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"Pintele Yid" is a Yiddush term that means "Jewish Spark".

The idea of this blog is to provide a place for me to record (for myself and anyone else) some of the Jewish insights that I learned, came across, read, heard or was otherwise revealed to me on any given day.

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Wednesday, December 24, 2003

Difference Between Hellenism and Judaism

This one phrase really sums up what the Maccabees were fighting for. “To the Greeks, what is beautiful is holly. To the Jews what is holy is beautiful.”

The Greeks glorified the physical. The Jews appreciate the physical, but not in and of itself. We know that it all comes from G-d, and that is where our worship is directed.

Posted by R.G. at 1:09 PM

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