From: Helene in Louisville, KY Dear Rabbi, I read your article on reincarnation and I found it so interesting that I re-read it several times. However, an idea keeps returning to my mind. If a soul can come back many times in different bodies, can it come back into someone else’s body who is already[…]
From: Helene in Louisville, KY Dear Rabbi, I read your article on reincarnation and I found it so interesting that I re-read it several times. However, an idea keeps returning to my mind. If a soul can come back many times in different bodies, can it come back into someone else’s body who is already[…]
From: Ari Trachtenberg in Illinois Dear Rabbi, I am thinking about taking a class in “Tai Kwan Do” to get some exercise. After sitting in on the first class, it seems that there is a lot of bowing involved: students are supposed to bow to the training room, to each other, and to the instructor.[…]
From: Linda Dear Rabbi, In the Memorial Service – the Yizkor prayer that we say on the High Holidays, we commemorate the souls of the martyrs who were “killed, murdered, slaughtered, burned, drowned and strangled” for the sanctification of the Name. The majority of victims who were killed in WWII did not go to their[…]
From: Bob Mogel in Omaha, Nebraska Dear Rabbi, In the Hebrew Bible it states that in Biblical times people lived to be hundreds of years old. How is this possible given the fact that people don’t live nearly as long today even with the advances in medical technology? Dear Bob Mogel, There are several reasons[…]
From: Christopher in Minneapolis Dear Rabbi, Thank you for your very interesting and informative answers on a variety of Jewish subjects. Perhaps you could give me your opinion on the following: I recently saw a documentary that explained that the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel were exiled to the Far East and settled along the[…]
From: Jenny in Newport Dear Rabbi, I understand that we are to consider the succah as our permanent dwelling during the festival, while our houses are to be considered of secondary importance. For this reason, we are to eat, sleep and otherwise be in the succah as we normally dwell in our homes. My question[…]
From: Marcus in Delaware Dear Rabbi, On Yom Kippur there is a very long list of transgressions that we are supposed to confess about. But I don’t understand why I’m being dictated what I’ve done wrong. Anyway, most of those things don’t even apply to me. I’ve never stolen, had an affair or killed anyone.[…]