2012 August

Thou shalt insult the convert?

This article is devoted to educating Jews about comments that are hurtful to converts - comments that no convert should hear.  We recognize that not all Jewish communities are the same, but mistreatment of converts...

Does Dor Deah have a yeshiva?

  Is there a Dor Deah yeshiva to train rabbis in Dor Deah hashkafa, the Dor Deah approach to Torah and halakha?   It is definitely our desire that such a yeshiva be established, with...

What We Believe: IDOLATRY

    PROHIBITION OF IDOLATRY איסור עבודה זרה | Issur 'Avoda Zara   1) The essence of the commandment against idolatry is that one may not do an act of religious service to anything created, whether it be...

What We Believe: GOD

    SINGULARITY OF G-D יחוד השם | Yihud HaShem     1) He is incomparable to anything in creation.   2) All descriptions of Him are relative to our perception of His acts towards us (ie: Merciful),...