Family and Relationships
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The effect of dress
Can you please explain how the modest way we are told to dress effects us and our level of observance? This is a deep question, which I will begin to explore with you. But, like many deep questions, it is…
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Why can’t I have a child?
It’s been more than a year that we are trying to have a child and even after 6 months of medical treatment and suggestions by Rabbis I haven’t been able to conceive. I don’t understand how other women I see…
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Men and Women in the Synagogue
Why are men and women separated in Orthodox synagogues? Answer: According to many authorities, the source for separate seating in synagogues can be found in the design of the Temple in Jerusalem (destroyed in the year 68). The Talmud relates…
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Married couple walking together
Why do Hasidic wives and children walk behind their husband and father? I’ve never seen Hasidic children walk behind their father on purpose. Most Hasidic women also walk together with their husbands as well. The few women that don’t, do…
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Stubborness and Making Amends
I have a personal problem with a close relative that cannot be resolved. The other party is very stubborn, and now is the time for making amends. What should I do? As a friend recently said to me about divorce,…
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TV-less home
I am a single parent and I pursue studies twice a week in the evenings during which time I have to leave my 15 and 10 year old at home alone. I am getting rid of the TV because it…
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Marriage Midrash
I am studying the Midrash Rabbah in a class at San Francisco State University. We are looking at Midrash Genesis Rabbah. (Gen. 2:18) I who like to know where it is taught: He who has no wife dwells without good,…
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Father’s obligation to his son
I am interested in knowing what things the Talmud says a Jewish Father is obligated to do for his Jewish son. Thank you for your help. The Talmud in Tractate Kiddushin 29a lists the things a father is obligated to…