| There is great beauty in the Jewish religion. It is a | | | | believe. |
| religion that doesn't involve itself with missionary | | | | There are so many beautiful rules, but all of that is |
| work. Noone is encouraged to join, and in fact when | | | | something you can read more about in the books I |
| you wish to convert your rabbi is forced to try to | | | | recommend below. Describing Judaism could take |
| talk you out of converting at least three times. | | | | years, and generally a conversion cycle could very |
| That very point is little known among many who | | | | well take several years and many conversations with |
| claim to know what Judaism is all about. But that isn't | | | | a rabbi. It isn't anything you should take lightly, and |
| the only thing people don't understand. | | | | one should also consider that there is also praise for |
| Also, when you have a Torah (the first five books of | | | | those who follow the Noachian Laws - the 7 points |
| Moses) on a desk, you never put anything on top of | | | | being: |
| it. God's Law can never be added to or superseded. | | | | |
| The beautiful laws are given as commandments to | | | | 1. not to worship idols |
| man, and we should never rebel against God. He is | | | | 2. not to blaspheme the name of God |
| our Creator so he definitely knows what is best for | | | | 3. to establish courts of justice |
| us. | | | | 4. not to murder |
| Likewise, it has been misunderstood why Jews don't | | | | 5. not to commit adultery |
| eat pork. Jews are not the only people who refrain | | | | 6. not to rob |
| from pork. Muslims and some Christian groups also | | | | 7. The seventh commandment was added after the |
| abstain from pork. But there is an important part in | | | | Flood-not to eat flesh that had been cut from a living |
| Jewish law on that subject. If you can save life you | | | | animal (Gen. ix. 4). |
| may indeed break a commandment (mitzvot). If you | | | | You don't have any classes of good - better and |
| see someone who is caught under rubble during an | | | | best as we see in other religions where ministry is |
| earthquake, you should in fact save this person - | | | | sometimes placed above laity. God is the judge - not |
| even on a Sabbath. Likewise, if you can't get any | | | | any of us humans. Our duty is to do our best to be |
| kosher foods, you may in fact save life by eating | | | | kind unto our neighbours at all times (Lev 19:18). |
| non-kosher food. | | | | If you want to know more about the Jewish religion, |
| Such things are never told because many don't know | | | | I would recommend you read the following books. |
| nearly enough about the Jewish religion. And again, | | | | - Judaism for D. by Ted Falcon, David Blatner, and |
| there are several groups within Judaism. You have | | | | Rabbi Ted Falcon |
| ultra-orthodox Jews, and you have reform Jews. It | | | | - The Torah for D. |
| isn't any uniform group as some would like you to | | | | |