Torah, Science & Ethics
Daat Emet's Pamphlets
Pamphlet 3
a zoological error in the Torah: neither hare (arnevet) nor hyrax (shafan) bring up their cud.
Scientific Errors in Torah
What the Sages Knew About Fish
We show that Chazal erred in the signs of fish, and so permitted the forbidden.
The four elements in Jewish literature
By Prof. Yossi Rivlin. This article shows the imagination of religious people, how they use the science of their times
What the Sages Knew About Pi
We will clarify Chazal's errors in relation to the circumference of a circle and its diameter (pi).
Religion & Ethics
Morality in Halacha
In the Jewish religion there is no morality, only obedience to G-d's commands. The world was created for a defined
The Status of Women in Halacha
The woman is treated as an aide and assistant to the man and as such she is disenfranchised in the
Violence in the Charedi-Religious Sector
Verbal and physical violence receives a stamp of approval from the Halachic legal system; it is an inevitable result of
Mitzvahs
Prophecy
We will show that prophecy is not a vision of the future, for it is made up.
Shemita
We will show that determining the sabbatical year (the seventh year) was done based on Chazal's erroneous view of historical
Circumcision
We will clarify that the religious ceremony, between man and G-d, poses a danger to the infant's life and
Torah & Talmud
Weekly Portion
Lech Lecha
Verses in the Torah were written at a later date.
Talmud Issues
What the Dead Feel and What They Say
Chazal's faith in talking souls and the Scriptural permission to embalm a body and cremate it.
The Conversation of The Sages is Naught but Lewdness…
Chazal's descriptions and language shows a preoccupation with sex bordering on perversion. The sexy doe and a Biblical vibrator.
Talmudic Interpretations of the Mishnah — Puzzling, Odd, and Strange
- Interpreters of the Mishnah turned the Mishnah into an absurd laughingstock.
Torah Text
The differences between the Babylonian tradition of the Torah and our text
A table with the differences between the Babylonian Masoretic text and the modern version is brought. In this table
The Variety of Torah Texts
An organized table showing the differing texts within three contemporary versions of the Torah and the differences between the Talmud,
A comparison between the modern text of Genesis and the Septuagint
To help complete the picture of the changes to the Scriptural text we present to our readers the Septuagint text
Daily Peppers
Small amounts of chametz in a house
The sages of the Talmud continued to thrash out the topic and raised fears that two pieces of dough, each
