Prayer and Religious Articles
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Using a Prayerbook
Can you please tell me if when I`m praying it makes any difference if I read from the siddur or if I don`t look and do it by heart? There are two distinct questions here: One question is to the…
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Health, Prayer, and Teffilin
What can bring good luck and health? What should one do when facing health issues? Can wearing tefilin for someone who hasn’t worn tefelin in many years make a difference in health and or good luck? It is always essential…
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Women reading from the Torah
Why don’t Orthodox women read from the Torah? Thank you for your question. The Talmud, in Megillah 23a states that “even a woman may read from the Torah, but the Rabbis said that a woman should not do so because…
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Driving to synagogue on Shabbat
I grew up secular but in the last several years have been trying to live my life in synch. with the teachings of the Torah as much as possible. The one thing that has bothered me more than anything, even…
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Candlelighting
what is the prayer a woman recites while lighting the shabbot candles? To find out the Shabbat candle lighting prayer, please see this website. It has Hebrew, English and English transliteration.
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Communicating with God
I frequently wonder if God created man or did man create God. Although I go to services nearly every day (I’m saying Kaddish), I get very little out of the services. I’d really like to “believe” but sometimes I think…
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Feeling down
Where does one go for answers in the torah when they have gotten cheated and are feeling down about it? Hello my friend, We all have good days and bad days and we all have difficult relationships to a certain…
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Summary of Haftorot
I would like to have a summary (in a few words or a sentence or two) of each week’s haftorah and connection into Torah — thanks Here are a few websites that offer synopsis of the Haftorahs as well as…
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Adding a hebrew name
What is the basis for adding a new Hebrew name to an existing name for someone who has a serious illness? “Rav Yitzchak said: Four things tear up the decree against a person, and these are them: Tzedaka (charity); crying…