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Post by pinkbaker07 on Sept 7, 2020 17:17:43 GMT -5
Thanks for answering Eric and thanks to Mr.Forever for passing my question on to you. I agree that it was out of character for Ben or any of the Waltons for that matter to be so judgemental about Jason marrying a Jewish woman. The Waltons were always so accepting of people from different backgrounds, Verdie and her family, the carnival people, the gypsies and they even had a Bar Mitzvah in their home. For one of them to treat Toni like that just didn't make sense to me. Now had Cora Beth been the one to be so judgemental to Toni that would have made perfect sense. I think the difference was you could be friends with different folks but you don't marry them.
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Post by Johnny on Sept 7, 2020 18:23:50 GMT -5
Yes, someone please do ask Eric the question and make note of the answer as I'm sure many have wondered about it. Some Jewish girl told of being asked if they still sacrificed animals, as the only Jews her friend knew of were those from the Bible! To tell the truth I am not knowledgeable enough of Jewish custom to know if they simply dropped animal sacrifice or substituted something else in its place, or if some still practice it. Jewish people no longer sacrifice an animal as an offering to God. This practice ended after the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the year 70. The holy scripture (Torah) commands Jewish people not to offer sacrifices anywhere they want to, but permitted only in the place where God had chosen for that purpose and considered a sin to offer sacrifices in any other place. (Deuteronomy 12, 13-14).
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Post by queenhen on Jul 8, 2023 10:13:37 GMT -5
Kami Cotler is also Jewish. How about that! She is my granddaughter's favorite. Yes, someone please do ask Eric the question and make note of the answer as I'm sure many have wondered about it. Some Jewish girl told of being asked if they still sacrificed animals, as the only Jews her friend knew of were those from the Bible! To tell the truth I am not knowledgeable enough of Jewish custom to know if they simply dropped animal sacrifice or substituted something else in its place, or if some still practice it. Jewish people do not sacrifice animals anymore. They haven't done that for a very long time. It was part of the dinner. It wasn’t a sacrifice.. Passover lamb was to be remembered in daily life. A lamb, was to live with the family for the four days until Passover . In this way, the lamb became part of the family. By the time it was sacrificed on the fourteenth it was both cherished and mourned. God wanted the sacrifice of the meal to something precious And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it. The blood on the doorposts showed that the sacrifice of the Passover lamb was to be remembered in daily life. You would see it every time you went in or out of the house. Then they shall eat the flesh on that night; roasted in fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Before the Passover lamb could be eaten, its blood had to be applied to the doorway of the home, to the top and upon each side the blood was applied. The only part of this sacrifice given to God was the blood; the rest was eaten by each family or discarded (what remains of it until morning you shall burn with fire).
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Post by Easton on Aug 8, 2023 17:32:59 GMT -5
I just read through this thread again and much was said about Ben's reaction to Jason and Toni's engagement. Really, though, his reaction was quite like Ben's reaction to Jason contemplating being a conscientious objector. In both cases, Ben was more concerned about what people would think of him.
His reaction to Jason and Toni really wasn't that much out of character. It had precedent.
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