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Is it halachically problematic to call something "Karma"? [closed]
Is the idea behind karma avodah zarah amd therefore prohibited to be used?
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Are Jews allowed to use the expression "fingers crossed"?
Not to worship idols is one of the 10 commandments; according to a quick Google search "finger crossed" originates from either the Christian cross or other superstitious beliefs.
Does this mean that ...
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Their altars...and *his* asheirah?
Shemot 34:13:
כִּי אֶת מִזְבְּחֹתָם תִּתֹּצוּן וְאֶת מַצֵּבֹתָם
תְּשַׁבֵּרוּן וְאֶת אֲשֵׁרָיו תִּכְרֹתוּן
For you shall dismantle their altars, break their monuments,
and cut down his ...
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Christmas and Ex-mas
Why do some Jews refer to Christmas as Ex-mas?
Is there anything wrong in Jews saying Christmas?
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Are those who reject idolatry Yahudim (Jews)?
I found the following quote referencing Gemara from a book on converts in Judaism:
The Gemara (Megillah 13•) states that we find the appellation “Yehudi”
in Nach only three times: once for ...
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What is the exact definition of Shituf (vis a vis 'Avodah Zarah)?
"Shituf" is the heretical idea of some sort of co-mingling of something with G-d (Has VeShalom). According to many rabbinic opinions, Christianity is Shituf (cf., Is Christianity Avodah Zara?), and ...
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Calling a Jew a "guru"?
Is it appropriate to use the term "guru" to refer to an expert in matters of Judaism or Jewish law on the assumption that it will be understood as the second definition here, or is it inappropriate no ...
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