Rabbi Daniel Kermaier
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Rabbi Dani
Kermaier received his rabbinical ordination
from the former chief rabbi of Israel Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu. He is
also a certified and practicing mohel in Maryland, Washington D.C., and
Virginia (www.bris.us).
Rabbi Kermaier has lectured extensively on many Judaica topics ranging
from Bible and Talmud text analysis to Judaism in modern
society. Formerly
having served as a mohel and lecturer in Israel, Northern California
and currently in Baltimore, Rabbi Kermaier can relate to all Jews
regardless of affiliation.
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The “Yetzer HaRa”
Is there anyway to “weaken” our Yetzer HaRa (the natural drive for misdoing) and/or strengthen ourselves to make it have less of an effect on us? I was told that it’s the “job” of our Yetzer HaRa to try to…
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Online Jewish Dating
I am a 40 year old Jewish man, never married. I am not religious. I think it is about time to get married and have children. How do I go about getting married to a Jewish woman? Try online Jewish…
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Different Ways to Serve G-d
Some people look down at me for not practicing Judaism exactly the way they do, and that I don’t have the same exact Jewish outlook as they do. I try my best to follow the ways of the Torah, but…
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Dowry
How common is the dowry today amongst Jews? Is it true that a religious man will sell part of his business to finance real estate in order to marry off a daushter? Is it also true that in the case…
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Reciting Psalms Anytime
I know that if certain Psalms are read during hard times it can help. How do I do this? Do I just read them out loud and G_d hears it? Is this done at a certain time of day etc…?…
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Lucifer
A non-Jewish friend of mine emailed portions of Isaiah to in which there is a statement in Isa 14:12 – “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground,…
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The World Before This One
Was there any other world before this world was created? Is it possible that all the good people in that world have taken rebirth in this present world? Maybe the wicked people of that previous world are being born as…
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Risky Surgery
If someone is diagnosed with a terminal illness such as a brain tumor, and the doctors tell him that he has no more than a year to live, but there is a procedure, which is very risky, to remove the…
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Punishment for Rape
What does Torah say about rape, both for the victim and the ones around the victims? What judgements should you put against the rapist? This depends in what regard you are referring to rape. Biblically the Torah states that it…