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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Expecting Miracles
I have a disease which I was told that there is no treatment for. Can I expect some miracles? I heard a lot about nation miracles and I experienced many individual miracles in my life. I feel terrible about your…
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The Holocaust
Why did Hashem allow 6 million jews to die during the holocaust including little innocent children? I don’t think anyone can provide a satisfactory answer to your question. Why are you limiting your question to the Holocaust? Isn’t it basically…
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Evolution
What does our religion say about the Evolution? What do you answer when people say that they have proof for the evolution? And what about the dinosaurs that they have found bones from? Thank you very much for taking your…
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Did G-d speak on Mt. Sinai?
Hello. My question is how do you know that it was God at Sinai? Is there any way to know that it was God? What was the revelation like? You ask critically important questions, the kind which only truly reflective…
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Risky Surgery
If someone is diagnosed with a terminal illness such as a brain tumor, and the doctors tell him that he has no more than a year to live, but there is a procedure, which is very risky, to remove the…
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The Torah and the “Old Testament”
How does the Torah differ from the Old Testament? The Torah is part of the so called “Old Testament.” The name “Old Testament” is a Christian theological statement of their view of the Jewish Bible in relation to the Christian…
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Rotation of the Sun and Earth
Someone told me that the Torah claims, I don’t know if explicity or implicitly, that the sun travels around the earth. I would appreciate if you can elaborate on what he meant and if there is real substance or reason…
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Where Judaism is Practiced
In what area Judaism is practiced in the world? Although Jews view Israel as the Holy Land and as the only place where all the directives can be fuflfilled, there are enough directives to guide one’s life to higher levels…
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Torah and Pagan Influences
I’ve read on many sites that the scape goat concept and the sprinkling of blood on a person having skin disease for purification etc. were due to pagan influence and that G-D who is most compassionate would not allow that…