G-d and Torah
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How to Love G-d
Can you please guide me how we can love God? Of course I like Him but I want to know how should we work on living only for Him? Answer: What a thoughtful and insightful question! The fact that you…
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What’s the Holiest Thing?
What is the most holy thing or object in Judaism, and how is reverence to it expressed by the believer? For example, if it is the Torah, do believers stand when it is opened, and is it not touched by…
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Significance of a Singular G-d
Why is the concept of God being “one” so important in Judaism? Answer: Thank you for your recent inquiry regarding monotheism. The belief in God reflects beliefs in reality and morality. For example, modern man typically does not believe in…
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Knowing and Trusting God
If God is essentially unknowable, then how do we know that He is a merciful God? Given the history of the 20th century, this belief is surely counter-intuitive. Is it based on “Trust” or “faith”? If so, what is the…
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A Definition of God
Do you believe that God is more like a process rather than an actual being? Answer: According to the Talmud, G-d is primal, undifferentiated existence out of which all differentiated existence emerged. The existence that emerged from “Him” is completely…
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Equality with God
Is it stated in the Torah (or Rabbinical writings) that saying that God is your father is equivalent to stating that you are “equal with God?” Answer: Thank you for the great question. Not only does the Torah and all…
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Eternal Obligation of Torah Law
If, in the time of moses, the law was so difficult for the Israelites, then how can the laws still be applicable in our day? Answer: People may say that the law was, or is, difficult. Yet, Scripture itself points…
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Some Meanings Behind “Orlah”
I have a question about Orlah (the prohibition against eating a tree’s fruits for the first 3 years, and restrictions on eating the fruits of year 4 — See Leviticus 19:23-26). Why did God give that law? Was there a…
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God Referred to as “He”
Why is it that God is always referred to as “He” or “Him” and not as “She” or “Her”? Firstly, it must be understood that since Judaism holds that God has no physical form, He (obviously) lacks genitalia, and can…