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Family and Relationships

Family and Relationships

Encouraging a Brother with a Serious Illness

My younger brother (who I am extremly close with) has been battling a very rare form of leukemia. His doctors are only giving him several months to live. I would like to know if someone can direct me towards certain…

Rabbi Shlomo Shulman
Abortion

Abortion of a Tay Sachs Child

If there is a case of a Tay Sachs baby, is it permissible to have an abortion, especially when both parents of the child agree the baby must be aborted? Answer: Any real question – meaning, someone is really considering…

Rabbi Shlomo Shulman
Family and Relationships, Mitzvos (Commandments)

Interpersonal Commandments

Why did Hillel tell the nonJew who wanted to learn the Torah while standing on one foot (Shabbos 31a), that the Torah is about the negative commandments rather than the positive commandments? The way you frame the question, it sounds…

Rabbi Shlomo Shulman
Family and Relationships

Responsibility To Fellow Jews

What does the torah say about our responsibiity toward the care and protection of our fellow Jews? Plenty! If someone is beginning to falter, we are obligated to help him so he doesn’t become impoverished – all the more so…

Rabbi Shlomo Shulman
Intermarriage, Marriage, Marriage and Dating

What’s Wrong With Intermarriage?

If I knew that I would have a wonderful married life with a nonJew and that my children would grow up following Jewish law completely as a result, what argument would Judaism have against it? I’m afraid that I will…

Rabbi Shlomo Shulman
Family and Relationships, The Synagogue, Torah Reading

Cohen, Levi and Yisroel

I have recently been asked to fill out a formal application for my local synagogue. One of the questions on the form is whether I am of the Cohen, Levi or Yisroel. What exactly do each of these groups represent,…

Rabbi Shlomo Shulman
Mitzvos (Commandments), Modesty & Sexuality

Understanding the Homosexuality Prohibition

I understand that homosexuality is called an abomination in the Torah, but what are the conceptual reasons that homosexuality is wrong? The Torah doesn’t mince words when it describes its condemnation towards what’s become known as an “alternative lifestyle.” I…

Rabbi Shlomo Shulman
Miscellaneous, Parenting

Parenting book

Is there anything in the Torah concerning the care and rearing of a child, concerning building it’s self esteem, and character? Yes, see “My Child, My Disciple” by Rabbi Noah Orlowek.

Rabbi Shlomo Shulman
Intermarriage, Marriage and Dating

Intermarried Cousin

My cousin is getting married to a non Jewish girl. My family and I are not happy with this. He had been going out with her for already a few years, but we’ve not really told anything to him about…

Rabbi Shlomo Shulman