- Halacha
- Christianity and Islam
Christians trinity
Question
are there verses in the Talmud that speak against the trinity?
Answer
The Jerusalem Talmud writes, about 200 years after the beginning of Christianity, of how the sage R. Simlai was asked by the "Minim" [=Christians] regarding what they call the trinity. They asked: "How many gods created the world?" And the sage answered: why don't you ask Adam, as it says (Dvarim 4, 32): "Please ask [about] the first days… from the day that God created ["bara" in singular, not "bar'u" in plural] Adam upon earth" as it says (Breishit 1,1), "In the beginning God created ["bara" in singular, not "bar'u" in plural]". They also asked: doesn't it address God repetitiously (Yehoshua 22, 22): "God, God, the Lord; God, God, the Lord, He knows, and Israel, shall know …"? To which the sage replied: the verse itself clarifies there: "He knows…" [in singular], not "They know" in plural], but the different names there, refer to different titles or aspects of One God, like if you would address one king: "Your Highness King Augustus".

Facts about the crucifixion
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Adar I 30, 5782

Angels- when were they created?
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Sivan 27, 5775

converting to being a Jew
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tammuz 7, 5775

Someone bearing the stigmata of Yeshua
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 15, 5782

Rabbi Ari Shvat
Lectures at various yeshivot, michlalot and midrashot. Has published many books & Torani articles and is in charge of Rav Kook’s archives.

Orlah fruit trees
Adar I 5, 5771

Bircat baalat habayit 2
Adar I 23, 5771

Ayin hara and Rambam
Tevet 28, 5771

A Day is a thousand years
Adar I 23, 5771

On which day may one start wishing "Shabbat Shalom"?
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 9, 5780

cutting toilet paper on shabbat
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Av 28, 5768
Genesis 24: 2-9 – Put your hand under my thigh
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Tevet 26, 5770

Mezzuzah for Non Jew
Rabbi David Sperling | Iyyar 18, 5773
rafael or refael
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Iyyar 27, 5783

touching of spouse in aninus and aveilus
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Sivan 5, 5783
Gluten free challah.
Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Iyyar 25, 5783
