video interviews with rabbi moshe parry on basic judaism... "torah 101..."

hey folks... i have recorded a series of short interview/lectures on the topic of torah-true judaism... they range from... what is the t'nach (the old testament) to the purpose of torah... to the amount of mitzvot (commandments) in the torah... to the difference between the written and oral laws of the torah and their meaning... and also included are the subject of the 7 universal laws of mankind better known as the 7 noahide laws and finally where in the written law does it state that G-d commanded the jewish people to live in eretz yisroel (the land of israel)... they all are also available at askimo.com... hope u gain something valuable from these short clips...

torah: 
What is the value and purpose of the Torah to Jewish people? What is the purpose of additional commentaries accompanying the text of the Torah? Which commentator is the most common and accepted? Does he have a particular style or outlook that has lead him to be so accepted? Is the Torah a narrative or a legal document? Can it be both?

t'nach:
What is Tanakh and what is its purpose in Judaism? Can you distinguish between each section of the Tanakh? What is the difference between the Written Law and Oral Law, and to what extent are they connected? T

written law:

How many laws are found in the Torah, aka Written Law? What is the significance of this? What is the difference between the positive and negative commandments? Why are the negative commandments of murder, idolatry and forbidden sexual relations somewhat separated from the rest of the negative laws? Of the 613 commandments codified by Maimonides, how many of them are Jews able to keep today?

noahide laws:

What are the Noahide Laws? What distinguishes them from the rest of the laws in judaism? What is the purpose for a non-Jew to observe these laws? Why are these laws in the name of Noah? 

 laws of settling the land of israel: 

Where in the Written Law does it state that Jews should live in the land of Israel? What are the differing opinions regarding settling in the land of Israel between Nachmanides and Maimonides? Are there any laws from the 613, that only apply to people or communities residing in Israel? Are these laws in effect today amongst the Jews in the State of Israel? 

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wrote this a few yrs back... disgust over israel's continuing policy of attempting to make peace with and give away land to our bitter enemies... arab terrorists... enjoy the biting satire... i attempted to get caroline glick to read this and use this in her little on-line skits but no reaction from her or them... latma tv... oh well... but this would be a perfect shaming of the slime ruining israel... running her into the ground... have a look... Fw: the manual for tolerable terrorism according to dov weisglass... Subject: the manual for tolerable terrorism according to dov weisglass... yes indeed folks we heard this here first on arutz7 last june when chief of staff, dov weisglass conferred with american jewish "leaders" to inform them that israel was working furiously to get hamas and the other jew-killers along with israeli citizenry to agree to accept a "tolerable level of terrorism" so that negotiations with our mortal enemies could resume... remember this? well... in the spirit of this continuing policy and amazingly callous effort to get us to go along with and countenance jewish death and murder as an acceptable way of co-existence and fact of life in our homeland... we herein offer some much needed guidelines... no bus bombings after a successful settlement raid that kills two or more jews... no suicide-bombers in malls for a week after a bus bombing... targets are to be confined to adults... 12 for girls/women and 13 for boys/men... however... in the sad event that a baby or child is blown to bits or shot to death... then no raids or bus bombings for at least three weeks... all good terrorists should endeavor to kill jews only in small numbers... no more than four or five at a time... however... after a major blood-letting better limit subsequent murders to only one or two a week for the next month or so... of course there are no limitations on idf and settler targets because afterall they are legitimate enemy combatants... no more than five bus bombings per annum... and when they do occur please try to limit the collateral damage by reducing the magnitude of the bomb... burnt and headless jewish corpses draped outside of windows are bad for pr as they remind too many survivors of nazi concentration camps of the horrors that they endured... wait another ten or fifteen years for the rest of them to die out and then this imagery will no longer be so offensive... and naturally it goes without saying that rat poison and nails within bombs are extremely damaging to the peace process and are to be avoided at all cost when constructing blast-belts... please replace these two items with less lethal and less savage and hateful substances and objects... on the whole there should not be more than 50 total violent outbursts in any single week... this list of barbarism includes sniper shootings... grenade throwing... homemade missle launchings... and various and assundry run-of-the-mill... garden (desert) variety... rock hurlings and molotov cocktail tossing events... no more than two holiday attacks in any one jewish calendar year... calendars for the next several years have already been dispatched to your terrorist organizations' executive offices to aid you in your advance planning and plotting... shabat slaughterings should likewise be kept to a bare minimum... say about ten every six or seven months... and just to stay on our good side... as a sign of good faith that you intend to abide by these rules for the most part... wherever and whenever convienient for you... how about releasing to us the deceased bodies of those jews which you still have in your midst from your many captive-taking ventures and kidnapping projects... the live ones you may retain for your continued torturing pleasure... but we so enjoy avelut... a good leviah (funeral) and the shivah (mourning) period that follows... so couldn't you please be so kind as to help us out here... just this once...? anyway... happy terrorising! i hope these guidelines are helpful and useful... ta... nik. nikmatdam l.a. ca. nikmatdam is a rabbi in california...