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still three different versions that are endorsed by different govts or sects.) Recently there's been a lot of debate (and a lot of nonsense) as to whether the US government should implicitly endorse the Ten Commandments by posting them in the courts and other federal buildings. You hear all sorts of reasons why this wouldn't amount to a state sponsorship of religion, such as the common claim that the TC aren't a religious document. (It was declared by the Supreme Court that the word "God" is not a religious concept either, and therefore it is acceptable to put it on US currency — something I suspect should be even more offensive to truly religious people than it is to atheists.) Anyway, I became curious as to what the TC really were, and how anyone could claim they weren't religious. I looked them up in a Biblical concordance, and was quite surprised to find that the words were in Ex 34, not Ex 20 or Deut 5, and that there were even terms in the lit to distinguish the two versions. I was further surprised that, not only did my Christian friends not have an explanation for this, but they had never even

2197:." The comparison is imprecise, especially problematic in a situation where the poskim are trying to be precise and the distinctions are important. Individuals Conservative Jews are not treated as non-Jewish. For instance, Orthodox Jews never count non-Jews for a minyan but this is not a problem for individual Conservative Jews (e.g., who go to an Orthodox minyan to say kaddish). A Conservative Jew may get an honor at (some) Ortho shuls, but non-Jews never would. The child of a Conservative Jew may be welcome in various Orthodox programs, but not of non-Jews. Etc. Even heretics (apikorsim) are not treated as if they belong to a different religion. Let's continue this on articles talk page, thanks. 244:

phrase עשרת הדברים. This is only used three times, and only once identified explicitly: in Exodus 34. A literal reading of Ex. 34-35 would leave no doubt that it was these laws that were written on the tablets and placed intact in the Ark. However, Orthodoxy teaches just the opposite. There's a conflict there, and I'm sure it's resolved somehow, but calling it 'baloney' would hardly be good enough for an inquiring mind. (As for your example of the Mishna being necessary to clarify the making of fire on the Sabbath, I never would have understood it otherwise: in the Torah, Moses quite clearly says it is the

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think it helps to have an outsider tagging and deleting things arbitrarily, as the other editor was doing, including interfering with my writing as I am writing. He seemed to have a desire to interfere, but no knowledge of Judaism. It is difficult for me to tell why this person was trying so hard to interfere with my work. My guess is that he objected to my inference, on talk pages, that although there is Jewish opposition to evolution, it is of a very different character to what is called

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and that the laws in Ex. 20 and Deut. 5 are something else. I've read historical Biblical scholars who believe that the Decalogue changed over time, and what we have are two different versions. That isn't the Orthodox view, of course, but somewhere there must be an explanation for how Ex 34 could be called and described as the Decalogue, if the actual Decalogue is Ex 20/Deut 5. Just saying they aren't doesn't clarify why they should be presented as if they were.

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enough I don't see any reason why others, including myself won't agree with it. I think people in general find it more difficult to see the facts presented if they are surrounded exaggerations and emotional language. Again, i have to say your contributions are good, and I hope we can work together on this one :)

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You say, "If there is no country of Palestine, how can there be a map of Palestine." Maps don't have to be of countries. Aside from saying that my map reflects political propaganda, you have not challenged the veracity or relevance of anything depicted on the map. Would my map be acceptable to you

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We seem to be talking not about my map but about the concept of Palestine. As I stated, "I agree that Palestine is not, and likely never will be, a sovereign state," however, a Google search of "Palestine" gets 45 million hits, with this Knowledge (XXG) article at the very top of the list. There is

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work this evening, but I kind of went on an impulsive editing spree with this Roshei Yeshiva business. You should know that while Rav Willig should stay 100% in my opinion, I'm not so sure about Rav Sacks... and I'm pretty sure that many of the currently redlinked Roshei Yeshiva should remain without

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started wondering why they'd never heard of it. (My Jewish friends aren't very Jewish, and wouldn't be surprised or troubled by this.) I think I understand the Orthodox position now that you've explained it, but I wonder how a fundamentalist Christian, who rejects the Oral Law and takes every word of

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the Decalogue in the Torah, and are the only laws that are. They're also described as the laws inscribed on stone as the Covenant with Israel. They are further described as being placed intact in the Ark of the Covenant. Reading Ex. 34-35, I can only conclude that these are the true Ten Commandments,

