Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz: Rachel was buried on the side of the road in Kever Rachel, and not in Me’erat Hamachpeilah. This was so that when the Jewish people would pass her tomb on their way into galut (exile), she would daven (pray) […]
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Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz: Someone is asking me information about a boy for a shidduch. (What is a shidduch?) I know some unfavorable things about him and want […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz: Lately, there’s been a trend of adding musical instruments to Hallel and Selichot. Should this innovation be welcomed or avoided? Rabbi Chaim Mintz […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz: During havdalah on Motzei Shabbat (Saturday night) we recite a bunch of seemingly random verses and blessings on spices and fire. Why do […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz: We often have guests — or even family members — at our Shabbos table who are not interested in hearing words of Torah, […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz: Baruch Hashem (Thank God), I’ve achieved success in my business and am doing well financially. Is it wrong to live according to the […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz: Every Jewish boy has a brit milah– a circumcision which creates a covenant with Hashem. How does the removal of flesh form this bond? […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz: Why was humanity only permitted to eat meat after the Mabul (The Great Flood)? And why did the Torah later differentiate between kosher and […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz All the Jewish holidays are so food oriented, with lavish, extravagant meals. Shouldn’t they be days that focus on more spiritual stuff, like […]
Steps To Return: The Rambam writes (laws of Teshuvah 2:7): “Yom Kippur is a time for teshuvah (repentance) for all, and it is the culmination of forgiveness for [the people […]
