Rabbi Michoel Reach
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Rabbi Michoel Reach was a member in the Yeshiva Derech Chaim
Kollel in Brooklyn, NY and the Ner Israel Rabbinical College in
Baltimore, MD for many years. He has taught advanced classes on the
Chumash (Five books of Moses) for three years in Baltimore and is the
author of a not yet published book on Chumash. He also has a Bachelors
in Physics and Math from the California Institute of Technology and a
PhD in Math from the University of California Berkeley with a
Dissertation on the Recursion relation for K-Soliton solutions to the
Schroedinger Equation. He is presently a database consultant for the
Pathology Data Systems Department for the Johns Hopkins School of
Medicine.
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Testing G-d
In Numbers 14:22 it states our ancestors tested G-d ten times before the incident under discussion. What are those ten tests? Were the people testing G-d or does it mean they were failing His tests? Thank you for your very…
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Five Books of Moses
Why do we say the Five Books of Moses? How did the division of the Torah into five separate books come about? I don’t see any mention in the Torah itself of such an expression. Were separate scrolls for each…
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Rebellion in the Desert
Why is it implied and taught that those who rebelled against Moses and God wanted to return to their former status as slaves in Egypt so they might sit by the fleshpots etc.? These people were brazen enough to challenge…
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Understanding the Prohibition Against Homosexuality
Do you consider homosexuality a sin? If so, what verses support that fact or disputes it? Hi! Male homosexuality is forbidden by the verse in Leviticus, 18(22): “With a man you may not lie in the way one lies with…
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Ruth’s Conversion and Levirate Marriage
The Rashi commentary on Ruth (1:12) writes that Ruth converted after her husband died. How could there be a concept of Yibum (Levirate marriage) later on in the story when marriage to a non-Jew does not establish a bond that…
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The Book of Job and Us
Was G-d so confident with Job when he let Satan test him so harshly? I also wonder personally, am I living through now the same experience that Job had? Why? Thank you for your very interesting question. The Torah works…
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The Approximate Calendar
Why was the Jewish year 5765 (2004-5) a leap year? I thought an extra month was added to prevent Passover from falling before the vernal equinox. But had an extra month not been added that year, Passover would have fallen…
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The Merit of Abraham’s Father
What did Abraham’s father, an idol worshiper, do to deserve to have a son like Abraham? Hi! I have been giving your question a lot of thought, and consulting with some of my own teachers. Still, the following is no…
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Who Made G-d?
If G-d made us, who made G-d? Hi! Nothing created G-d; he did not need to be created. I think the basis for your question is that we live in a world of created objects, and of cause and effect.…