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You make some interesting points, but don't really address the first question. Maybe it's a non-question in Orthodoxy. (I'm not concerned with Xty here.) As far as I know, the Decalogue is called the עשרת הדברות in the Mishnah, but this phrase nowhere occurs in the Torah. Instead, we find the similar

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There seems to me, from my own experience, to be another problem with stability of dentures; when biting with the front teeth, the incisors, there is a tendency for one or both plates to tip the rear of the plate toward the other plate, and tip the front of the plate away from the other plate. I hope

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The global consensus (neutral point of view) would be that Palestine is the West Bank and Gaza. The idea that they might one day constitute a nation is embodied in the name of the Palestinian National Authority, which operates in the West Bank and Gaza, and in the Palestine Liberation Organization,

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Thank you for your reply. Since your main complaint seems to be with the title of my map, "Palestine: West Bank and Gaza," I was planning to ask what title you might find acceptable. However, your reply seems to find fault with "this article and its associated maps" for "pushing a political agenda

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Hi again. You have added some useful contributions to the crown and bridge page. However please try not to get offended by critism. When discussing articles, I think emotive language does not help. . All I am saying is just state the facts and your reason and that should be enough. If it is logical

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space. Any reference of a bridge to a removable partical denture is purely a projection of the name actually reserved for the fixed partial denture. The removable partial denture is the poor man's bridge, so to speak, but only in terms of treatment planning, as they would serve the same purpose of

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in which they can describe themselves, and this article's content may be incorporated into that page. However, to merit inclusion in the encyclopedia proper, a subject must be notable. We encourage you to write or improve articles on notable subjects. Feel free to use the image of your little one on

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Why am I interested — well, let's see. I'm not a religious person, but often religious concepts come to the fore, and I become curious about them. Such as, say, whether Islam is a religion of peace or a religion of war. (A lot of fascinating history before the Koran was "standardized", and there are

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to see if any of us dental guys would be able to review it, and you can ask someone else to copyedit the article. There are lots of guys around who just love copyediting, so I am sure one of them would not mind looking the article over, despite the topic. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised I had

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has been posted on peer review. I did not see much comment on there, which is why I was curious why you changed the rating from "B" level to GA when your edit summary referred to the peer review. Also, was the article ever nominated for peer review? If so, someone else other than you and any other

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over the last two days, mostly. If you find these articles to be not neutral or biased, then I would like to see someone with your perspective contribute to them and make them better. I searched through the wikiproject Judaism portal for other editors who are aware of these controversies. I don't

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Both my father and my maternal aunt had a removable prothesis with hooks around adjacent molars - it did not have the extensive gum line plastic, and the term "removable bridge" was in common use for this type of device. This was before bridging crowns were in common use. Is this just a missuse of

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Okay, I think we're narrowing it down. You say that "Exodus 34 merely mentions another bunch of other religious regulations, but does not assert that these regulations are presented to replace anything." Clearly, they aren't considered the Decalogue, by Jews or Christians of any sect I'm aware of.

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pages. My effort has been to reorganize pages and present the spectrum of Jewish opinion accurately on all of them. What I think is the most important point is that, while there are Jewish opponents of evolution, they are not "Jewish creationists". They are very different in essential ways from

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category, so you can just leave it and when an administrator gets around to it, they will merge it. About the adminship offer, maybe you could possibly wait a few months because my 2nd personal nomination request that in fact ended on Saturday did not reach consensus. The people that opposed have

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The wording "covenant" is parenthetical around the Ex 34 laws; usually with such parenthetic material in the Torah, the enclosed material is held to be relevant. Sure, we can simply deny that they're the laws in question, but that only works if the conclusion is assumed beforehand. It's no way to

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I liked your long comments about the knowledge of ultra-O rabbis and their world views. But we have to have a sourced comment if we are going to include something in the Knowledge (XXG). It can't be just an opinion. Do you know of a good article that describes it, by a responsible and respected

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After addressing the issues, which includes asking someone for a copy-edit... which may lead to some more recommendations, I would either ask opinions from editors on WikiProject Dentistry or re-list the article to peer review. This will help strengthen the article a bit. After that, you can

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Hi, saw your edit. I agree that we needn't mince words. However, I don't think it's accurate to add the clause "Orthodox rabbis have taken several different tacks in gauging the status of individual Conservative Jews, who are deemed no less Jewish than Orthodox Jews but possibly assumed to be

