Dear Rabbi and Susan, Matt and I have been friends for almost twenty years, starting in college. I was at his wedding and he and his wife flew out to be at mine. About twice a year my business takes me to his part of the country and we get together in person. The rest
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Dear Rabbi Lapin, It would be an honor to meet even through message or email. I am Catholic but also your follower sir. How can mercy mix with business? Why does being strict in business and taking mercy or misericordia out of business transforms us into something not to the liking of our Lord. Why
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Dear Rabbi, [ in response to a Deep Dive of September 2024, which itself was based on an Ask the Rabbi of July 16, 2024. ] Rabbi, you mentioned “some things were helpful, others were hurtful.” Can you share what helped? CP. Dear CP., Before we can answer your question, we need to fill in
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Dear Rabbi and Susan, Here is my question. I understand that as a general rule, we come to resemble the people with whom we spend time. You’ve often spoken of the importance of choosing friends carefully because of that rule. But what should I do when some of the people I love most—family members or
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Sir, I’m reading one of your books, “Business Secrets from the Bible.” You talk about making your customers happy. The nature of my work now is to catch energy theft and fine/sanction them and at the end some are not happy with me. I’m confused, please still explain more for me. Thank you Jide Dear
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Dear Rabbi and Susan, I’ve heard you say that money is one of God’s ways of rewarding us for serving other human beings. But what about people who become wealthy doing things that seem useless, frivolous, or even harmful? Doesn’t the success of people like that, disprove the idea that making money is evidence of
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I am Catholic and a good friend of mine is Jewish, living in NYC. He thinks the current antisemitism needs to be solved by protest. I believe it is more spiritual and caused by America moving away from G-d. The antisemitism is part of the demonic gaining a foothold as G-d not in the picture
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Dear Rabbi Daniel and Susan, I am in my early thirties, married with a three-year-old and a one-year-old. I have a good job as an actuary, and my wife has cut back her hours as a physical therapist and works part-time since our second baby arrived. I am an involved father and love spending time
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Dear Rabbi and Susan, Can you please give me more insight by what is meant by leave and cleave? Darren T. Dear Darren, We appreciate your faith in us that we will recognize and place the phrase “leave and cleave” to Genesis 2:24: “…a man should leave his father and his mother and cleave to
Can you talk about the importance of keeping your promises? Noah Dear Noah, We are pretty sure that you do not expect us to reply saying, “Actually, promises don’t matter.” On the other hand, if you are hoping that we will provide you with a convincing case to show to someone in your life who
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