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Dear Rabbi Fried, According to the Book of Genesis, God gave man a soul. “And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a...
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Dear Rabbi Fried, This year as my New Year’s resolution I decided to dedicate time to Torah study. Now that I’m back to my daily routine — the car pools, cooking, homework, cleaning and everything else...
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Dear Rabbi Fried, Here’s a question to follow up on the most recent of your always interesting columns: In Judaism, which do you consider the more accurate or normative belief — that (1) all humans...
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Dear Rabbi Fried, I have a question about Cain and Abel. If God knows everything, which we believe He does, then He knew that Cain would kill his brother. But He let it happen. I know this question has...
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Dear Rabbi Fried, In Genesis 21:9 the Lord said for Abraham to look at the stars: “See if you can count them. As many stars as there are up in the heavens, so many will be the children of your family.”...
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Dear Rabbi Fried, I am confused regarding your position concerning artificial insemination. In your column of Nov. 4 in this paper you discussed the question of embryo donation and its relation to...
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Dear Rabbi, What is the basis for honoring a person’s life on the anniversary of their death? Acknowledging the birthday seems like a nicer way to go. Elise G. Dear Elise, Excellent question,...
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Dear Rabbi Fried, I read with interest your recent “Ask the Rabbi” column [Nov. 25] responding to a questioner who referenced Rabbi Adam Raskin’s letter commenting on the subject of artificial...
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By Rabbi Yarachmiel D. Fried Hi Rabbi Fried, I am e-mailing you several questions about buying and selling on the Internet with regard to the laws of Shabbat: 1) Is one allowed to own an online company...
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Dear Rabbi Fried, It’s painful for me to approach this issue, but my brother has recently “come out of the closet” and told us that he’s gay. I spoke to our Reform rabbi about it, and she says there’s...
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Dear Rabbi Fried, According to the Book of Genesis, God gave man a soul. “And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a...
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Dear Rabbi Fried, This year as my New Year’s resolution I decided to dedicate time to Torah study. Now that I’m back to my daily routine — the car pools, cooking, homework, cleaning and everything else...
View ArticleAsk the Rabbi
Dear Rabbi Fried, Here’s a question to follow up on the most recent of your always interesting columns: In Judaism, which do you consider the more accurate or normative belief — that (1) all humans...
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Dear Rabbi Fried, I have a question about Cain and Abel. If God knows everything, which we believe He does, then He knew that Cain would kill his brother. But He let it happen. I know this question has...
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Dear Rabbi Fried, In Genesis 21:9 the Lord said for Abraham to look at the stars: “See if you can count them. As many stars as there are up in the heavens, so many will be the children of your family.”...
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Dear Rabbi Fried, I am confused regarding your position concerning artificial insemination. In your column of Nov. 4 in this paper you discussed the question of embryo donation and its relation to...
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Dear Rabbi, What is the basis for honoring a person’s life on the anniversary of their death? Acknowledging the birthday seems like a nicer way to go. Elise G. Dear Elise, Excellent question,...
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Dear Rabbi Fried, I read with interest your recent “Ask the Rabbi” column [Nov. 25] responding to a questioner who referenced Rabbi Adam Raskin’s letter commenting on the subject of artificial...
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By Rabbi Yarachmiel D. FriedHi Rabbi Fried, I am e-mailing you several questions about buying and selling on the Internet with regard to the laws of Shabbat: 1) Is one allowed to own an online company...
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Dear Rabbi Fried, It’s painful for me to approach this issue, but my brother has recently “come out of the closet” and told us that he’s gay. I spoke to our Reform rabbi about it, and she says there’s...
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