More looking for similarities

Moses Isserles (or Moshe Isserlis) (1530 - 1572) - a Rabbi and Talmudist, renowned for his fundamental work of Halakha (Jewish law), titled the Mapah (HaMapah), a component of the Shulkhan Arukh. He is also well known for Darkhei Moshe, a commentary on the Tur. Isserles is also "the ReMA" (or "the RAMA") רמ״א, the Hebrew acronym for Rabbi Moses Isserles. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

In Christianity we do find the same problem as in Judaism having different faith groups all claiming that they are the right Jews or right Christians.

Rabbi Eliezer Silver who visited a displaced persons camp after the war, encountered a Jew who told him he no longer wanted anything to do with Judaism.

He explained that there was a Jew in the camps with a siddur that he would share only with those who were willing to give up their daily slice of bread.

 “If that’s what Judaism is all about, I want nothing more to do with it.”

Rabbi Silver asked him gently:

 “And what did most people do?”

 “They gave up their bread and took the siddur. They starved!”

Rabbi Silver asked

“Why,” “do you look at the one Jew who could behave so dastardly? Why not reflect on the many more Jews who were willing to starve in exchange for a few minutes of precious prayer?”

Rabbi Yaniv says the same to an Ashkenazi whose wife is Sephardi
 

Why are you looking at one disparity in the difference of custom between Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews rather than the astounding number of similarities they share?

The differences are so negligible that they just prove the rule – we are one people with one Torah. Jews are forbidden by the Torah to eat or even own leavened products on Passover.

We should remember that God took His People out of Egypt to make them one nation, united by the Torah. The Jews should take this at heart and should know their common history and their common goal.

 Some eat rice, some don’t, and it matters not. We are one family, the children of Israel.

explains Yaniv.

Also the Christians living all over the earth should know that there are differences depending on where they live and what season it is. Most important is that they do not take part in pagan traditions, like the Easter bunnies a.o..

Please do read the interesting exhortation of rabbi Yaniv:

Ask the Rabbi: The great Jewish divide – rice at Passover

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Race, Skin color and differences

On our debate "Where does Satan lives?" Debralyn Potter wrote:

I do have a question, when everyone was sent out with a different language to different lands, where did different colored skin come from?  Asian eyes, etc?

Figured the people of Africa,the ones with skin that could handle the sun, were more likely to survive and keep creating even darker as time went on..

Then thought wait a minute what about eye shapes?

I don't get lost in this, only curious.

I anwered that this brought us to an other topic, namely the differences between humans, and animals.
I think the different skincolors and differences in noses and eyes came from the evolution, the body adapting to the climates and the environment. (To protect against sun rays, light, temperature/ having the sin covered or not,etc.)

Was it not the Creator His choice?

“Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may 
ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.” (Jer 13:23 ASV)

Debralyn Potter replied:

I would believe that the traits in the humans dna that could withstand the cold, that person would be able to survive there, thus others like this one too.So they would be the stronger people with the strongest traits who mated and on and on.

I don't believe in evolution. If that were true we would not have species going extinct because of dire weather changes. They cannot adapt if they do not have the dna to do that.

Does not matter how many species you put in a certain area, if they don't have the dna to pass on, with other like species, they die.

Jehovah made every animal to be with his kind for a reason. You can put as many African lions as you want in cold cold Alaska,they would all die. Same as Polar Bears in Africa.

You all are helping with this so much!! thank you! Love,debilyn

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My experience is this is talking about ones who are choosing to bad and won't follow Jehovah.

He is saying a leopard cannot change his spots,  and the Cush'ite change the color of his skin, same as these people who have turned against Jehovah's, who had free will and chose evil not good. It is unchangeable. love,debilyn

Remember there's a light in the next day

Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Herinner dat er een licht is in de volgende dag

" Every time we look down, past a dark lonely night, remember there's a light in the next day. Whenever you drop 7 times get up 8 times.
Never look down, always stick your head up and look at what you've got and do the best with it!"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Osbel Barrera --- Texas
For everybody who's feeling down either about work or love or just basically life.

" The art of being happy is to be satisfied with what you have."
--- Written in 2009 by Ranbeer H. --- India

As human beings we are never satisfied. There is lot of jealousy, attitude and conflicts between individuals because of the differences in status/positions that they do not have in common. This gave me a thought that the moment I feel what I have is enough for me, then I will feel happy. With this, I wrote the above quote.
Ranbeer H.

Lord give me a positive outlook on life and allow me to overcome the difficulties.
Make also that I can show others the good side of this life
and that together we may look for a better life in your Kingdom.