My Mother is a student, and a Jewish Educator. She's a Rabbi in all but title; I call her a Rabbi, since she teaches people about Judaism from a religious- as opposed to a scholarly viewpoint.
We recently got into a conversation- she was visiting my apartment here in TA and started to talk about gambling. And Jewish Law- the traditional stuff talked over by famous rabbis through history.
One of the most interesting things was that a gambler could neither be a witness OR a judge.
She had been studying, at the time- and so she couldn't go into it further, but I'm going to ask if I can get her paper- do a few edits and perhaps post it for you folks here at CM. I thought it might be interesting!
Another interesting tidbit we talked about was that Gambling was akin to theft- because the 'loser' never expected to lose!
Remember folks- most of the Old Jewish Law is really bound up in religious philosophy- but I tend to find all philosophy pretty interesting.!
So, this turns out to be just a teaser post- I'm too excited not to share already about a topic I find so interesting to a group I hope will find it just as interesting!
More to come as I discover it- but if you have questions (specifically as to Gambling in Judaism) , feel free to Post on the thread and I'll field them to my Mother!
PS: The funniest thing for me is that during Hannukah we gamble for chocolate using the driedel. My friends and I always used quarters- an no one every felt that was weird or wrong!
We recently got into a conversation- she was visiting my apartment here in TA and started to talk about gambling. And Jewish Law- the traditional stuff talked over by famous rabbis through history.
One of the most interesting things was that a gambler could neither be a witness OR a judge.
She had been studying, at the time- and so she couldn't go into it further, but I'm going to ask if I can get her paper- do a few edits and perhaps post it for you folks here at CM. I thought it might be interesting!
Another interesting tidbit we talked about was that Gambling was akin to theft- because the 'loser' never expected to lose!
Remember folks- most of the Old Jewish Law is really bound up in religious philosophy- but I tend to find all philosophy pretty interesting.!
So, this turns out to be just a teaser post- I'm too excited not to share already about a topic I find so interesting to a group I hope will find it just as interesting!
More to come as I discover it- but if you have questions (specifically as to Gambling in Judaism) , feel free to Post on the thread and I'll field them to my Mother!
PS: The funniest thing for me is that during Hannukah we gamble for chocolate using the driedel. My friends and I always used quarters- an no one every felt that was weird or wrong!