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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Achieving Love of G-d
I read something in your classes that speaks of man loving G-D. while I can see the importance of this concept, I fail to be able to find that emotion within me. I consider myself quite an observant Jew, but…
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Unveiling the Gravestone After a Year
Why is there an unveiling of the gravestone on the year anniversary of a death? Why wait a year? There are varying customs regarding the time of unveiling. Some erect the stone (at least in unfinished form) immediately after the…
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Modern Descendants of Esau
I would like to know who you feel are the descendants of Esau in today’s world? Could they be the Edomites who became the Catholic peoples? The verse in Genesis (25:30) informs us that Esau himself was called Edom: “And…
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Divorce
What is the Jewish view of divorce and remarriage? The following passage from the Torah (The Five Books of Moses), is the source for Jewish Divorce Law: “If a man marries a women…if she does not find favor in his…
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Reason for Circumcision
Why is the rite of circumcision performed on Jewish males? The original reason that is? When one asks ‘why’, there are always a number of different levels of answers that could be given. On the simplest level, the right of…
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The Chofetz Chaim
Can I have some Information about the Chofetz Chaim, Rabbi Israel Meir Ha-Cohen, 1837-1933? Here is a short summary of his life taken from Rabbi Berel Wein’s historical work called Triumph of Survival: 1848 – Leaves home to study in…
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Biblical Sources for Jewish Practice
We learn that many Jewish laws are currently followed by observant Jews based on our Sages’ writings, yet much of these writings fail to show the logical link between practical Jewish Law and the Written Torah. For example, the Torah…
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G-d’s Hidden Face
I’m looking for information–preferably ancient–on the concept of God hiding His face. Any info on the eyes of God being closed to the suffering of His people. The source for this concept is the following verse in Deuteronomy: “And G-d…
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Rabbi Yosef Caro
Can you give me a brief biography on Yosef Caro? Rabbi Yosef Caro was born in Toledo, Spain in 1488 and died in Safed, Israel in 1575. As a child he fled with his family to Constantinople, Turkey, due to…