figures of worship and spiritual authority. The term is most often used to refer to theories of prehistoric matriarchal religions that were proposed by scholars such as Johann Jakob Bachofen , Jane Ellen Harrison , and Marija Gimbutas , and later ...

  8. Jewish culture - Wikipedia

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    Judaism itself is not simply a faith-based religion, but an orthoprax and ethnoreligion, pertaining to deed, practice, and identity. [2] Jewish culture covers many aspects, including religion and worldviews, literature, media, and cinema, art and architecture, cuisine and traditional dress , attitudes to gender, marriage, family, social customs ...

  9. Outline of Jewish law - Wikipedia

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    This outline of Jewish religious law consists of the book and section headings of the Maimonides' redaction of Jewish law, the Mishneh Torah, which details all of Jewish observance.