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Starscream 05-19-2009 09:12 PM
Re: Ask The Rabbi!!
 
I've searched through the Old Testament and have never found this name: Azrael, the avenging angel. Where does this come from?

TomHagen 05-19-2009 09:14 PM
Re: Ask The Rabbi!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by AllOGistics (Post 389716)
First, this is a great thread Rabbi! I have been gone for a week; this is the first thread I've caught up on.

I was reading an interview and the interviewee is Jewish. They kept referring to zedeka (sp?). I'm sure that I didn't spell that right, and I think that there was a "T" in there somewhere. From the context, it sounded like the word refers to charity or PIF. Is this correct? Sorry again for the spelling errors.
You are correct. Tzedaka is the word in hebrew for "Charity" or even better translated exactly as "Righteousness" or "Justice" - meaning a righteous act (not in the Bill&Ted sense:))
Tzedakah is more than a Charitable act. It is sharing with others what G-d in His kindness has given us.

Tz is the letter Tzaddi(k) in hebrew, sometimes transliterated as Z, but it makes a tz sound as in "Hertz"

M1903A1 05-19-2009 09:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TomHagen (Post 389791)
A Moloch is the term in hebrew for an Angel. yet, the common concept of Angel is not the same as the Jewish concept of a Moloch (or Malach) angel.
I always thought that Moloch was the name of an Old Testament regional deity that called for some form of child sacrifice by its followers. Or was this a case of a deity being generically referred to as "Moloch", like the deity whose followers were challenged by Elijah was called "Ba'al"?

TomHagen 05-19-2009 09:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by htown (Post 389798)
How do the concepts differ?
I can just tell you what a Malach is. A Malach is an almost completely spiritual being, but is not sentient, meaning they have no free will of their own, but rather do G-d's bidding, and are spiritually sationary, in that they don't have bad days and good days, cannot ascend to higher levels or fall down to lower ones but remain within certain parameters, but rather fulfill their task wholeheartedly, without fail, accepting the yoke of Heaven. They do not resemble humans (as they are not physically oriented) and they are spiritually giant awe inspiring beings.

TomHagen 05-19-2009 09:31 PM
Re: Ask The Rabbi!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by andysutherland (Post 389738)
Question sent via pm
noted and will be answered.

Starscream 05-19-2009 09:32 PM
Re: Ask The Rabbi!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TomHagen (Post 389832)
noted and will be answered.
:tu
Thanks.

TomHagen 05-19-2009 09:33 PM
Re: Ask The Rabbi!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by andysutherland (Post 389799)
I've searched through the Old Testament and have never found this name: Azrael, the avenging angel. Where does this come from?

I don't believe this name has source in Judaism. But it is in the Smurfs!:D This can be confused with the Hebrew name Azriel which is a conjunction two words Ozer and Kel, it means G-d will help me.

Starscream 05-19-2009 09:36 PM
Re: Ask The Rabbi!!
 
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Originally Posted by TomHagen (Post 389838)
I don't believe this name has source in Judaism. But it is in the Smurfs!:D
:r
There is also a character in the Batman universe by this name. They claim it is a name that came from the Bible, but I've never heard of it or can I find any info on it. Unless it's a Catholic thing that I don't know about, then I don't think it has Christian roots either...

TomHagen 05-19-2009 09:41 PM
Re: Ask The Rabbi!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by M1903A1 (Post 389806)
I always thought that Moloch was the name of an Old Testament regional deity that called for some form of child sacrifice by its followers. Or was this a case of a deity being generically referred to as "Moloch", like the deity whose followers were challenged by Elijah was called "Ba'al"?

Correct. Moloch was an idolotrous cult, like Ba'al.

With transliteration from Hebrew it is sometimes hard to derive the questioner's intended reference. Often the word is spelled VERY differently in Hebrew, but is tranliterated similiarly in English. So I try to go with the most common usage of a term or name.

TomHagen 05-19-2009 09:42 PM
Re: Ask The Rabbi!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by andysutherland (Post 389845)
:r
There is also a character in the Batman universe by this name. They claim it is a name that came from the Bible, but I've never heard of it or can I find any info on it. Unless it's a Catholic thing that I don't know about, then I don't think it has Christian roots either...
Yes. It is used in Batman too!
:D

I believe it is Islamic in origin.

SmoknTaz 05-19-2009 09:46 PM
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Great thread, keep up the good work Rabbi! :tu

TomHagen 05-19-2009 09:55 PM
Re: Ask The Rabbi!!
 
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Originally Posted by SmoknTaz (Post 389858)
Great thread, keep up the good work Rabbi! :tu
Thanks bro!

TomHagen 05-19-2009 09:57 PM
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Hey, check out my Corona Gorda Thread, no questions like "Hey Rabs, why don't we have a Tat Brown CG yet?" :)

or "What kinda screen name is TomHagen for a Rabbi?"

okay, so I loved Robert Duvall's charachter and thought it was cool, relatively anonymous name...
a peace-loving consigliere!

TomHagen 05-19-2009 10:48 PM
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Good evening! Lila Tov! Gut Nacht! I'm out.

be back tomorrow...

TomHagen 05-20-2009 09:59 AM
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all's quiet on the front...

Emjaysmash 05-20-2009 10:01 AM
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Here's a question: Say a fellow BOTL came to me in the hopes of showing certain special Rav his appreciation. Would it be bad for me to help this mensch out by possibly providing an address? :D

ActionAndy 05-20-2009 10:05 AM
Re: Ask The Rabbi!!
 
Ok so a bit more on angelology. I know Michael was the angel of Israel (or rather, I believe that I have read that, correct me if I'm wrong). Do jews have personal guardian angels?

ehdg 05-20-2009 10:08 AM
Re: Ask The Rabbi!!
 
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Originally Posted by ActionAndy (Post 390302)
Ok so a bit more on angelology. I know Michael was the angel of Israel (or rather, I believe that I have read that, correct me if I'm wrong). Do jews have personal guardian angels?
Granted I'm not a Rabbi or play one in real life but I believe for Jews and specially boys/men their guardian angel is their mother's or so they believe, the mothers that is. :r

TomHagen 05-20-2009 10:14 AM
Re: Ask The Rabbi!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ActionAndy (Post 390302)
Ok so a bit more on angelology. I know Michael was the angel of Israel (or rather, I believe that I have read that, correct me if I'm wrong). Do jews have personal guardian angels?

Malach Michoel is not necessarily the angel of Israel, just a very, very high level Malach that has been tied to many Jewish events.

No. Jews do not have personal guardian angels. G-d is our only guardian, who neither slumbers, nor sleeps.

Here is a nice piece on "angelology":

http://www.chabad.org/library/articl...els-and-Us.htm

TomHagen 05-20-2009 10:16 AM
Re: Ask The Rabbi!!
 
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Originally Posted by ehdg (Post 390307)
Granted I'm not a Rabbi or play one in real life but I believe for Jews and specially boys/men their guardian angel is their mother's or so they believe, the mothers that is. :r
as long as it is not my mother-in-law!!:tg


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