http://www.beyondbt.com/2006/12/17/chanukah-insight-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/ Baalei Teshuva / Baalei Teshuvah and Other Growth Oriented Jews Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:24:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.beyondbt.com/2006/12/17/chanukah-insight-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/comment-page-1/#comment-25662 David S Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:57:30 +0000 http://www.beyondbt.com/?p=585#comment-25662 Very interesting post. Things are not (or at least should not be) seductive to people brought up with Torah if they do not have some kind of moral component that feels righteous. Since Judaism is part of the root of Western Civilization, there are things that are built into the DNA of the west that are of Jewish origin. We recognize those things in many alternative traditions, even though they may have been subtly transformed. Thus we need to be careful not to allow our tradition to be altered to the point where it is no longer Torah and is in fact something else. Very interesting post. Things are not (or at least should not be) seductive to people brought up with Torah if they do not have some kind of moral component that feels righteous. Since Judaism is part of the root of Western Civilization, there are things that are built into the DNA of the west that are of Jewish origin. We recognize those things in many alternative traditions, even though they may have been subtly transformed. Thus we need to be careful not to allow our tradition to be altered to the point where it is no longer Torah and is in fact something else.

]]> http://www.beyondbt.com/2006/12/17/chanukah-insight-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/comment-page-1/#comment-25479 David Linn Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:44:43 +0000 http://www.beyondbt.com/?p=585#comment-25479 Thank you, same to you and yours. Thank you, same to you and yours.

]]> http://www.beyondbt.com/2006/12/17/chanukah-insight-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/comment-page-1/#comment-25472 Chaya Houpt Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:24:47 +0000 http://www.beyondbt.com/?p=585#comment-25472 Great post! Happy Chanukah to you and your family. Great post! Happy Chanukah to you and your family.

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