The Period Between the Temples
Question: How long was the period between the First and Second Temples? Answer: Cyrus gave the Jews permission to return to their land and rebuild the Temple in the first year of his reign, which was...
View ArticleWhy the Temples were Destroyed
Question: Why were the Temples destroyed? Answer: G-d caused both Temples to be destroyed because of our sins. The Talmud tells us that a particular reason for the destruction of the Second Temple was...
View ArticleCan a Woman Pursue a Man?
Question: Does Judaism have anything to say about a woman pursuing a man? I dated a guy twice, he likes me but is undecided because of the long distance situation and I wonder if it's a lack of respect...
View ArticleThe Ten Commandments
Question: Please explain each one of the 10 commandments and the Mitzvot included in each one. Is G-d's name mentioned in the commandments" where and why is it mentioned? Answer: To make my job easier,...
View ArticleHealthcare
Question: On health care debate: What I have seen is that on one side people want universal healthcare and on the other side, people don't want to provide those kinds of services to so many people. A...
View ArticleBreaking the Glass at a Jewish Wedding
Question: My grandson will be getting married and living an Orthodox Jewish life. What is the meaning of the breaking of the glass at the end of the ceremony? Answer: Congratulations - may you see many...
View Article“It’s Not Easy Being Green”
Question: It is medical consensus that consuming high levels of mercury directly causes various health problems (e.g. neurological defects in babies, increasing cancer rates in adults, etc). It seems...
View ArticleArius Calpurnius Piso and Scripture
Question: I've recently been reading about a person named "Arius Calpurnius Piso". Apparently, this person, and members of his family, were responsible for creating the "New Testament". Although I'm...
View ArticleGenesis 3:16 - “He Will Rule Over You”
Question: After Adam and Eve are sent out of the Garden of Eden, G-d informs them of the new social and physical order within which humanity will now exist. In this world, the ground is cursed and we...
View ArticleWhat to do About My Mother, the Nazi
Question: I believe my mother of 90 years of age was/is a Nazi and she hid in a Jewish family - mine. What is the right thing to do? Report her or let her go? what is your suggestion? Thank You....
View ArticleSephardim, Ashkenazim, and Racism
Question: I come from a Sephardi family in Mexico and what I have seen in America is that Ashkenazim consider Sephardi people as 2nd class? Why is their so much racism between Sephardim and Ashkenazim...
View ArticleJews as Vegetarians
Question: Wouldn't it be better for us to be vegetarians? Answer: Adam was in fact not permitted to eat meat (Gen. 1:30); but Noah and his descendants were given permission to eat animals after they...
View ArticlePunishment of Children for the Parents’ Sins
Question: How do I understand "punishment of children for the parents' sins"? If the parents aren't good this should bring punishment for their children? Also, how can children honor those parents?...
View ArticleGenetic Engineering and Kashrus
Question: What are the implications of genetic engineering for kashrus? Answer: Transplantation of a few genes from a non-kosher creature into a kosher creature doesn't make it unkosher, because its...
View ArticleWaters in the Sky at Creation
Question: Please explain when God created the earth what it means when it is described as "Let there be a dome in the middle of the water; let it divide the water under the dome from the water above...
View ArticleAdvice for Prosecutors
Question: What advice does the Talmud have for a prosecutor? Answer: The Talmud's statements about prosecution were made in the context of a legal system rather different from ours; they dealt with a...
View ArticleDo we trust a woman’s testimony?
Question: Is it true that according to the Torah a woman can't be a witness in court? Why? It is certainly true that, under certain circumstances, women may not testify in a Jewish court. I certainly...
View ArticlePrayers for Livelihood and Well-being
Question: Is there a chapter of Psalms that is a Segulah (spiritual remedy) for livelihood, to pay off credit cards bills? Also for health and finding a marriage partner? How can get my life unstuck?...
View ArticleAccuracy of the Torah
Question: 2Kings 22.8-20 and 2Chronicles 34.15 speak about Jews finding forgotten book of the Mosaic Law. Thus if Jews managed to somehow lose and forget a set of the written law, how on earth could...
View ArticleConfiscated Item Damaged in a Hurricane
Question: If a teacher confiscated an item, placed it in the desk drawer and it was ruined in a flood – the room with the object was on the ground level (the school was warned by the government that...
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