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essentials-essential-questions-who-is-a-jew Jewish identity has both a Halachic definition and a wider self-understanding. The two do not always coincide. /articles/essentials-essential-questions-who-is-a-jew.xml essential https://pub-73c694f3dc3c4d0ea8f98f090d227a0d.r2.dev/article-images/who-is-a-jew-crop-mvqgsl39-67ec40c2-thumb.png Who is a Jew? true true essentials-essential-questions-what-does-judaism-teach-about-god Judaism is the world’s founding monotheism. The nature of the One God is a question on which the tradition speaks in many voices. /articles/essentials-essential-questions-what-does-judaism-teach-about-god.xml essential https://pub-73c694f3dc3c4d0ea8f98f090d227a0d.r2.dev/article-images/what-does-judaism-teach-about-sacred-god-sacred-crop-mvox5yb2-53fc9efd-thumb.png What Does Judaism Teach About God? essentials-essential-facts-the-three-pillars-torah-avodah-gemilut-chasadim Shimon HaTzaddik: “The world stands on three things: Torah, Avodah (service of God), and acts of loving-kindness.” /articles/essentials-essential-facts-the-three-pillars-torah-avodah-gemilut-chasadim.xml essential https://pub-73c694f3dc3c4d0ea8f98f090d227a0d.r2.dev/article-images/the-three-pillars-torah-avodah-gemilut-chasadim-crop-mvox6w9m-fa7a550d-thumb.png The Three Pillars: Torah, Avodah, Gemilut Chasadim essentials-essential-questions-do-jews-believe-in-an-afterlife Yes—and the tradition speaks of the afterlife with restraint, multiplicity, and a strong focus on this life as primary. /articles/essentials-essential-questions-do-jews-believe-in-an-afterlife.xml essential https://pub-73c694f3dc3c4d0ea8f98f090d227a0d.r2.dev/article-images/do-jews-believe-in-an-afterlife-crop-mvox66r3-ef9e0f4f-thumb.png Do Jews Believe in an Afterlife? essentials-essential-questions-why-do-jews-not-believe-in-jesus Jesus does not match the Tanakh’s Messianic criteria and his divinity violates Jewish monotheism. The answer is that simple—and that careful. /articles/essentials-essential-questions-why-do-jews-not-believe-in-jesus.xml essential https://pub-73c694f3dc3c4d0ea8f98f090d227a0d.r2.dev/article-images/why-do-jews-not-believe-in-jesus-crop-mubs3gap-a9cfe8bf-thumb.png Why Do Jews Not Believe in Jesus? going-deeper-deeper-questions-what-is-mussar The Jewish discipline of character refinement—old as the Talmud, formalized in the 19th century by Rabbi Yisrael Salanter. /articles/going-deeper-deeper-questions-what-is-mussar.xml deeper https://pub-73c694f3dc3c4d0ea8f98f090d227a0d.r2.dev/article-images/what-is-mussar-crop-mvyr3k7f-afaf1c51-thumb.jpg What Is Mussar? going-deeper-deeper-questions-what-is-tikkun-olam “Repair of the world.” A term with a deep Kabbalistic origin and a wide contemporary application—both worth knowing. /articles/going-deeper-deeper-questions-what-is-tikkun-olam.xml deeper going-deeper-deeper-questions-hasidism-vs-mitnagdism The great 18th-century split that still shapes the contemporary Orthodox world. /articles/going-deeper-deeper-questions-hasidism-vs-mitnagdism.xml deeper going-deeper-deeper-questions-what-is-kabbalah The Jewish mystical tradition—the inner Torah, esoteric and beautiful, central since the 13th century. /articles/going-deeper-deeper-questions-what-is-kabbalah.xml deeper going-deeper-deeper-questions-why-did-god-create-the-world Three classical answers—the rationalist, the kabbalist, and the Hasidic—and why each is illuminating. /articles/going-deeper-deeper-questions-why-did-god-create-the-world.xml deeper https://pub-73c694f3dc3c4d0ea8f98f090d227a0d.r2.dev/article-images/why-did-god-create-the-world-crop-ms8ir1fs-f823b545-thumb.png Why Did God Create the World? grace-and-what-we-have-instead [Grace](https://www.etymonline.com/word/grace) is a translation, with a Greek history. It does not exist in the [Torah](/glossary.xml#letter-T) in its Christian conception. But "Jews don't believe in grace," is absolutely false. So in answering the question, "Where is grace in the Torah," we need a better answer than simply, "It doesn't." /articles/grace-and-what-we-have-instead.xml deeper divine-names On divine names, and the many careful ways Jews decline to write them. /articles/divine-names.xml The Editors deeper editors-desk-theology-gods-pronoun What pronoun should we use for God? A meditation drawing on [the Ba'al Shem Tov](/glossary.xml#letter-B), [Kabbalah](/glossary.xml#letter-K), and [Martin Buber](/glossary.xml#letter-M). /articles/editors-desk-theology-gods-pronoun.xml Meir David Ben Avraham deeper editors-desk-theology-a-case-for-existence-a-case-for-god The Editor's philosophical argument for existence, for others, and for a higher pattern—written for his children, accessible in the manner of a friendly conversation. /articles/editors-desk-theology-a-case-for-existence-a-case-for-god.xml Meir David Ben Avraham deeper editors-desk-comparative-on-redemption A meditation on the Jewish doctrine of [teshuva](/glossary.xml#letter-T), the Jewish Messianic expectation, and what Christianity inherited and what it altered. /articles/editors-desk-comparative-on-redemption.xml Meir David Ben Avraham deeper the-problem-of-the-new-testament A close reading of the New Testament's portrayal of the [Pharisees](/glossary.xml#letter-P) and Scribes—and why that portrayal cannot be reconciled with what is known of the historical [Sanhedrin](/glossary.xml#letter-S). /articles/the-problem-of-the-new-testament.xml Meir David Ben Avraham deeper moshe-and-noach-one-soul-two-lives The Arizal's teaching that [Moshe Rabbeinu](/glossary.xml#letter-M) was the reincarnation of [Noach](/glossary.xml#letter-N)—and how a leader's failure to pray for his generation was repaired centuries later at the foot of Sinai. /articles/moshe-and-noach-one-soul-two-lives.xml deeper editors-desk-treatise-the-journey-of-the-soul-gilgul-neshamot-in-jewish-thought-prologue The prologue of the Editor's full treatise on [gilgul neshamot](/glossary.xml#letter-G)—the rationalist and mystical traditions of soul-transmigration in Judaism, with detailed engagement of [DovBer Pinson](/glossary.xml#letter-D)'s contemporary synthesis. /articles/editors-desk-treatise-the-journey-of-the-soul-gilgul-neshamot-in-jewish-thought-prologue.xml Meir David Ben Avraham deeper gilgul-neshamot-the-journey-of-the-soul A source-based exploration of rationalist and mystical accounts of the soul, reincarnation, and spiritual repair, with a close reading of DovBer Pinson’s Reincarnation and Judaism. /articles/gilgul-neshamot-the-journey-of-the-soul.xml scholarly https://pub-73c694f3dc3c4d0ea8f98f090d227a0d.r2.dev/article-images/do-jews-believe-in-an-afterlife-crop-muxl22x8-ce4661e6-thumb.png Do Jews Believe in an Afterlife?