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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Signs from G-d and Making Decisions
Does G-d give us signs to show us how we should decide things in life, or are we on our own for the most part? I know that G-d sometimes does give people signs, and there are a number of…
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Biblical History, Post-Biblical History, The Chumash (Five Books of Moses), The Prophets and Writings
Dinah and Tamar
I recently came across the story of Tamar, the daughter of David, who was raped by her brother, Amnon. This reminded me of the story of Dinah, Jacob’s daughter, who was raped–though not incestuously. I can’t seem to find Torah…
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The Numbers in the Torah’s Census
I was looking into the census of the Jews in the Torah. It seems somewhat strange (and statistically unlikely) that every single tribe had a “round” number — all but one rounded to hundreds, and only one (Gad) showing a…
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Prophecies of the End of Days
Is Ezekiel 38’s fulfillment imminent? Will Ezekiel 37 i.e. “valley of dry bones” follow or precede the coming of age of Ezekiel 38? I don’t think anyone knows the answers to these types of questions. Maimonides says that while many…
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“Men began to call” … or “profane”
I really want to know about the translation of the verse Genesis 4:26 (quoted below) . The word in question is at the end of this verse. I have heard that it is either chalal or qara referring to, I…
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Division of the Torah into Portions
I was wondering who created the division into Torah Portions? What was it based on? Was it done before or after the introduction of verses and chapters? Hi! I don’t know exactly when the portions were divided, but the Talmud…
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The Writing of the First Torah
Where and when was the first Torah written? In what form? Did Moses write the Torah in the form of a diary of events as they happened? Answer: There are two different opinions in the Talmud. One is that the…
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Pharaoh’s Jewish Slave Dilemma
 King Pharaoh needed his slaves. Why would he order to kill all baby boys? That will mean that within a generation or two he will have no slaves population left. I am familiar with the reason given that he feared…
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Who spoke from the Burning Bush?
In Exodus 3:2 it says that an angel of G-d appeared to him in a blaze of fire from amid the bush. In verse 4, it says that G-d called him from the bush. Was the burning bush an angel…