Dear Rabbi and Susan, Ever since October 7, I’ve been wearing a kippah (a head covering worn by most observant Jewish men)—not because I’ve become more observant (I learned from you to use that word rather than “religious”)—I haven’t—but because I’m proud to be a Jew. I’ve gotten some pushback from some of the more
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I had a question after watching your show on the righteous women [on our Ancient Jewish Wisdom TV Show]. Can a righteous woman be a rabbi? Theresa K. Dear Theresa, Before we can discuss whether righteous women can be rabbis, we need to define the word rabbi. This is more difficult than it might seem.
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Following from your comments in the Deep Dive on My Daughter the Lawyer, I would like to ask some questions about finding a local rabbi. First of all, am I correct in assuming that, even though you refer to yourself as my rabbi, you recognize the importance of our primary Rabbi being someone in the
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Question: Sadly, we’ve all heard numerous accounts of pedophile priests, with some explaining away their sickness as being a result of forced celibacy and inability to “connect” with a loving wife. But just today, the news from the east coast of a rabbi accused of filming young women, as they undressed for the mikvah (ritual
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Question: I met you recently when you came to Dallas, TX to address our meeting with Primerica. Thank you for what you do. My question is short and basic. What does the bible teach about punishment for children? My wife and I are expecting our first child. We are not in agreement with the idea
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Do you know what a “men’s room” is? When I first heard the phrase soon after I immigrated to the U.S. from England where I’d been studying, my mind conjured up a big screen television, a comfortable couch, and a BBQ emitting wonderful smells of cooked meat. That’s my men’s room! Instead, I discovered that
It’s sometimes difficult to force yourself to do your work, isn’t it? Perhaps you allow the plague of procrastination to infect your soul. Maybe you find unproductive ways to persuade yourself that you’re working, even though you’re not doing what really needs to be done. How do we know what really needs to be done?
Any German living under the Nazi regime, who announced that he had Jewish friends, was being politically incorrect. He was also being shockingly imprudent and probably reckless. Any Russian living under Stalin, who proclaimed his admiration for the American ideal of freedom, was being politically incorrect. He was also being imprudent and reckless. Any Moslem
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Confidence is to arrogance what self-respect is to self-esteem. The former is the result of achievement; the latter is hollow chest beating. The former inspires; the latter repels. Confidence breeds success while arrogance is a symptom of impending failure. Arrogant people abuse both family members and business associates, yelling at them and belittling them. Confident
