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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Breaking the Glass at a Jewish Wedding
My grandson will be getting married and living an Orthodox Jewish life. What is the meaning of the breaking of the glass at the end of the ceremony? Answer: Congratulations – may you see many great grandchildren from the new…
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Non-Jewish Prophets
I was reading the story of Bilaam and I understand that he was a non-Jewish prophet (even though an evil one.) I also have heard of Job as a prophet. Were there any other Non Jewish prophets? Answer: It doesn’t…
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Moses, Free Choice, and Hitting the Rock
G-d tells Moses in Egypt that he will not be going in to Israel. Only later on did he commit the sin of hitting the rock, and the nation is told he will not be going into Israel. Was Moses…
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The Sages Eternal Decrees
When the Sages ruled not to take medicine on Shabbat, because you may come to grind it, although this is done in some circles, most of the time people do not grind their own medicine. Why would a ruling like…
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Blessings of the Innocent Sotah
The Commentary of Rashi when talking about Sotah (unfaithful wife, Numbers 5:11) says that a woman who goes through the process and didn’t actually do anything wrong, will get a blessing for an easy childbirth. The second part of Rashi…
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How did Jewish Slaves have animals?
The iconic image of the Exodus is of enslaved Jews, taskmasters, building pyramids, etc. When Pharoh finally tells Moses to leave with his people, he also tells Moses to take their flocks and herds with them. How is it that the…
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Eating Sacrifices in the Time of Abel
If eating animals was not allowed at the time of Abel, how could he make an animal sacrifice? Answer: Animal sacrifice isn’t similar to eating animals. Animal sacrifice is a way of coming close to G-d (sacrifice in Hebrew is…
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Jacob’s Ladder
What is the Rabbinical interpretation of the procession of angels ascending Jacob’s Ladder and other angels then descending the ladder in Jacob’s dream? Answer: The commentary of Rashi explains that the angels going up were the angels of the land…
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Designer Babies
What is the Jewish view on designer babies? Answer: I don’t know of any source in Jewish law that speaks about this case exactly, but it would seem to run counter to Judaism. Jewish law forbids tattoos and messing with ones…