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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: parentchild, parent_child relationships mitzvah is a "logical mitzvah", It must be performed BECAUSE it is commanded not because it is logical textual source Aruch ha-Shulchan, Laws of Honouring parents Paragraph 2.), parent_child relationships mitzvah the honour and fear your parents, if you do it because it is logical, you have not done the mitzvah. as a result this means non- orthodox Jews according to this source are not doing any mitzvot unless they accept God's direct command, parent_child relationships ownership Does circumcision represent a moral/ethical problem to non-orthodox Jews?, Does a parent have the right to do a "cosmetic" non-health related operation on a minor, who by definition cannot give his consent? orthodox Would possibly agree there is an "ethical" issue, but it is a command of God that the parent has this right and duty to circumcise the child, and that the child does not have "rights" in this respect., parent_child relationships mitzvah if you do it because it is logical, you have not done the mitzvah., Does a parent have the right to do a "cosmetic" non-health related operation on a minor, who by definition cannot give his consent? reform A society of Jews in Frankfort-on-the-Main in 1843, condemned circumcision, and resolved to abolish the rite in the future so far as their children were concerned, non-orthodox Jews reject this line of reasoning, and this strict definition of what a mitzvah is. why? If you don't accept God dictated the Torah to Moses, then you CAN'T say that the commands in the Torah - the Torah's mitzvot - directly are the will of God. How can they be?, parent_child relationships ownership Does a parent have the right to do a "cosmetic" non-health related operation on a minor, who by definition cannot give his consent?, The halacha says that if the parents do not circumcise the boy, the Beit Din should take him, and circumcise him. The mitzvah is a communal one. Would possibly agree there is an "ethical" issue, but it is a command of God that the parent has this right and duty to circumcise the child, and that the child does not have "rights" in this respect., A society of Jews in Frankfort-on-the-Main in 1843, condemned circumcision, and resolved to abolish the rite in the future so far as their children were concerned Modern reform says? That it is a Jewish Tradition to have the males circumcised, but if parents are opposed to it, their decision is respected., parent_child relationships mitzvah is a "mitzvah hamurah" i.e. a very important one, is a "logical mitzvah" even so It must be performed BECAUSE it is commanded not because it is logical, Aruch ha-Shulchan, Laws of Honouring parents Paragraph 2.) reform non-orthodox Jews reject this line of reasoning, and this strict definition of what a mitzvah is., Does a parent have the right to do a "cosmetic" non-health related operation on a minor, who by definition cannot give his consent? reform German Reform largely abandoned circumcision by WW2, parent_child relationships mitzvah Jerusalem Talmud (Kiddushin 1:7) says respect for your parents is more important than respect for God., parent_child relationships syllabus Discusses these in relation to the DECALOGUE, A society of Jews in Frankfort-on-the-Main in 1843, condemned circumcision, and resolved to abolish the rite in the future so far as their children were concerned Modern reform says? The halacha says that if the parents do not circumcise the boy, the Beit Din should take him, and circumcise him., Aruch ha-Shulchan, Laws of Honouring parents Paragraph 2.) reform this means non- orthodox Jews according to this source are not doing any mitzvot unless they accept God's direct command