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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Talmud Study
If we have the Jewish law all laid out for us in contemporary books, then why do we find it necessary to study talmud? Isn’t it an early form of Jewish law ? Answer: That is a very reasonable question,…
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King Solomon as the Successor
Question How did Solomon become King? In Deuteronomy we learn if a man has two wives, one loved and one hated, he is not permitted to favor the son of his beloved wife over the older son of his hated wife.…
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Names of the Torah Portions
Who named the Torah Portions and when did this start? Answer: Hi! You’re asking an interesting and difficult question. I’m not sure that anyone named the portions. We don’t even really know where they came from; the Torah itself doesn’t…
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Abraham’s “Only Son”?
In Genesis 22:12 and 16 G-d addresses Abraham regarding Isaac as “your only son”. What about Ishmael? Is he not Abraham’s first born son? Answer: Hi! Interesting question you’re asking. To add to it, G-d uses the phrase before these…
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Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
What were the reasons God destroyed Sodom & Gomorrah? In verse 5 were the men asking Lot to send the angels out so they could commit homosexual acts with them? Answer: That indeed was their intention, but homosexuality is not…
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Joshua’s Name “Change”
Why is Joshua first called Joshua in Exodus 17:9, but then later on in Numbers 13:16, that is when Moses changes Hoshea’s name to Joshua. What am I missing? Isn’t this out of order? Answer: Sharp question. Most of the…
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Enoch
Whats the deal with Enoch? In Genesis it says “Altogether, Enoch lived 365 years. Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away” Does this mean Enoch never died and if he didn’t, why would…
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Rachel’s Tomb: in Bethlehem or Zelzeh?
The Book of Samuel places Rachel’s tomb in Benjamin at Zelzah in the north as does Jeremiah. Genesis place the tomb in Bethlehem, further south. How can this be so? Answer: Pretty sharp question! The question is actually asked in…
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Blessings Promised to Abraham
How is it possible that G-d says to Abraham “Go for yourself,” and then Abraham comes to Canaan and finds hunger there? What are we suppose to learn from it? Where is G-d’s promise: “I will bless you. You will…