Q & A: The Mantle Of Leadership (Part I)
Question: As we now read the book of Devarim, the Torah tells us that Moses was instructed by Hashem to appoint a successor. Moses wanted His sons to succeed him, but Hashem tells him to appoint Yehoshua as the next leader. Why was this request of the greatest and most righteous of men denied? Also, were Yehoshua and Caleb the only named leaders or personalities to enter the land of Canaan?
M. Gorin
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Q & A: The 15th Of Av (Part II)
Question: What is the significance of Tu B'Av, the 15th of Av?
David Bernstein
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Q & A: The 15th Of Av (Part I)
Question: What is the significance of Tu B’Av, the 15th of Av?
David Bernstein
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Q & A: Offering Tefillin To Passersby (Part X)
Question: Where I live, I see Chabad Shluchim offering Jewish passerby the opportunity to put on tefillin; is this of any value if they are otherwise non-observant? Additionally, is doing so in a street – a public thoroughfare proper – kavod for the tefillin?
Menachem
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Q & A: Offering Tefillin To Passersby (Part IX)
Question: Where I live I see Chabad Shluchim offering Jewish passerby the opportunity to put on Tefillin; is this of any value if they are otherwise non-observant? Additionally is doing so in a street – a public thoroughfare proper – kavod for the tefillin?
Menachem
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Q & A: Offering Tefillin To Passersby (Part VII)
Question: Where I live, I see Chabad shluchim offering Jewish passerby to put on tefillin. Is this of any value if they are otherwise non-observant? Additionally, is doing so in a street – a public thoroughfare – proper kavod for the tefillin?
Menachem
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Q & A: Offering Tefillin To Passersby (Part VII)
Question: Where I live, I see Chabad shluchim offering Jewish passerby to put on tefillin. Is this of any value if they are otherwise non-observant? Additionally, is doing so in a street – a public thoroughfare – proper kavod for the tefillin?
Menachem
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Q & A: Offering Tefillin To Passersby (Part IV)
Question: Where I live, I see Chabad shluchim offering Jewish passerby to put on tefillin, is this of any value if they are otherwise non-observant, additionally is doing so in a street – a public thoroughfare proper kavod for the tefillin?
Menachem
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Q & A: Offering Tefillin To Passersby (Part IV)
Question: Where I live, I see Chabad shluchim offering Jewish passerby to put on tefillin, is this of any value if they are otherwise non-observant, additionally is doing so in a street – a public thoroughfare proper kavod for the tefillin?
Menachem
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Is It Proper To Frequently Post Photos Of Your Life On Facebook Or Instagram...
I’m not sure what positive value there is in posting photos beyond one’s immediate circle of family and friends. To me, it smacks of inappropriate exhibitionism.
Q & A: Offering Tefillin To Passersby (Part IV)
Question: Where I live, I see Chabad shluchim offering Jewish passerby to put on tefillin, is this of any value if they are otherwise non-observant, additionally is doing so in a street – a public thoroughfare proper kavod for the tefillin?
Menachem
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Q & A: Offering Tefillin To Passersby (Part III)
Question: Where I live, I see Chabad shluchim offering Jewish passerby to put on tefillin, is this of any value if they are otherwise non-observant, additionally is doing so in a street – a public thoroughfare proper kavod for the tefillin?
Menachem
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Q & A: Offering Tefillin To Passersby (Part II)
Question: Where I live, I see Chabad Shluchim offering Jewish passerby to put on tefillin, is this of any value if they are otherwise non-observant, additionally is doing so in a street – a public thoroughfare proper kavod for the tefillin?
Menachem
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Q & A: Offering Tefillin To Passersby (Part I)
Question: Where I live I see Chabad Shluchim offering Jewish passersby to put on Tefillin. Is this of any value if they are otherwise non-observant; additionally, is doing so in a street – a public thoroughfare – proper kavod for the tefillin?
Menachem
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Q & A: Sefirat HaOmer Questions (Part II)
Question: What if one counted the Omer but forgot to utter the blessing – has the obligation been fulfilled?
Why do we recite a blessing for this counting, when we find that for the zayin nekiyim, the seven clean days, there is no such blessing? Is the counting not similar?
