www.filmsthatchangetheworld.com Rabbi Greenberg tells us that Sukkot is a holiday of reconciliation for people and nations of the world and from nature. And inside the Sukkah itself, everyone is welcome.
The spirit of your message is beautiful, but, naive. Yes - unity is an ideal we Jews must strive for - but if you are alluding to the "proudly" gay Jewish community, I think your really begging the question and granting legitimacy to individuals who normative Judaism considers sinners of the highest rank - not by virtue of their sinful actions alone - but by their militancy in seeking to validate their lifestyle. Is there a point at which one loses his right to be a part of the community?
The spirit of your message is beautiful, but, naive. Yes - unity is an ideal we Jews must strive for - but if you are alluding to the "proudly" gay Jewish community, I think your really begging the question and granting legitimacy to individuals who normative Judaism considers sinners of the highest rank - not by virtue of their sinful actions alone - but by their militancy in seeking to validate their lifestyle. Is there a point at which one loses his right to be a part of the community?
Actually, according to the Talmud, Yom Kippur and 15 Av are the two happiest days of the Jewish year.
MFPhoto1 3 months ago
The spirit of your message is beautiful, but, naive. Yes - unity is an ideal we Jews must strive for - but if you are alluding to the "proudly" gay Jewish community, I think your really begging the question and granting legitimacy to individuals who normative Judaism considers sinners of the highest rank - not by virtue of their sinful actions alone - but by their militancy in seeking to validate their lifestyle. Is there a point at which one loses his right to be a part of the community?
lourak 4 months ago
The spirit of your message is beautiful, but, naive. Yes - unity is an ideal we Jews must strive for - but if you are alluding to the "proudly" gay Jewish community, I think your really begging the question and granting legitimacy to individuals who normative Judaism considers sinners of the highest rank - not by virtue of their sinful actions alone - but by their militancy in seeking to validate their lifestyle. Is there a point at which one loses his right to be a part of the community?
lourak 4 months ago
Thank you for the spiritual guidance.
This can help people of all faiths---and bring us in touch with true brotherhood as GOD intended it.
Sukkot--Israel--Messianic Expectation--
awesome!
Thanks! ( I am Native American background ( Cherokee/ Lakota Sioux) and some Jewish ancestry way back as well--thanks for the lessons taught here.
It is apprecaited. Shalom!!!
La Shona Tova!!!
MrGlobalman67 2 years ago
a nice perspective!
windyrec 2 years ago
Thanks Rabbi, that was a helpful and uplifting explanation.
anesinerga 3 years ago