by Marlena Tanya Muchnick | May 1, 2011 | LDS and Jewish beliefs
By Marlena Tanya Muchnick LDS Author, Speaker, bookseller Part of a series on Core Values of Judaism Reincarnation, or the time when the spirit of a deceased person lives again in another form, dimension, other abode, is a central tenet of all major religions....
by Marlena Tanya Muchnick | Apr 1, 2011 | Jews and Christians
Shalom once again in this month of Passover! There is no more wrenching question. Why do the innocent suffer? Why do some get away with murder. Judaism has a variety of theodicies from Genesis through Job. Look at it from two directions. One is horizontal, that is...
by Marlena Tanya Muchnick | Feb 27, 2011 | Jews and Christians
Part of a Series on Core Beliefs of Judaism The claim that the imperfect world in which we live will be redeemed by a divinely appointed human is plausible because it has already happened – Moses took the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. The word “moshiach” is...
by Marlena Tanya Muchnick | Jan 31, 2011 | Jews and Christians
Part of a series on Core Beliefs of Judaism I have been asked questions about how Jews pray. Although spontaneous prayer is found throughout Torah, communal prayer became institutionalized during the post-Second Temple period. Jews use their prayer books, called a...
by Marlena Tanya Muchnick | Jan 2, 2011 | LDS and Jewish beliefs
January 2011 Excellent question! That is akin to asking why the Mormons study the Book of Mormon or Doctrine and Covenants or Pearl of Great Price. Those scriptures are central to Mormonism, just as the Torah (teaching) is central to Judaism and has been since the...
