Observance

Is Feast of Harvest the same as Feast of Weeks?

I was brought up in a conservative Jewish family, both parents were Jewish. I attended a Jewish parochial school for three years and had my bar-mitzvah. But at age 14 I stopped attending shul. I am now 66. Despite all this, I consider myself a Jew, although not a religious and observant one. My question is this. Am I correct in stating that I am a Jew?

Which sin is worse if one had no choice but to commit one of the two: a negiah violation or a Chillul Hashem? In my business life, I routinely cross paths with women who expect a handshake or sometimes a hug (a non-romantic one that is just a social gesture to which they are accustomed). Failing to do so is something they consider highly offensive in their culture. Many of these women I interact with know my language very sparsely, making explaining my religious beliefs to them nearly impossible.

Hello Rabi .. what is the perspective of woman's wear in Judaism? What about scarf or hijab .. can a faithful women dress in bikinis on beach or what?

I am a lifelong Conservative Jew and I am a member of a Conservative Temple since birth where I was once the president. I know very little about Orthodox Judaism. For the first time in my life, I went to an Orthodox synagogue for a bar mitzvah last week and I did not like having to sit separately from my wife and daughters. I had heard of but never seen anything like that in person before. I asked the rabbi there why the genders sit apart, and he gave me an explanation. He told me that one who attends a service at a Conservative Temple not only does not fulfill the mitzvah of attending Shabbat services, but is also violating 23 negative commandments in the Torah. He didn’t tell me which ones. What 23 negative commandments could one possibly be violating by attending a Conservative service?

Is it compulsory for every converted Jew to follow the ten commandments?

Do you actually have to eat the erev tavshilin?