#for orthodox

[askjumblr]

So, I have a few questions to everyone and I mean this in good faith:1.Does Orthodox Judaism generally accept Reform and Conservative Jews or is there a "no-true scotsman" issue like in Christianity with the Unity branch vs Conservative Christianity, which is most Christian Branches. 2. What are the views on Homosexuality? I generally heard mainly Orthodox Jews don't support it, but some Orthodox Jews do. 3. Does the issue with Abortion that Christianity has also apply to Orthodox Jews? I know the fetus personhood™️ only seems to apply to Christians.

P.S I am ExChristian trying to get an understanding of Judaism so I can keep this whole Judaism=Christianity without Jesus behind me. I genuinely don't want to end up like those antisemetic Atheists who hate both.

Please state your frame of reference clearly when answering

[furordinaricvs]

Cat resting on a cross of Orthodox church in Perast, Montenegro.

[seraphim-eternal]

You have been with me from the beginning.

John 15:27

[russian-aesthetic]

[tenyardstowitchyard]

Dreamers

To protect the Vessel, the Dreamers lay sleeping. Through their devotion, Hallownest lasts eternal.

hollow knight pale king white lady hornet

[prokopetz]

Topic: best Catholic saint to photoshop Dave Strider glasses onto.

[lovely88ann]

[vestalevelata]

[reality-nihilism]

"The Vision of the Cross"

Gustave Doré, 1832.

[queenwille]

oh, yes. it’s that time of the year again, where antizionist jews try their hardest to explain how the passover story can make sense without the israelites belonging in israel.

let the jewish mental olympics begin 🏁✡️

[askjumblr]

There is a modern orthodox shul in my city and I want to go and see if I'd like it, but I don't know if they'd want me there and I don't want to be disrespectful. There are a few potential issues, so orthodox Jews, I would appreciate your opinions

First of all, I'm trans. More specifically (because I don't know if the specifics matter but I want to provide all potentially relevant information), I am a trans man who has started but not completed medical transition. I'm taking testosterone, which has given me some facial hair and a masculine look, but I've not had any surgeries so I still have female parts. So should I go to the men's or women's side? I've been living as male for my entire adult life, and I prefer it that way, but I think I could still pass as a woman if I shave and put on a dress. I don't want to make people uncomfortable or disrespect their religious observance, which is why I'm asking first. Men, would you be okay davening with someone that has a female body? Women, would you be okay davening with someone that feels like a man and lives as a man? I'm not going to go around telling people, but it feels wrong to be doing something I know goes against your religious beliefs without telling you. Just like how I wouldn't give an orthodox Jew food that didn't have a hechser. Please don't worry about offending me with your answer, I want to know how you actually feel about this.

Secondly, I converted reform. So I'm not Jewish by orthodox standards, correct? Should I tell them that? Obviously if there's not a lot of people there and they try to count me I'll tell them I don't count for their minyan, but other than that, I don't think people really need to know?

And finally, based on all of the above, should I even go? I want your honest opinion. Based on what I've read I think I'd like the structure of this service more. I don't like that they skip some prayers at my usual synagogue, I use an orthodox siddur at home, and I like a longer service, so all of those make me think I'd prefer to daven at an orthodox shul. However, I know that who I am is likely different than most people in that community, and I don't want to go if they don't want me there. So, orthodox (and particularly modox) Jews, what do you think?

Thank you!

This is going up too late for the Orthodox Jews of Europe, Israel, and any further east, but let's see if the Americans will have time to answer. Please keep to the FoR.

[an-unanonymous-messenger]

We've all read James 2:17, and immediately thought that it means that either James didn't understand the Gospel, or we're saved by works all along. Neither of the two are correct. If we read the passage in context and not cherrypicking the verses, we'd understand the true message here, which is not that we're saved by works, but that works come from our faith. This is what religionsike orthodoxy and Catholicism, or even deliverance ministries won't admit or confess. It's not by our works that we're saved, but by God's grace, which is manifest through the faith, and so that we wouldn't boast (Ephesians 2:8-9). May this be a reminder for you next time you get confused or caught in this part (James 2:14-17). Bless you in the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour! Amen.

[magnetothemagnificent]

"Niche" knowledge that immediately outs you as someone who grew up Orthodox:

-all the steps of grain harvest and processing

-all the steps of textile making

-all the steps of hide tanning

-which animals are ruminants (and what a ruminants is)

-which animals have split hooves and which do not

-the porosity of various kitchenware materials

-always know when sunset is

-always know where East is

-what a heddle is

-what rennet is

-what cochineal is

-what murex dye is

-where the sciatic nerve is in an animal

-that gelatin is in *everything*

[seraphim-eternal]

Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead,

and Christ will shine on you.

Ephesians 5:14

[dramoor]

Divine Liturgy

Fr. Seraphim Aldea, St. Oran's Chapel, Isle of Iona, Scotland

(Images via Fr. Seraphim used with permission)