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I agree that increasing participation would be great. I am a bit skeptical that there are more dentists, though, because it is very likely that most dentists have neither the interest nor time to edit on wikipedia. But I say the more, the merrier! That is the whole reason why I started the

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Hello. Would you be willing to elaborate on your statement that the map you removed, "reflecting political propoganda, is both misleading and incorrect?" I would like to debate this issue with you. I agree that Palestine is not, and likely never will be, a sovereign state, and that all its

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book on the subject, which contains about ten different essays, and seems very comprehensive. But I do think that I've made enough of a start for the unbalanced tag to be removed, that I've tried hard with a difficult subject. When I first discovered the article, it was under the title

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article you wrote, "according to the Jewish faith, there is absolutely no difference between the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20 and Exodus 34." This is something I'm curious about, and planned to ask the rabbi the next time I'm at temple, but that could be a

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recommended to keep editing and contributing and try again another time. I thank you for the offer, but you would have to wait a few months before nominating me again. If you require any more assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me. Kind regards,

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Thanks for your contributions! I see you're adding content about things that hadn't had articles before, that's great. Hope you stick around and continue to make good edits. BTW, don't get discouraged if you ever find one of your articles tagged with a

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Hello, again. Peer review just gives people an opportunity to look over your article and comment on ways to improve it. I would not be too concerned about the number of people who will review it. You can first of all post a message on our

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page (dental related articles would probably best fit under the category "medicine"). Basically, anyone other than major authors of an article should promote the article to good article status, and an article is promoted based on

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There were a couple of issues with the YU userbox you created which I have fixed. First, education (alma mater) boxes should be in Template: space and follow the naming convention Template:User yyy. Your box can now be found at

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Hey ;) I like some of the changes you have made to this page, and the pictures are great, it was one that obviously needed work. There are some changes I dislike though, so could you please discuss them before you go any further

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article, for example. So, if you ever find that your content gets merged, don't take it personally. Most of the people here are remarkably kind and well-meaning. Hope you enjoy your stay and keep up the good edits.

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In my case, that's very true. After having my dentist repeatedly put mine back in, and then it falling out a few days later, I finally decided after 6 months of this crap, to just go with a gap in my teeth.

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time! Given the very obvious differences in the commandments of Ex. 20 and 34, how is this reconciled with the belief that they are the same? Could you add something to the article to clarify this?

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Oh, perhaps so? No telling. Maybe a post is what they meant, but then again "even down into the jaw to support a crown"? The only thing I could think of is an implant. No post would be used for

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and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!

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Welcome, I suppose. Still, with all the (R) symbols, I can see why it was tagged. Isn't there anything more than can be written on the subject? If not, it should probably be merged somewhere.

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potential territory has been absorbed by Israel. But what, specifically, is wrong with the map, aside from its title (which is also the title of the Knowledge (XXG) article)? Thank you.

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complete dentures, in order to establish a proper seal for the suction that works to hold the denture in place. RPD's do not require such suction because the clasps provide retention.

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If there is no country of Palestine, how can there be a map of Palestine. It's not as though this article and its associated maps are about some allegorical or fictitious place like

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yes.. I did ask dr G to comment, but actually, I was hoping that the comments would be more relevant to the current discussion ie. the format of the article and my recommendations in

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Since you're so bold as to post without revealing your identity...I wonder if your remark deserves response. Is it really necessary to have all these people parading around as Jews?

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I think you have taken the right decision. You are a good contributor. Once you work on any shortcomings, I am sure your next RfA will certainly succeed. Best wishes,

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the Bible literally, would deal with it. Maybe the same way a Catholic deals with the 2nd Commandment, through denial? That's the next thing to look into.

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I'm still kind of green around here, so I don't know if this is the proper way to respond, but... I do what I can, and I'm glad to be here! Thanks!

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obviously something called Palestine that a lot of people are interested in. And it is not imaginary, like Narnia; it is real estate and people.

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restoring partial edentulism. The extensive gum-line plastic you refer to is required on dentures for broader tissue support and, for

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I see you are also interested in Natan Slifkin. Please review these articles, because I have run up against an intransigent editor:

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were used, so thank you for clarifying that. A surface reading would suggest that they are synonyms, but I wasn't sure.

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