Questions to former Orthodox Jews

[miq1]

Praise be to Allah (The Glorified and Exalted).

I am compiling a list of similar beliefs between Islam and Judaism and I would like to have someone knowledgeable about Orthodox Judaism answer. I would like quotes from their Talmud and modern-day "Torah."

1) Description of Allah in Judaism. Such as viewing Him as unique and not a "white man with male anatomy" such as christianity.

2) Manner of how to gain salvation.

3) List of Dietary restrictions.

4) Some similarity in living, such as not owning dogs because it was the tradition of the Israeli prophets to not have dogs.

5) Belief in the nature of the angels. Such as they are a different creation from humans and in complete submission to Allah, except Iblis (which they believe was an angel).

6) Relationship between Allah (The Glorified) and man. Such as Master and slave or Father and children.

7) Some similar smaller beliefs, such as when humans sleep their souls are disconnected from their bodies and ascend to Heaven and when we awaken we thank Allah (The Glorified) for returning our souls. Other beliefs such as how the Day of Judgment will commence and where Judgment will take place.

 

[diplomaticmuslim]

stam sofers say that earlier script copiers made 11 grammatical mistakes in copying the torah so they changed the alphabet. when the alphabet changed the torah was changed

 

[ShyHijabi]

Praise be to Allah (The Glorified and Exalted).

I am compiling a list of similar beliefs between Islam and Judaism and I would like to have someone knowledgeable about Orthodox Judaism answer. I would like quotes from their Talmud and modern-day "Torah."

1) Description of Allah in Judaism. Such as viewing Him as unique and not a "white man with male anatomy" such as christianity.
I am not sure where you read that Christians believe that Allah is a white man with male anatomy but anayways.... The Torah and the Talmud do not describe Allah in any manner as far as characteristics go. It simply speaks of His magnificence and magnitude, as well as His infinite lifespan.

2) Manner of how to gain salvation.
It depends on which Rabbi you ask, there is a joke among Jews, Two Jews make three opinions and none of them are incorrect. There really isn't a belief of salvation or even if we all go to heaven or cease to exist.

3) List of Dietary restrictions.
You could look up the entire book of Leviticus for this, it has all the dietary restrictions as well as clothing/living/business dealings as well. The talmud is a HUGE compendium that splits hairs ad nauseum even further. There isn't enough space here to post the rulings and besides, only a rabbi could really dealve into this form of Jewish fiqh.

4) Some similarity in living, such as not owning dogs because it was the tradition of the Israeli prophets to not have dogs.
Jews have no such restrictions about the owning of dogs. Most orthodox Jews do not own dogs in America because they do not really have a purpose in the cities. But the Jews actually teach that Prophets such as Jacob (peace be upon him) were very gifted with the training of dogs.

5) Belief in the nature of the angels. Such as they are a different creation from humans and in complete submission to Allah, except Iblis (which they believe was an angel).
Their belief in angels is pretty much identical to the teachings of Islam. Angels are unique creations that serve as messengers between prophets and Allah.

6) Relationship between Allah (The Glorified) and man. Such as Master and slave or Father and children.
In a nutshell, Allah is the creator of all things and simply incomprehensible to our finite minds. We are the created beings and have been blessed with souls. Allah swt can be more merciful than one's own mother but also has a terrible wrath for the disobediant.

7) Some similar smaller beliefs, such as when humans sleep their souls are disconnected from their bodies and ascend to Heaven and when we awaken we thank Allah (The Glorified) for returning our souls. Other beliefs such as how the Day of Judgment will commence and where Judgment will take place.
I do not think I was ever taught that my soul left my body while sleeping. And there is no real defined judgement day written about in the Torah. Remember that the Jes are still waiting for a messiah to come and then the rest of the story will be written, but not until then.

I know I did not provide references but I no longer have access to the Talmud and Torah. (not the books anyways and some of these are so heavy in reference you would have to ask a Jewish scholar) But these were the teachings I was raised with. If you could ask more specific questions (like dietary laws specifically) then I might be able to give further insight. Judaism has a lot of open ends and therefore you could get 5 different responses from 5 different Jews concerning some of these questions and none of them would be considered incorrect. See why Islam provided a preferable path to me?


Wasalaam