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Ask the Rebbetzin! – Parashat MishpatimPrintable VersionShalom Rebbetzin Chana Bracha,My husband has told me that according to the Talmud, it is not good to look at the moon. He didn’t know the reason. If you could touch on this, I’d be...
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Ask the Rebbetzin – Parashat YitroPrintable VersionDear Rebbetzin,The notion that the Jews are G-d’s chosen people has always bothered me. It seems to me spiritual snobbism – holding oneself to be greater than others. Considering ourselves to be better than others...
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Ask the Rebbetzin – Parashat BeShalachPrintable VersionDear Rebbetzin,Is it a good thing for a Jewish woman to play music on a fiddle or other instruments? A. If so, in which kind of situations should she play? (Only at home, or even in public?...
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Ask the Rebbetzin – Parshat BoPrintable VersionDear Rebbetzin,I’ve recently become observant and realize that I need to get mezuzot for my home. I was just wondering, why we need these mezuzot, what is in them and what do they do? Shoshanna Miller (name...
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Ask the Rebbetzin – Parshat VaerahPrintable VersionDear Rebbetzin,I’m writing to because I’m a scholar of listening and am very interested in listening in Judaism. I was hoping that you could direct me to some good resources, or examples of listening in...
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Ask the Rebbetzin – Parashat ShemotPrintable VersionDear Rebbetzin,My name is Moshe and I always wondered about the meaning of my name. I know the Torah says that when Pharaoh’s daughter rescued the little ark in which the baby was floating on the Nile, she called him...
