the rules of kosher allows the Jews to make eating a holy thing. Allowing God to be part of their meals! It states, "The fact is that the rules of keeping kosher have nothing to do with trichinosis or contamination. They have everything to do with taking the process of eating which we share with all other animals and making it a uniquely human activity by investing it with considered ones of permitted and forbidden. Jews also believe that our moral choices we make in our life need to be handled with much maturity and responsibility. As regards to sexual pleasure the Jews have strict laws to this. On page fifty-three Kushner describes Jews having three different ways to react to sexual pleasures or any pleasures. We can yield to our instincts like animals do, suppress them or sanctify them. The Jews sanctify their instincts by keeping sex only for marriage and for the purpose of procreation.A last main belief can be found on page sixty-seven of Jews is that called tzedaka or in English charity. Christians believe that giving is not just the material sense of giving, but giving when it hurts. Christians believe that it doesn't matter how much you give as long as you are giving a generous gift. The Jews believe in tzedaka meaning giving as much money as you can and the more money you give the better and holier you are! Prayer is the last main belief Jews hold in a high degree. The way Kushner describes Jewish prayer is comparing it to Christian prayer. The world's mentality of prayer is: pray whenever you want or need something from God. Kushner describes this as "bribing God" on page 198. He states, "In biblical times, Jews worshipped God with animal sacrifices." Jews believed that "to take worship seriously it had to cast him something." This means that it is not necessarily going to God with all our wants and needs but going to praise him adore him and honor him. Today Jewish prayer is done somewhat differently. Kushner states, "Jewish...
