Basics of Judaism
- Basic Values and Morality
- Chosen People
- G-d and Torah
- Heaven and Hell
- Other Denominations
- Reward and Punishment
- Science and Torah
- Sin and Repentance
- The Messiah
- Who is a Jew?
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Animals and Immortality
Do animals experience eternity at any level including animals that fulfilled their mission in this world? Answer: There are essentially two categories that govern all of creation: the spiritual and the physical. Angels are entirely spiritual, animals are entirely physical.…
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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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Obituary for the Living
My daughter has been assigned to interview a living person and write that living person’s obituary! I was horrified when I heard of this assignment. She feels it is “creepy’ and I feel it is in some way against Jewish…
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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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Abusive School Administration
Is it the right thing to keep quiet when your child is psychological and emotionally abused by the teacher and principal because you are afraid that no other private school will take your child? Answer: Thank you for your question-…
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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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Cruelty in the Conquest of Canaan
It is my impression that, during the conquest of Canaan, the Israelites were often commanded to destroy entire populations. This was certainly carried out in the case Jericho (Joshua 6:21-25), with the exception of Rachav and her family. My question…