So I wanted to continue our discussion about what you think Judaism is all about, and I sat down with my Rabbi over lunch and showed him the links to the news stories and the quotes from the Talmud, since I was truly interested in what these things were all about. We ended up in a long discussion. (He's a very cool and funny guy, you would probably like him... Kind of a twisted sense of humour actually!
). Obviously I'm no talumdic scholar, nor was I completely sure about the Rabbinical setup in Israel, so it was really cool to find out the whole picture.
Anyway, I wanted to get you guy's email or phone number or whatever so I could talk to you guys about what he said....
....that is if you are truly interested in learning about it.
I have no reason to post all this stuff on GFY, I have nothing to prove here, but I just thought you might be interested, since we debated it so much... Get in touch with me, send me an email or just give me a call. It's actually pretty fascinating stuff.
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