From: Maria Dear Rabbi, Thank you for answering my question about who Miriam was and the meaning of her name. I found your answer to be fascinating, and if you don’t mind I’d like to know more. Could you please tell me about her life and her role in the Torah? This is a continuation[…]
From: Maria Dear Rabbi, Thank you for answering my question about who Miriam was and the meaning of her name. I found your answer to be fascinating, and if you don’t mind I’d like to know more. Could you please tell me about her life and her role in the Torah? This is a continuation[…]
From: Maria Dear Rabbi, I am wondering about Miriam. Who was she and what does the name Miriam mean? Dear Maria, Miriam was the daughter of Amram, the leader of the Israelites in ancient Egypt, and of Yocheved, who was so righteous she was exempt from the curse of Eve (Sota 12a). Both Amram and[…]
From: Saul Dear Rabbi, Are children punished for the sins of their parents? If not, then why are we, the children of Adam and Eve, punished for the sin of the forbidden fruit. They were banished from Gan Eden – Adam was punished to toil to earn his bread and Eve was punished to bear[…]
From: Melissa Dear Rabbi, I got into a situation which I knew I shouldn’t have been in. It’s not that I knew that would be the case beforehand. Maybe I wasn’t careful enough, but in any case, it wasn’t intentional. Anyway, despite the fact that I shouldn’t have been involved, after the fact, it seems[…]
From: Alicia Dear Rabbi, I have a question about the Jewish notion of time. We reckon the days by number, 1 through 7, where 1 is Sunday and 7 is Saturday. But most of the world uses names to identify the days of the week. That makes more sense to me. For one, names are[…]
From: Mordechai Dear Rabbi, I have trouble accepting the idea that everything comes from G‑d, and that even the bad things that happen in life are for the best. Would you please elaborate on this idea for me and how one can actually integrate this idea into his life? Because, to be honest, I think[…]
From: Jackie Dear Rabbi, Like everyone, I mess up sometimes and do things I know I shouldn’t be doing. The problem is, rather than doing teshuva and relying on G‑d to forgive, an inner voice convinces me that after what I’ve done, it would be a chutzpa to serve G‑d. And that rather than getting[…]
From: Ted Dear Rabbi, I have seen over and over in many shuls that toward the end of davening people tend to wrap up their prayer early and gather toward the exit door in anticipation of making a quick exit at the end of the service. It seems to me that this can’t be right.[…]
From: Lisa Dear Rabbi, Was Hebrew the first language spoken by mankind? If so, how did Adam and Eve know how to speak it? And what was the origin of the other languages? Why didn’t G‑d want all peoples to speak the same language? If Hebrew was the first language spoken by all, is there[…]