G-d and Torah
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Spiritualism and Harry Potter
Is Judaism against mediums, fortune tellers, witches, sorcery , etc? I was told that this was a problem and that it was in the Old Testament. Is this true? I mean I love Harry Potter books and fantasy/sci-fi. If this…
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Meat with Milk and the Oral Law
I still don’t understand the law of milk & meat. If the Torah states that we are not to “cook a kid-goat in the milk of its mother,” why do we extrapolate and forbid any form of meat combined with…
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A Hyphenated G-d
Do we really have to write G-d, or would avoiding using His real names be enough (or should I have written H-s name?) Answer: Shalom, It is not proper to use G-d’s real name unless in prayer. (Even then we…
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Did Moses Receive the WHOLE Torah at Sinai?
According to my sources, when Maimonides said “All of the Torah now in our hands was the same one given to Moses at Sinai” [inexact quote] he was referring to the Tanach (24 books of the Bible), Mishna and Talmud.…
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Impact of Torah
How does the Torah impact your respective religion and how does it impact society? Answer: That’s a really great question, especially when one realizes that the only time in human history where G-d met with a nation face to face,…
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Why does G-d need us to serve Him?
Why does G-d need us to serve Him? What is the actual purpose of creation? Answer: Your question addresses a complex, yet fundamental, concept in Judaism. R’ Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (aka RaMCHaL) in his work, *Derech Hashem* (The Way of…
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Is the Torah for Real?
What really happened at Sinai? Did G-d actually speak? Did G-d really dictate every word of Torah verbatim? Please tell me what you think. Answer: It is certainly a primary element of my Torah faith that G-d actually was heard…
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Free Will When G-d Knows What You Will Choose
How can Hashem be all knowing and let us have free will? If the future is known to him, are we really making our own decisions? Answer: This is an excellent, and complex, question. Let me add another question: Why,…
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Spiritual Gifts
In Christianity there are specific gifts of the Holy Spirit ie: Wisdom, Understanding, Council, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, and Fear of the Lord (see Isaiah 11:2). Also,we understand that the Spirit of God bestows additional gifts ie: prophecy, administration, giving, leadership,…