Rabbi Azriel Schreiber
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An Organ Donator Being Buried in a Jewish Cemetery
Can I be an organ donor and still be buried in an Orthodox cemetery? A person who saves someone’s life by donating an organ hes done a great Mitzvah. The Halachic problem that arises is that if the organ is…
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Donating Bone Marrow
Can a Jew give bone marrow to someone with whom a match has been found through a bone marrow registry, even if that person is a non-Jew? Absolutely. Someone who refrains from doing so because the recipient is a non-Jew…
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The Prohibition of Cremation
Is cremation prohibited, or is this just a custom that arose after the Holocaust? Cremation is prohibited by the Torah. The atrocities of the Holocaust have no bearing at all on this prohibition. Our Rabbis tell us [Reference?] that someone…
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Modesty for Little Girls
At what age do girls have to begin dressing according to the Jewish laws of modesty? From the age of 3, a girl should dress in a modest manner appropriate to her age in her society. This is very relative.…
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Exposure to Immodest Dress
At what age should a boy no longer be exposed to girls and who are not dressed modestly, e.g. at a women’s swimming pool? From an age at which he starts remembering things, say after 4 or 5, he shouldn’t…
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Physical Contact and Little Children
At what age do the laws of Negiah (physical contact) begin for boys and girls?At what age is it no longer permissible for a man to arry a girl, or for a woman to touch or carry a boy? Technically,…
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A Man Listening to a Women Singing
Why is a male not allowed to listen to a female singing? Why is talking permitted? The Talmud states, based on a verse in Shir HaShirim (the Song of Songs, 2:14), that a woman’s voice is to be considered Ervah,…
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Who Was Pinchas?
Who was Pinchas? Answer: Pinchas was the grandson of Aaron (the son of Eleazar), and became high priest in the time of Joshua; his deeds are described in Num. 25:7-13, 31:6 and Joshua Chs. 22-24. The name was used afterwards…
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Daniel as a Prophet
Was Daniel a prophet? Daniel is a borderline case. The Talmud in Megillah 15a says that he prophesied. In Sanhedrin 93b he is said to have been greater than the last prophets (Hagai, Zechariah, and Malachi) because he was able…