Why do Orthodox Jews usually walk in the street rather than on the sidewalk?
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they are not supposed to see immodestly clad women\n\nby walking on the road,they cant see people walking in front of them,since not many people walk on the road!\n\nthey also look at their feet for added caution:D\n\nhope this helps
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What's so ironic, that there can be a gay jew or that jews can by ignorant homophobes just like the rest of people?\n\nJewish people are quite adept at reverse discrimination.  Don't believe me?  Try and marry one!\n\nIncidentally, Orthodox Jews are kind of ****.  They don't really get along with the rest of Jews in Israel or outside of Israel anyway.  Not so dissimilar from America's religious right.
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It is more of a culture/religion. Judaism is the religion and Jews are the culture that go with it. They have their own customs as with any other culture or nationality. One thing, you cannot change how you are, but you can worship any way you want.
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wow so sad.\n\nI grew up in as a Reform Jew. I left when I was 17 because I did not find it to be authentic Judaism. My heart crys when I read the other answers. I have yet to meet a Orthodox Jew that dose not truly care about his Reform brethren. They might disagree what is Judaism but they truly care about every Jew. \n\nfor the life of me I dont where the that idea came from. I am actually having trouble finish this because it really bothers me that Jews would actually think that other Jews would look down on them just because how they practice their faith. \n\n-I have to stop this or I will cry
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because there are many wealthy jews in America. They are politically motivated and know how to use the money paying off greedy politicians in Washington DC. I kinda sound antisimetic I guess but its just the truth, I have nothing against Jewish people. I just think that we (Americans) need to mind our own business. it's not like everything is hunky dory over here you know. And my god, how many times does history need to repeat itself? No matter what we do, it comes back to bite us in the ass in the end.
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I am from the era that when you walked down the street with a girl she walked on the inside, I walked on the street side of the sidewalk. I also do the same thing with my wife, it is a protective thing, and indicates the women are "taken".\n\nYou are very observant though, you should go into psychology.\nSeriously
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Because Jews don’t believe that you need to be Jewish to go to heaven (all you need to be is a good person and follow the 7 noahide laws). We accept converts but we only want people who are truly devoted because it is not easy to be a Jew. 613 commandments anti-Semitism, ect.  To find out more speak to your local orthodox Rabbi.
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Great question i always wanted to know why they were dancing in the street.  :)
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No.  In fact, the per capita charitable giving by Jews far out ranks the charitable average giving by other groups.  However, we value the idea of giving in secret, so most of us don't make a big deal of it. The result of this secrecy is that we may appear to the casual observer to be selfish. Read this story for a typical example of this way of thinking:\nhttp://www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=71893\n\nAs far as the question of being "Chosen" is concerned I think if you did a survey you would find that many Jews feel that Tevia in "Fiddler On The Roof" spoke for them in saying "So choose someone else for a change!"\n\nReligious Jews look upon the fact that we are chosen as putting additional responsibilities upon us.  We are suppose to perform "Tikkun Olam" (repair of the world).  One of the ways in which we are taught to perform this is by being self-sacrificing.  Just as Isaac was willing to lay upon the altar and not fight against his aged father Abraham, so too we are to be selfless in our pursuit of making the world a better place.
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yes i think ppl should just realise that the palistinians are not gonna lay down and be walked over, the jews will never be able to settle there esp since its them creating reasons and promting the palistinians to fight back
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Some cities are planed in that avenues go north and south and streets go east and west but this is not always true of every city.
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In most states they go with traffic because they are considered a vehicle, they have to obey stop signs and traffic signals and yield for pedestrians. You might even get a traffic ticket if you ride on the sidewalk and not in the street.
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if Christians came from Jews, why are ther still Jews?
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First off it usually is the case it much easier to convert if your single than if your about to marry a Jew. If that is not the case in your situation go away because they are selling you a bad conversion. Jews as a norm do not look for converts mainly because we believe that you do not need to be a Jew to get in to “heaven.” We believe you get a greater reward as a Jew because you have more responsibilities IE the 613 commandments stated above viruses the 7 overall. But with any bigger reward comes more responsibilities and more consequences if you do not live up to them. That is the main reason we discourage converts not that we do not want them but we do not want to put a burden on a person that he can not live up too. If you truly want to be a Jew and are ready to take whatever is thrown at you go talk to your local ORTHODOX Rabbi.
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I am Jewish, Christians come to synagogue all the time for Bar Mitzvahs and parties. It is never a problem though. They provide keepas or head coverings for you at the synagogue. You don't have to sing or say prayers, just be respectful and when the leader says to go to a page, just go to that page and pretend. Sometimes there is even English translation of the left that you can read while everyone else is reading the Hebrew.
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Orthodox Jews accept the Talmuds and the oral Torah as authoritative for doctrine. They believe that rabbis have the authority to interpret the Torah according to majority rule. Some of them believe that Jesus was a good teacher. Most believe he was a heretic. \n\nMessianic Judaism is a branch of Christianity, which was a branch of Judaism at one time. Messianic Jews come in at least a million different flavors, but here are the major themes:\n1) Jews who have accepted Jesus (aka Yeshua) as the Messiah promised in the Torah.\n2) Gentile Christians who have adopted Jewish traditions, usually in an attempt to get closer to the Hebraic roots of the Christian faith. Sometimes--very rarely in my experience--they do so in an attempt to convert Jews to Christianity.\n3) They do not usually accept the Talmuds and the oral Torah as any more authoritative than any other Bible commentary.\n4) They do not usually accept the authority of rabbis to interpret the Torah.\n\n\n(Anyone who knows anything about 1st century Jewish traditions, please answer my question on partial days! Thanks!)
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i know that there is the orthodox an the conservative jews. i dont know the difference, but 2 me jews r cool. but my friends seem 2 think that jews r soft. i guess its da way they dress.