The number of mitzvot in Torah. A large number relate to animal sacrifice; 10 are the big ones (commandments), and the rest cover kosher law, business, treatment of neighbors and outsiders, criminal law, and more.
People, Tribe, Nation, & Ethnicity: What does it mean? People love to insist that Jews are a religion; we are not, and that isn’t an innocent misconception; it’s designed to diminish us.
Bobby Apperson is a musician, writer, songwriter, piano & voice coach, and bon vivant living in Los Angeles, Calif. He is currently blogging about his conversion to Judaism and all that entails (and what he doesn't yet know that it entails).