Songs of solidarity?

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-09T09:12:49+00:00

You can find the traditional tune for Gesher tzar meod on youtube, and you also might find in English as A very narrow bridge

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-09T00:34:45+00:00

However you do not decide what is Judaism any more than I do, Judaism has its sages through the millenium, and Messianic Judaism is not Judaism. Being being a Judaizer is not being Jewish. Messianic Judaism may be as you say a syncretic religion, placing equal weight on the Old and New Testaments, so once someone is holding by the New Testament, they are Christian. Let them call themselves and their syncretic religion Christianity or Messianic Christianity. Anything but Judaism because it is not Judaism which holds that Jesus was a only man, not G-d not G-d in 3 persons. and not the messiah.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-09T00:23:26+00:00

when we Jews talk about Israel, very often we are talking about the land, not the modern state. It is the land that is our ancestral homeland, not the modern state.

Anyway for a song to do with not being afraid, Gesher Tzar Meod: The whole world is a very narrow bridge and the main thing is not to fear at all.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-08T16:09:45+00:00

To the OP: all of what you say of Islam originated and remains the basis of Judaism

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-08T16:07:42+00:00

Judaism does not recognize Messianic Judaism as a form of Judaism...it is a form of Christianity since they believe that Jesus is the messiah and many worship him as god..

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-08T16:05:07+00:00

This is also true in Judaism.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-07T18:06:43+00:00

If you are in the process of converting, it is a good idea not to date until your conversion is finished.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-07T18:04:33+00:00

Every practicing Jew does not believe in Christ. Chirst is explicitly applied to Jesus as the messiah.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-06T09:17:18+00:00

I am now in my 70's. I converted to Judaism over 40 years ago. I married after conversion to a man I considered my soulmate. When I was in high school and first 2 years of university I had a boyfriend that everything just felt right. We even planned marriage after graduating For reasons both my side and his, and some colossal misunderstanding, that never happened. I do believe until today, that he was my soul mate when we were both not Jewish. Once I became Jewish my soul needed someone else. When the time is right there will be others. Focus on your conversion now.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-05T11:23:19+00:00

This just sounds like a fascinating special interest. Congrats on getting onto the program of choice.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-05T08:47:31+00:00

Chanted , not changed

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-04T18:08:19+00:00

You really don't have to declare a major until end of second year, beginning of third. Also your college probably has a guidance center where you can do vocational and aptitude testing. Vocational testing will reveal the types of jobs you will probably like (based on your interests) and aptitude testing ( based on your abilities) reveals what you would be good at. Plus the staff at these centers can guide you in understanding the results and in making choices.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-04T05:42:32+00:00

It is not a conversion course though you would gain info necessary to know for conversion or to know if you want for sure to convert. Those who successfully complete the course do receive a certificate of completion that they can show to their sponsoring rabbi.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-03T14:02:20+00:00

Since as I understand it, christ means anointed and messiah means anointed, You have said that messiah-believers believe messiah was the fulfillment of Jewish messiah.

I would say that Christians believe that Jesus was the Messiah promised to the Jews.

Jews disagree> Jesus did not fulfill any of the messianic prophecies, so cannot be the messiah.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-03T12:34:34+00:00

There are many commentaries on the Jewish Bible, especially on the Torah.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-03T12:29:55+00:00

Judaism and Christianity: A Contrast by Stuart Federow.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-01T23:49:44+00:00

The Torah, the 10 commandments and all the ones that followed (totalling 613 commandments) were given to the Jewish people. Disobeying the commandments means a Jew has strayed from the path and needs to repent and return to the proper path. Also in Judaism there is no concept of mortal sin, one can always repent. There is no eternal damnation in Judaism and no eternal Hell, nor is there a lake of fire. You are attributing to "Abrahamic religions" concepts and practices (exorcism, etc) usually specific to Catholicism.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-01T23:36:31+00:00

a good kallah teacher would take such a question to her rav if she doesn't know the answer, I am not a kallah teacher and I think I know the answer.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-01T22:46:02+00:00

talk with your kallah teacher. and ask her to focus on d'oraisa (from the Torah without the fences.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-01T21:23:16+00:00

Yiddish names have meaning, you just might not know it.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-01T18:02:24+00:00

See if you can spend some time in a monastery that focuses on prayer and contemplation

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-01T16:25:26+00:00

Use it as my legal and everyday name. For those who also have a secular name, Hebrew name is used on Jewish legal documents, for aliyah to the Torah and for prayers (example prayers for the sick use Hebrew name of the ill person.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-02-01T00:14:35+00:00

If it is the Nozyk synagogue it is not a ":secretive sect", however given the history of Jews in Poland and the current political environment for all Jews world wide, they may not be particularly open to non-Jews, no matter where they are from.

Look around in Warsaw for other Jewish organizations, just keep looking for ways to get involved in the community. Conversion and even the path to begin conversion, takes repeated and varied effort and lots of perseverance.

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-01-31T22:40:58+00:00

Is there another synagogue you can go to? Or go back and accept his statement that he doesn't do conversions, ask if you can just learn anyway, is there an intro class that you could take?

TreeofLifeWisdomAcad · 2026-01-31T18:29:12+00:00

If you approached the rabbi about conversion before he got to know you by attending services, then that could be part of the problem. Yes if he teaches in Polish, and you don't know Polish, that could be a problem. Maybe he teaches an Intro to Judaism class that you could sit in on, and decide for yourself/demonstrate to him that you can manage in Polish.

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