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Re: Public letter
« Reply #300 on: August 10, 2018, 01:01:13 AM »
+1. The Rabbi didn't come up with the idea.

Perhaps someone with more extensive Kabbalastic knowledge can back me up, but I believe the (in overly simplified terms) idea is that all of Creation (including but not limited to sexuality) breaks down into the original duplicity of the Male/Female dynamic.

One is an expanding force and the other is a containing force. I think water/cup can illustrate the idea pretty well. At the fusion of these opposite forces is where creation happens.
hey where did @ChaimMoskowitz go after this response ?
This rabbi seems to be familiar with the Kabbalistic teachings and all you do is mock, with the basic argument of ‘if it doesn’t make sense to me so it’s wrong’? Whatever happened to real debate with actual arguments and demands for proof
instead of witty one liners?
 And no I don’t know Kabbalah but how much do you know that you reject this concept?
(Unlike me who’s off more than on it’s a surprise for @ChaimMoskowitz to not respond to a msg directed at him, which is what caught my eye)
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Re: Public letter
« Reply #301 on: August 10, 2018, 07:13:52 AM »
(Unlike me who’s off more than on it’s a surprise for @ChaimMoskowitz to not respond to a msg directed at him, which is what caught my eye)
There have been many responses to the question. You want me to respond to all of them? It was a simple question.
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Re: Public letter
« Reply #302 on: August 10, 2018, 08:52:30 AM »
Read Living Inspired by Rabbi Akiva Tatz. I haven’t seen it in a while but from what I remember a good part of his book is based on this idea and its aplication to everything in this world...

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Re: Public letter
« Reply #303 on: August 10, 2018, 08:56:42 AM »
You want me to respond to all of them?
i gotta bookmark this one. ;D
imagine he said lebron is GOAT :)

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Re: Public letter
« Reply #304 on: August 10, 2018, 10:46:49 AM »
imagine he said lebron is GOAT :)
Would that make him the feminine?
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Re: Public letter
« Reply #305 on: August 10, 2018, 12:14:22 PM »
Read Living Inspired by Rabbi Akiva Tatz. I haven’t seen it in a while but from what I remember a good part of his book is based on this idea and its aplication to everything in this world...

Or you can just learn Tanya in its original form ;-)

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Re: Public letter
« Reply #306 on: August 10, 2018, 12:17:53 PM »
Would that make him the feminine?
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Re: Public letter
« Reply #307 on: August 10, 2018, 12:41:57 PM »
Would that make him the feminine?
Only if he didnt change his profile gender.
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Re: Public letter
« Reply #308 on: August 10, 2018, 01:27:47 PM »
Or you can just learn Tanya in its original form ;-)

For the concepts yes. For the application you will have to work on it, or read the book and be spoonfed...

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Re: Public letter
« Reply #309 on: May 01, 2019, 02:57:52 PM »
Is this the same Rabbi who has a job in the LGBTQ synagogue as an "Ultra-Orthodox" rabbi?
What a chillul hashem.

Does anyone know if he still lives in lakewood?
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Re: Public letter
« Reply #310 on: May 02, 2019, 11:52:14 AM »
Is this the same Rabbi who has a job in the LGBTQ synagogue as an "Ultra-Orthodox" rabbi?
What a chillul hashem.

Does anyone know if he still lives in lakewood?
he has a website where he describes himself as "Rabbi Moskowitz was assigned secular, then identified as ultra-orthodox for twenty years, and now embraces a religiously non-conforming identity...Rabbi Moskowitz explored academic Talmud at Yale and at Jewish Theological Seminary, where he is currently completing a Doctorate in Hebrew Literature.  As one of the leading thinkers at the intersection of trans issues and Jewish thought, he is a sought after lecturer, educator, and researcher."

I doubt that he lives in Lakewood, unless Lakewood became way more tolerant
chillul hashem probably doesn't apply since he is just way off the path

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Re: Public letter
« Reply #312 on: May 02, 2019, 03:04:40 PM »
he has a website where he describes himself as "Rabbi Moskowitz was assigned secular, then identified as ultra-orthodox for twenty years, and now embraces a religiously non-conforming identity...Rabbi Moskowitz explored academic Talmud at Yale and at Jewish Theological Seminary, where he is currently completing a Doctorate in Hebrew Literature.  As one of the leading thinkers at the intersection of trans issues and Jewish thought, he is a sought after lecturer, educator, and researcher."

I doubt that he lives in Lakewood, unless Lakewood became way more tolerant
chillul hashem probably doesn't apply since he is just way off the path

He lived in Lakewood for many years and I believe he still does.

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Re: Public letter
« Reply #313 on: May 02, 2019, 03:05:00 PM »
Is he related to @ChaimMoskowitz?
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Re: Public letter
« Reply #314 on: May 02, 2019, 04:42:39 PM »
Is he related to @ChaimMoskowitz?
Already been discussed

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Re: Public letter
« Reply #315 on: May 02, 2019, 04:45:50 PM »
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