The best way to go is on your own and avoid the tour groups....that way you get to meet the people.
Your Favorite Things About Israel
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Probably true, but when time is limited, one gets to see a lot more in an organized tour.
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Hear, O Israel: There are magic powers in the Shema
An Israel Museum exhibit takes a deeper look at amulets inscribed with the elemental Jewish prayer
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RE: Your Favorite Things About Israel
SUBTOPIC: The Shema
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Some people say that "The Shema" is the most important component in "The Torah." If you take nothing else away from The Torah, it should be the Shema.
The oddity in the Jewish faith.
The Shema (Perpetuation of the Faith) dates back to the time of The "Old Testament" ("Numbers" and "Deuteronomy"). This is one of a group of prayers, invocations, or solemn expressions of gratitude made to the Supreme Being. Archeologists have found such invocations inscribed in bracelets, amulets, talismans, etc, and cornerstones in excavations and archeological surveys (dig sites). What I find interesting is that the tradition of creating modern-day bracelets, amulets, and talismans has almost faded away entirely. Even in the Christian faiths, you have rarely seen jewelry with (suitable for semi-formal wear) these days with decorative prayer inlays. You will see Wiccans openly display such bracelets, amulets, talismans (some with diamond and gemstones) but seldom in the Abrahamic Faiths. I have even seen Wiccan wear ornamental neck collars and ankle chains that proclaim their allegiance (ownership) to their diety. I have never seen a similar piece of dress jewelry for any of the Abrahamic Religions. You will see necklaces with the Star of David, a Christian Cross, or a Muslim Crescent on a small gold chain. But that is about it. But, unlike Wiccans, you don't see such Abrahamic Religions demonstrating their devout devotion and openly expressing the deity as their master. This is an unusual change in the last millennium (a complete reversal since the 16th Century and the great witch hunts).
As with all things, there are anecdotal examples like Coptic Talismans with beads, Chiastolite Pendants, and Malachite Crystal Hearts. But again, nothing on the order of an invocation inscription. That makes any archeological find all that much more exciting and a dramatic scholarly find.
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SUBTOPIC: The Shema
𓅂 Sixties Fan, et al,
Some people say that "The Shema" is the most important component in "The Torah." If you take nothing else away from The Torah, it should be the Shema.
(COMMENT)Hear, O Israel: There are magic powers in the Shema
An Israel Museum exhibit takes a deeper look at amulets inscribed with the elemental Jewish prayer
The oddity in the Jewish faith.
The Shema (Perpetuation of the Faith) dates back to the time of The "Old Testament" ("Numbers" and "Deuteronomy"). This is one of a group of prayers, invocations, or solemn expressions of gratitude made to the Supreme Being. Archeologists have found such invocations inscribed in bracelets, amulets, talismans, etc, and cornerstones in excavations and archeological surveys (dig sites). What I find interesting is that the tradition of creating modern-day bracelets, amulets, and talismans has almost faded away entirely. Even in the Christian faiths, you have rarely seen jewelry with (suitable for semi-formal wear) these days with decorative prayer inlays. You will see Wiccans openly display such bracelets, amulets, talismans (some with diamond and gemstones) but seldom in the Abrahamic Faiths. I have even seen Wiccan wear ornamental neck collars and ankle chains that proclaim their allegiance (ownership) to their diety. I have never seen a similar piece of dress jewelry for any of the Abrahamic Religions. You will see necklaces with the Star of David, a Christian Cross, or a Muslim Crescent on a small gold chain. But that is about it. But, unlike Wiccans, you don't see such Abrahamic Religions demonstrating their devout devotion and openly expressing the deity as their master. This is an unusual change in the last millennium (a complete reversal since the 16th Century and the great witch hunts).
As with all things, there are anecdotal examples like Coptic Talismans with beads, Chiastolite Pendants, and Malachite Crystal Hearts. But again, nothing on the order of an invocation inscription. That makes any archeological find all that much more exciting and a dramatic scholarly find.
Most Respectfully,
R
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”The Club” is a Turkish drama about a Sephardic family in 1950s Istanbul, and it’s both reshaping what representation feels like for the roughly 15,000 Jews living in Turkey today and offering American audiences a window into an underexplored corner of the Jewish world.
The first episode of “The Club” (translated from “Kulüp”), which debuted on Netflix Nov. 5 and is available to view for U.S. subscribers to the streaming platform, begins with a Hebrew sabbath prayer and ends in a Ladino song. It only dives deeper from there, weaving the intricacies of Jewish observance and the country’s ever-present struggle between minority acceptance and assimilation into its plot.
From discussion of Shabbat rules, to the tradition of kissing a mezuzah when entering a room, to the scenes shot in Turkish synagogues, many Turkish Jews have found the show a revelation — especially given the fact that Jewish characters are usually relegated to stereotypes in Turkish productions. Turkish is the main language of the series, but there is some Ladino — the historical language of Sephardic Jewry, a mixture of medieval-Spanish, Hebrew and Aramaic alongside Turkish, Greek, Arabic and other languages — in every episode.
“Jewish people were just happy to see themselves,” Eli Haligua, editor of the Turkish Jewish news outlet Avlaremoz, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Netflix’s ‘The Club’ offers a rare portrait of Turkish Jews, shattering historical taboos in the process - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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