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Sarah:
Which prophet do jews relate to most, in terms of teachings and goodness?
why was the Torah sent down and to who, what is it comprised of?

Thank you  :).

Don't you ever get the feeling that you maybe wrong? There are both Jews and Christians on this website. Two different religions, who even if they do believe in similar teachings they do completely different things. I sometimes fall to the understanding that maybe there is no correct religion. It sounds crazy, but how do we know? As people we all believe that our religion is right and the truth, but there are also people out there who believe that theirs-a different religion- is correct. One is not more intelligent then the other.....but believe different things. At the end of the day, we will end up making a choice that could be rewarding or fatal, thats the power of religion. Religion causes you to believe in what you don't see and this is the only way forward.
I don't even know what i'm saying anymore. Theres too many complicated details in religion....it has built over many centuries.

The time of the prophets must have been amazing. So many miracles, stories that seem almost fictional to us. Our world today has become dull. I blame technology ;D.

Fruit of thy loins:
Well, the Torah was handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai miraculously.  The Christian New Testament is the work of men with an agenda.  The Torah on the other hand is Divine - it could not possibly have originated in the minds of men.

As for the Koran - well Sarah, people here are not going to be sympathetic towards it.  It is very obviously the work of evil men and not G-d.  :)

Sarah:
I want to become a jew in the future. Do you know any good and verified websites where i can read the torah?

About moses on mount sinai, he took some men up there with him, right? They wanted to see GOD but then God blinded them for their arrogance because they shouldn't have to believe in only what they see. Then theres something about a golden calf idol who the people prayed to?
I'm sorry if it is wrong, its what i've been told and its in the quran.

Lisa:
Sarah,

I'm Jewish, and there's nothing about other men going to the top of Mt. Sinai with Moses.  G-d spoke with Moses.  But since Moses was a stutterer, G-d told him to use his brother Aaron to help him speak to the Phaaroh. 

The golden calf incident happened when Moses went up to Mt. Sinai for the first time to speak with G-d and receive his Commandments.  If I remember correctly, Moses was up on that mountain for about forty days.  It was during this time that the Hebrews below, not knowing what became of Moses, got restless, and decided to build themselves a golden calf to worship.  G-d saw what was happening and told Moses to get back down there. 

When Moses got back down from the mountains with the tablet containing the Commandments and saw it with his own eyes, he got very angry and threw down the tablets.  He also had all the idol worshippers killed, then went back up to the mountain, where G-d gave him the Commandments again. 

You can read all about it in the book of Exodus Chapters 32:1 - 33:2.  Or, you can do a web search for Moses, golden calf, exodus.  The version I am going by is The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text, published by the Jewish Publication Society of America. 

The whole golden calf incident in covered in the book of Exodus,

Fruit of thy loins:
I might also add that the rest of the Hebrew Bible, the Prophets and the Writings, are actually already to be found in the Torah.  Moses already knew everything that was to become of Israel, the whole history as represented by the writings of the Bible, what would happen if it followed the Commandments and what would happen if it went astray.   

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