LifeCycle Events
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Funeral for a Jewish President
If a former Jewish president dies, how would the funeral be handled? Would he or she lie in state or would the funeral be the next day? When a Jew dies the tradition is to bury as soon as possible.…
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Death By Sneezing
Where in the Torah does it discuss sneezing & dying? Where did it originate? I was going to send you the simple references but found this answer on the web written by Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky: “Behold, your father is sick.”…
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Helping Those in Mourning
I have a friend co-worker that just went through a terrible tragedy in his life, his parents both passed away under tragic circumstances. I wanted to get your perspective on how I could be of help him in recuperating from…
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Baby Naming
Aside from tradition and custom, is there any written laws proscribing the manner of how a newborn child should be named? Must the child be named after a deceased relative, or can the name be chosen and used as the…
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Single Women
Are there any special requirements for single women? Should un-married women in their early thirties be doing something extra as we don’t have family or child obligations? This is a very interesting question. The truth is, that of the three…
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Remarriage
In Deut. 24:4 G-d tells us not to remarry a former spouse if he/she has remarried someone else. Why is this? Bottom line, it’s God’s will. That’s our first answer to every mitzvah in the Torah. One explanation is because…
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Modesty in Clothing and Marriage
What is the reason for the Jewish Laws of modest dress? Why is it so important? Why cant we just express modesty in the way we act rather than externally? I’m getting married soon and this issue has been on…