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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Midianite Women and Deut 21:10-14
In the Torah Portion of Mattot Moses chastizes the soldiors for bringing the Midianite women home instead of killing them. Weren’t the soldiers justified in their actions as this appears to be a case of Yefat To’ar (Captive Woman see…
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Purpose of Creation
Did G-d create the universe and all that it is for the sole benefit and use of mankind or more specifically, for the Jewish people? If the answer is for the Jew’s benefit, then what is it that separates Jews…
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Copper Snakes and Idol Worship
Moses puts up a copper serpent on a pole to prevent those bitten from dying (Numbers 21:4-9). Is this not idol worship? The serpent was certainly not idol worship. They were not told to pray to the serpent, just to…
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Wealth and Poverty
What is the meaning of Proverbs 10:15 – “The wealth of a rich man is his fortress of strength; the ruination (or terror) of poor men is their poverty.” The simple meaning of the verse is that a man’s wealth…
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Jewish Years
What is the Jewish Counting of the years based on? Why is this year 5766? Jews have been counting years for quite a while. Prior to that, the count is based on working out the Biblical lives of various characters…
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Satan, Servant of G-d
If Jews do not believe in the devil, who was the serpent that tempted Eve with the fruit from the tree of knowledge? Most Christians accept the serpent as Satan. Hi! Interesting question. I don’t think it’s correct that we…
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Counting the Tribes, Multiples of 100
When the tribe’s population numbers are recorded, all but two of them are multiples of 100 (in the previous count all but one, I think). Is there a reason, a meaning or an interpretation for this particular fact?I have struggled…
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Moses and Pharaoh
Why did Moses tell Pharaoh he only wanted to stay three days in the desert with the people, instead of telling him outright he would leave Egypt forever? Didn’t he have the full power and mandate of the Creator behind…
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Bible Codes
Is it possible that there are hidden messages inside the Torah texts ? Ive read a book – “the bible codes” in which there are many instances where there are sentences quoted in vertical or horizontal matrixes which are extracted…