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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Lot’s Wife and Salt
Why was Lot’s wife turned to salt (Genesis 19:26), of all things? According to the Midrash (Beraishis Rabba on that verse), as soon as the 3 Angels entered Lot’s house, his wife left the house and went around to all…
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Species for the Bitter Herb
What did we originally use for bitter herbs for the Pesach seder? There’s a list of five types of plants (in the Mishna) which are suitable for use as bitter herbs: “Chazeret” – considered by most authorities to be the…
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The Branches of the Menorah
I thougt that a Menorah had seven arms, but I saw several Menorah’s with nine arms. Would you be so kind to tell me, how many arms belong to the real menorah? In the Bible (Exodus 25:31) G-d explains to…
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The Holocaust
Why did Hashem allow 6 million jews to die during the holocaust including little innocent children? I don’t think anyone can provide a satisfactory answer to your question. Why are you limiting your question to the Holocaust? Isn’t it basically…
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Yeast in Wine
I’m am very interested in the Passover celebration. However, I’m confused with the “Wine”. How did the Jewish forefathers remove yeast from the wine so that it would be kosher for the passover? Or, did they not drink wine during…
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History of the Nikkudim
My earlier readings indicated that the diacritic marks, or “nikkudim,” were added much later in the history of the evolution of the Hebrew language. Can you tell me approximately what century this occurred? Can you please provide me good English-language…