https://doi.org/10.25167/so.5926
It is no secret today that Christianity was born and developed in a Jewish environment. Whether one likes it or not, the first Christians were Jews. It is therefore not surprising that Christianity draws extensively from Judaism, mainly from the Hebrew Bible, named Tanakh, which was adopted by Christianity with certain modifications and is referred to as the Old Testament. But how well are other Judaic works known outside of Jewish circles? Are strictly Judaic issues understood in Christian environments? How are they received? The inspiration for writing this article came from questions raised by students during classes on the oral tradition of Judaism, the essence of which is the Mishnah.
The aim of the article is to attempt to explain the laws of Rabbinic Judaism, which are usually misunderstood and therefore raise doubts among followers of religions other than Judaism, as well as among non-believers. Among the doubts and questions posed by students from various backgrounds participating in courses on Rabbinic Judaism, the most frequently mentioned were: overinterpretation of the words of the Torah and incomprehensible expansion of the law, circumventing Divine commandments, allowing what the Torah forbids, rejecting the practice of eruv, and pointing out clever ways of behavior. The author of the article tries to shed light on the subject by referring to the sources of Rabbinic Judaism.
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