Rabbi Chayim Lando
41 answers
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Talmudic interpretation of “why we are here”
Can you tell me how the Torah or Talmud addresses the question: “Why was I born”, or “Why am I here”? Or even, “What is my purpose”? I am a Lay Leader in a small community, the question has been…
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Working on the Sabbath
Dear Rabbi, In today’s life, most jobs require working on weekend. A job such as policeman, doctors, nurses, pharmacists (medical field), soldiers, is almost a necessities to work over weekend. What should we do. I, myself, flatly refused to work…
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Freewill
When G-d created the man.. he gave man freewill. Was giving man freewill the defining purpose in creation of man? The defining purpose in the creation of man was God’s desire to do good to others. For God to have…
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Renaming Jacob
Why is Jacob nicknamed or renamed Israel? He was renamed Israel after he overcame an angel who was battling him. The name indicates that he wrestled with an angel and overcame it.
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Who created G-d?
Who created G-d? I got into a conversation wtih one of my coworkers and said I am not sure sometimes that there is a G-d. He pointed out the following example and I believe he convinced me for sure that…