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Ask JTF for Sunday, October 11, 2009

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davinci:
Shalom Chaim

In Bereshith, the first book of Moses, the snake targets first Eve. She later on shares the fruit with Adam.
Unfortunately, many Christian theologians used to say, the fact that the snake targeted the woman first is the proof that women are weak. Would the serpent have gone to the man he would have refused.
Of course this is complete nonsense.
So I wonder what do the rabbis say about this? Why does the snake speak to the woman and not to the man?

And also, there are mentioned 2 trees:

1. the tree of knowledge of good and evil
2. the tree of life

The first tree is the one with the forbidden fruit. But what exactly is the tree of life? Can you please elaborate?

Kind regards

davinci

FreedomFighter08:
Dear Chaim,

Do you think it's dangerous to follow every word of a religious book? (the Torah in our case)

I've read that Jews were very rich people in Spain under the Moors and we prospered there and were not persecuted by the government. I know that when the Two Catholics Monarchs took over Spain, my ancestors were forced to flee the land since I'm part Sephardic Jewish, and horrific acts of violence like burning and torturing occured under the signature of the Pope. Matter fact, this expulsion of Sephardic Jews was overturned in the 1960s only, of course Jews were allowed in Spain in the 1900s but they didn't even bother to change the laws. If you were living in the Dark Ages, would you rather live in a Christian country, or in a Muslim country at the time? What country would this be? It seems like Moor Spain was the place to be for Jews at the time and was even better then the Caliphate in the Middle East and the Christian countries in Europe.

PaulIngram:
Dear Chaim,

It's well known that people who suffer brain damage can have personality changes.
They often become more violent and behave in ways that 'was' totally out of character.

Modern brain theory views personality as a physical mechanism of the brain.

Can people really be held responsible for their own behavior?

For example, people with Tourette syndrome have no control over what they say. But then again, do any of us?
Isn't self control just a physical mechanism of the brain? Therefore isn't freewill a delusion?

Paul

dreidelhead:
Shalom Chaim,

Thanks as always for your sagacious words.

1) What would you think about a Mike Huckabee-Sarah Palin ticket in 2012, and would it have a chance of winning?

2) What do you think about gold these days?

3) When you were in prison, which group of low-lifes was the most dangerous? The most deranged? The most disgusting?

Thanks and Chazak v’emahtz!
Dreidlehead

Ulli:
Dear Reb Chaim,

thank you for the great reading in the last show.

My question today is:
What do you think about Absalom, the son of David if you compare him to Brutus the adoptive son of Caesar?

Sincerly,

Ulli

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