Rabbi Meir Goldberg
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Rabbi Meir
Goldberg is the Director of the Maimonides Leaders Fellowship
Program at Rutgers University, the state college of New Jersey.
Together with his partner at Rutgers, Rabbi Yehoshua Lewis, they run a
Jewish outreach program on campus. Rabbi Goldberg has previously been
involved in outreach efforts in Margate, and Twin Rivers, NJ. Rabbi Goldberg was born and raised in Far Rockaway, NY and studied in Yeshiva Beth Moshe of Scranton, PA, Yeshiva Yagdil Torah in Israel and the Beth Medrash Gevoha in Lakewood, NJ. In
Lakewood he was a member of their advanced Kollel program for four
years. Rabbi Goldberg enjoys hanging out with Jewish college students,
and discussing Torah, football, and urban culture, with said students.
He and his wife Estie (nee Schreiber) live in Lakewood, NJ together
with their three rambunctious children, Akiva, Yitzie, and Tzvi Hirsch.
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Determining Tribal Lineage
I am trying to discover which of the twelve tribes I descend from. Can you help me with this? Answer: Unless you are a Kohen or Levi (in which case you are a descendant of the tribe of Levi), there…
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I Cheated on a Test
I cheated on a school test and I feel guilty. What do I do? Answer: We all make mistakes in life. That is why Hashem created Teshuva, repentance, to correct our actions. In order to do a proper teshuva, one must…
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A Jew Who is British
I live in the United Kingdom. Do I consider myself a British Jew or a Jew who is British. Answer: While loyalty to one’s country is very important (see Jeremiah 29:7) one’s primary job in life is becoming G-dly, which…
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The Great Principle of “Love Your Neighbor”
I have read that “Treat your neighbor as yourself” is how one Rabbi summed up the Torah. Is that a common theme of the torah? Answer: The verse states. “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Rabbi Akiva expounded, “This is a…
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What did Pinchas Do?
The beginning of the Torah Portion of Pinchas begins with a reference to a great deed that Pinchas did. What great deed did he perform? Answer: Pinchas, the son of Elazar, the son of Aharon HaKohain, appeased My anger against…
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Two Sets of Tablets, Aaron and the Golden Calf
How long was it between the first and second tablets? Answer: Moshe went up to receive the first tablets on 7 Sivan and broke them on 17 tamuz. He prayed until 1 Elul and received the second tablets on Yom…
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Hamantashen
Why do we eat Hamantashen (a filled triangular cookie) on Purim? Answer: The hamantash is three-cornered to signify that the man named Haman was “tash” (weakened in Hebrew) by the merit of the three patriarchs (as symbolized by the three…
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Noah Born Circumcised
I read on your site that Noah was born circumcised. Can you tell me specifically in Torah where that is? Answer: It isn’t explicitly in the text, but it can be found in the Midrash on Genisis 5:28 – 29 (the…
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Punishment of Children for the Parents’ Sins
How do I understand “punishment of children for the parents’ sins”? If the parents aren’t good this should bring punishment for their children? Also, how can children honor those parents? Answer: Children are not punished for the sins of the parents…