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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Humility
How do I become more humble? Answer: The primary way is to constantly remember that everything that you are — talents and deficiencies — come from Hashem. He gave them to you in order for you to use them to deepen…
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Sephardic and Ashkenazi
What are the main differences between Ashkenazi, Sephardic, and Mizrachi Jews. And are Ashkanazi Jews allowed to marry one or the other types? Answer: Sephardic and Mizrachi (same thing, mizrachi means eastern – sephardic Jews were from eastern lands) Jews…
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40 Years in the Desert
Why did it take 40 years for the Jewish to go from Egypt to the Holyland? Answer: The Jews should have gone into Israel once they left Mount Sinai, but the spies they sent to Israel took 40 days to bring…
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Why Moses Sent Spies in Canaan
In the Torah Portion of Shelach (Numbers 13:17-21) why is it that Moses seemed scared to commit to the promised land? Why didn’t he want to trust G-d? Answer: Excellent question, which the eminent medieval commentator Nachmanidies addresses. Moses trusted…
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Why do Yeshiva students wear black and white?
I attend a Yeshiva in Jerusalem and I have been wearing black and white as most of the students do. I’ve never had a problem with this, but now I feel I need to know a solid reason why I…
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Responsibility for Mistakes
I firmly believe in personal integrity, which of course includes acceptance and acknowledgment of responsibility for one’s actions. But what about the so called “unconscious” acts? Can anyone be accountable for actions or omissions strictly involuntary? Answer: There are different…
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What Happened to Orpah?
What happened to Orpah after she departed from Naomi and Ruth? Answer: The Talmud (Sotah 42b) says that she suffered such a spiritual let-down after leaving her mother-in-law that she was intimate with many men and from there became pregnant…
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King David’s Census
Why did G-d punish David for taking a census? (2 Samuel 24) Answer: In Exodus 30:12 the Torah commands us not to count Jews without using a device (such as money or sheep). If we isolate each Jew by counting…
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Blessing Joseph’s Sons Separately
Why were Joseph’s sons blessed separately from the other tribes? If Joseph’s sons were made equal to the other tribes wouldn’t it make sense to have them blessed together leaving no doubt of their new elevated status? Answer: I don’t…