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Ask the Rebbetzin – Parashat Acharei Mot/KodoshimPrintable VersionDear Rebbetzin,I’m a new Ba’alat Teshuva learning to keep the Torah and Mitzvot, but I’m struggling with how to keep the mitzvah of respecting my parents. They want me to go to college and get a...
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Ask the Rebbetzin – Parashat Tazria-MetzoraPrintable VersionDear Rebbetzin,We hear so much about the seriousness of the sin of lashon hara (evil speech). Is it true that through speaking lashon hara one may transgress 31 commandments: 14 positive and 17...
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Ask the Rebbetzin – Parashat SheminiPrintable VersionDear Rebbetzin,I really want to keep the mitzvah of family purity, but where I live there is no ritual bath. The closest mikvah is 2000 km away, which would take about 25 hours to drive by car. What would be a...
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Ask the Rebbetzin – Chol HaMoed PesachPrintable Version Dear Rebbetzin,Growing up in a yekkish (German Jewish) home I naturally became a ‘neat freak.’ Soon after Tu b’Shevat I start Pesach preparations as it takes me and my cleaning crew about two month to get...
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Ask the Rebbetzin – Parashat TzavPrintable VersionDear Rebbetzin,I’ve been a vegetarian for many years and I have a hard time with the notion of animal sacrifices which is so central in the Book of Vayikra. These rites seem to me barbaric and unethical to...
