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: 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: 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: 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: Anonymous Dear Rabbi, I am an observant divorcee woman and after many years of being single, I have finally found a man who is suitable and whom I plan to marry. He is also religious and we are very compatible. The only thing is, he has a ponytail, which I actually like very much,[…]
From: Jason in Tucson, AZ Dear Rabbi, I was raised religious, later left it, and am recently on my way back to becoming religious. I have started to wear a kippa at work as a Sergeant in the USAF. The other day, a woman that works there asked me if I was a “messiah Jew,[…]
From: Sidney Davis Dear Rabbi, How is one to understand the wearing of the kippa (skullcap-yarmulke) in light of the following from the Targum? On Judges 5:2 the Targum explains: “The wise men sit in the synagogues… with the head uncovered to teach the people the words of the law”, and on Judges 5:9 it[…]
From: T.R. in Belgium Dear Rabbi, Could you please enlighten me on the controversy surrounding wearing wigs made of human hair from India, and also is it permissible to continue wearing one. Thank you in advance, T.R. Dear T.R., The rabbis who oppose the use of Indian-hair wigs are not just splitting hairs. The root[…]
From: Yitzchak Muskal Dear Rabbi, I heard that water was pouring from the “Foundation Stone” on the Temple Mount. What is that all about? What can we learn from it? Is there any mention of this in our sources? By the way, a friend of mine told me of an Arab in preparation for conversion[…]