Is a Jew who commits idolatry still considered a Jew? (The answer may surprise you.)May a heretic repent? The Rambam seems to say that he cannot, but that contradicts his statement about repentance elsewhere...
Is a Jew who commits idolatry still considered a Jew? (The answer may surprise you.)May a heretic repent? The Rambam seems to say that he cannot, but that contradicts his statement about repentance elsewhere...
Is a Jew who commits idolatry still considered a Jew? (The answer may surprise you.)May a heretic repent? The Rambam seems to say that he cannot, but that contradicts his statement about repentance elsewhere...
Is the worship of an intermediary (while maintaining belief in the one G-d) as prohibited as the worship of something seen as an independent god? May one study books of idolatrous practices?
Is the worship of an intermediary (while maintaining belief in the one G-d) as prohibited as the worship of something seen as an independent god? May one study books of idolatrous practices?
Is the worship of an intermediary (while maintaining belief in the one G-d) as prohibited as the worship of something seen as an independent god? May one study books of idolatrous practices?
What was Abraham's special quality? Did G-d choose Abraham, or did Abraham choose G-d? Was Abraham ever an idolater? How was he convinced to worship the one G-d?
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