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Chapter3:TheSacredDeedMakingtheOrdinary

Extraordinary
AccordingtoRabbiHaroldKushner
Answerquestionsnotebook.Bepreparedtodiscussyouranswersthenextdayinclass.
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1. Whatarethreewayswecanhandleinstinctualurges?Howdoyou?
2. WhyareJewssupposedtoeatsittingdown?
3. ExplainthisreferenceEatingisamoralcompromise.HowJewsare(ideally)
supposedtosanctifytheactofeating?
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4. WhatistheJewishviewofhumansexuality?How(andwhy)doJewssanctify
sexuality?
5. WhatmistakedidthepeoplemakewhentheycapturedtheSpiritofSelfishness
andlockeditinthecloses?WhatistheJewishviewofcompetitionand
acquisition?
6. ExplaintheJewishobligationknownastzedaka.
7. How(andwhy)doJewssanctifythepowerofspeech?
8. Doyouagreewiththefollowingstatementwebringholinessintoourlivesnot
byenteringasanctuary,butbyactingtosanctifytheeveryday,makingthe
ordinaryextraordinary.
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9. WhydidtheJewshavetobecomealiteratepeople?Whatwastheeventualresult
ofthisaffectionforliteracy?
10. HowaretheusesoftheTorahandTalmudcomparabletotheworkofSupreme
CourtjusticesandtheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates?
11. WhatisthesocalledcenterofgravityforaReformJew?Explainthe
theoreticalconflictthatexistsbetweenReformJudaismandOrthodoxJudaism?
12. WhatisimpressiveaboutSandyKoufax?
13. WhataresomeofthebehavioraldifferencesbetweenReform,Conservativeand
OrthodoxJudaisminregardstoeatingandthecelebrationoftheSabbath?
14. ExplainwhatHaroldKushnermeansbythisstatementthereareonlytwokinds
ofJews,seriousandnonserious.
15. DoyouagreewithHaroldKushnerscommentsonpage85,concerningchildish
notionsaboutGod.Explainyouranswer.

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