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By Dovid Zaklikowski Ever wondered why the ark in your synagogue has two coverings – a door and a curtain? The first mention of the concept of the curtain is found in the Talmud. The Talmud Megillah 26b and Tosfot, s.v.“Meireish.” See the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel ...
By Yehuda Shurpin I was reading the book of Daniel, which is filled with extraordinary and apocalyptic visions. I was amazed to learn that it is not included in the section of the Bible known as the Prophets, and that the Talmud does not even consider Daniel to have been ...
By Levi Y Heber It’s the night before my son’s circumcision and I cannot sleep. I know my child is not the first to be circumcised, but I am worried about the lack of anesthesia. Will he feel much pain? Will he be traumatized?
By Dovid Zaklikowski The word chumash is derived from the Hebrew word chomesh, which means a fifth.
By Dovid Zaklikowski It was nice eating at your house this past Shabbat. But I noticed that your walls are covered with bookshelves. Why do you have so many books?
By Yehuda Shurpin I am pregnant and curious about the gender of the fetus. Is it okay for me to ask the doctor to do a sonogram to find out?
By Dovid Zaklikowski There is a chain smoker who sits near me in the new office. According to Jewish law, am I allowed to ask him to stop smoking?
By Yehuda Shurpin How did the prohibition of intermarriage with the seven nations become a prohibition of intermarriage with anyone not Jewish?
By Yisroel Cotlar My teenage daughter would like to honor my mother by getting a tattoo of her Auschwitz number. We are quite divided on this issue. Can you please help?
By Baruch S. Davidson Why is the kaddish prayer said in Aramaic? I understand that it was composed when Aramaic was the vernacular for most Jews, but why has it not been changed to Hebrew since?
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