Emerging From the Waters Reborn
Imagine you wake up in a hospital bed with amnesia, and haven't the foggiest clue who you are. You try to recall your most...
Cyber-Towers of Modern Bavel
Sadly, an entire planet had suffered total moral collapse and was tragically annihilated by the violent waters of the flood. Noach’s world disappears and...
Sh’mini Atzeret & Simchat Torah features
IT ISN’T PURIM
In popular thinking Simchat Torah is a sort of Purim, a day for carnival jollification. But the popular view is wrong.
Simchat Torah...
Breishit: Repairing Humpty Dumpty
Around twenty five years ago, on Shabbat Breishit, I attended a Friday night talk of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l prior to Ma’ariv prayers. These...
Preserving National Identity
Parshat Ki Teitzei presents a seemingly harsh set of guidelines for inclusion within the Jewish people. Marriage is strictly limited to pedigreed Jews and,...
Torah reading: Ki Tetzei
WAYS & WARS
This week's reading contains much of the Jewish ethic of warfare, as does last week's.
It tells us how to wage a war...
Ask The Rabbi – How To Treat A Convert
HOW TO TREAT A CONVERT
Q. How should we treat a convert – to Judaism, and away from Judaism?
A. The convert to Judaism must be...
Re’eh- Kosher World
At the core of Jewish identity lies Kosher dietary laws and kosher eating. Almost every “identified” Jew maintains some minimal standard of a kosher...
Ask the Rabbi – Abortion
ABORTION
Q. Does Judaism permit abortions?
A. Judaism regards children as a blessing and procreation as a religious and moral obligation.
Through children, a couple cements their...
Ask The Rabbi – Is Judaism Right For Me?
Is Judaism Right For Me?
Dear Rabbi
I am very interested in converting over to Judaism. I was raised Christian, but havefound it is not for...