M. Goldman
Miami Beach, FL
Q & A: How Does One Observe Pesach Sheni? (Part II)
Question: Why do some people eat matzah on Pesach Sheni?
Harry Koenig
Q & A: How Does One Observe Pesach Sheni? (Part I)
Question: Why do some people eat matzah on Pesach Sheni?
Harry Koenig
Q & A: More Sefirat HaOmer Questions (Part I)
Question: What if one counted the omer but forgot to utter the blessing – has the obligation been fulfilled?
Why do we recite a blessing for this counting, when we find that for the zayin nekiyim – the seven clean days – there is no such blessing? Is the counting not similar?
M. Goldman
Miami Beach, FL
Q & A: Sefirah Questions (Part III)
Question: Is there a requirement to recite “Hineni muchan u’mezuman” before Sefirat HaOmer, also if one arrives late for Maariv does one count sefirah first with the minyan or proceed immediately to Maariv?
Moshe Jakobowitz
Brooklyn, NY
Q & A: Questions On Counting The Omer (Part II)
Is there a requirement to recite “Hineni muchan u’mezuman” before Sefirat HaOmer, also, if one arrives late for Maariv, does one count sefirah first with the minyan or proceed immediately to Maariv?
Moshe Jakobowitz
Brooklyn, NY
Q & A: Sefirah Questions (Part I)
Question: Is there a requirement to recite “Hineni muchan u’mezuman” before Sefirat HaOmer, also if one arrives late for Maariv does one count sefirah first with the minyan or proceed immediately to Maariv?
Moshe Jakobowitz
Brooklyn, NY
Q & A: Ta’anit Bechorim: May One Join A Siyum And Not Fast?
Question: May a firstborn who is weak join in someone else’s siyum on Erev Pesach to avoid fasting?
Name withheld by request
Q & A: The Mitzvah Of Maggid (Part III)
Question: What constitutes the actual Haggadah, the mitzvah to retell the story of our slavery in Egypt and how Hashem redeemed us and delivered us from there? Also, if the head of household reads the Haggadah to those assembled, has he discharged their obligation?
Yosef Slomovicz
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Q & A: The Mitzvah Of Maggid (Part II)
Question: What constitutes the actual Haggadah, the mitzvah to retell the story of our slavery in Egypt and how Hashem redeemed us and delivered us from there? Also, if the head of household reads the Haggadah to the assembled, has he discharged their obligation?
Yosef Slomovicz
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Q & A: The Mitzvah Of Maggid (Part I)
Question: What constitutes the actual Haggadah – the mitzvah to retell the story of our slavery in Egypt and how Hashem redeemed us and delivered us from there? Also, if the head of household reads the Haggadah to those assembled, has he discharged their obligation?
Yosef Slomovicz
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Will The Real Adar Please Stand Up? (Part II)
Question: I have numerous questions that relate to the Jewish leap year when a full month is added to our lunar year every couple of years. Why is Adar the month that is picked for this addition? Why do we call it Adar Alef? Why is Purim celebrated in the second Adar? Also, while both are named Adar, only of them one must be the real Adar – which one?
Shea Aronovitch
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Q & A: Will The ‘Real’ Adar Please Stand Up? (Part I)
Dear Rabbi Klass,
I have numerous questions that relate to the Jewish leap year by way of the full month that we add to our lunar year every couple of years. Why is Adar the month picked for this addition? Why do we call it Adar Alef? Why is Purim celebrated in the second Adar? It’s also obvious that even though both are named Adar that only one of them must be the real Adar – which one?
Shea Aronovitch
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May Two Siblings Share A Name? (Part II)
Question: Is it possible to give two of one's children the same name? I’ve seen this more than once where a later born child was given the same Hebrew name as an older sibling; however, their English names are different.
A Reader
Los Angeles, CA
Can Two Siblings Share A Name? (Part I)
Question: Is it possible to give two of one’s children the same name? I’ve seen this more than once where a later-born child was given the same Hebrew name as an older sibling, however their English names are different.
A Reader
Los Angeles, California
Q & A: The First King Of Israel: Saul Or Moses? (Part II)
Question: Was Saul actually our first king or was it Moses, as some claim? And if Moses was our first king, why was Samuel later critical of Israel for requesting a king?
Menachem
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