Rabbi Ari Lobel
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Rabbi Ari Lobel is the Former Director of Outreach at Torah.org. He has served as an editor for Artscroll Schottenstein Talmud and currently, he is the Editorial Director for the Taryag Legacy foundation, overseeing the publication of the Encyclopedia of the 613 Mitzvoth.
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Fetus vs. Newborn
In Mishpatim, 21:22, we are shown that if a man injures a pregnant woman and she miscarries the crime is treated as bodily harm to the woman and not murder of the fetus. The guilty party is to be fined…
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Dating Tips
Does the Torah offer any guidelines or advice on choosing or finding a suitable partner? Answer: Abraham sends his servant Eliezer to find a wife for his son Issac (Genesis Ch 24). The first significant factor to consider is that…
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Moses and His Uncircumcised Son
Why was G-d trying to kill Moses (Exodus 4:24-26) on his return to Egypt with his wife and son? Was it due to him not circumcising his son yet? Answer: Moses was in a bit of a quandary – his…
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Meat with Milk and the Oral Law
I still don’t understand the law of milk & meat. If the Torah states that we are not to “cook a kid-goat in the milk of its mother,” why do we extrapolate and forbid any form of meat combined with…
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Purim and the Ninth of Av
Why is it that on the 9th of Av there are no commandments of giving gifts to the poor and sending food to others as there are on Purim? Surely this helps to create and increase more love for our…
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The Third Sabbath Meal
What should you eat for Seudah Shlishis (i.e. do you need to have to eat bread)? How long before the Sabbath ends should you eat? Often, I finish the Sabbath lunch a bit late in the day, and the last…
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A Definition of God
Do you believe that God is more like a process rather than an actual being? Answer: According to the Talmud, G-d is primal, undifferentiated existence out of which all differentiated existence emerged. The existence that emerged from “Him” is completely…
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Matanot La’evyonim – Giving to the Poor on Purim
My question is about giving to the poor on Purim. Now, I am fairly poor myself, and my family is having hard times as it is. Would it be appropriate to donate an item like food, clothing, or something else…