Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz If Hashem (God) wants us to do His will and keep the mitzvot (Torah commandments), why does He not reveal Himself more clearly? […]
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Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Is there anything wrong with chewing gum, either in front of others or in private? Rabbi Chaim Mintz responds: More Than What Is […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz When Moshe (Moses) saw Aharon (Aaron) pass away with mitat neshikah, the “kiss of death,” he desired the same death. What is this […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz When my father passed away, he was buried in Jerusalem. I traveled there to be part of the funeral, but when it came time […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz When we study Torah and Talmud, we spend so much time analyzing opinions that are not accepted in practice. Why are Talmud debates […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Why is the Jewish nation divided into twelve shevatim (tribes), something that in time led to division and even war? Wouldn’t it have […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz What is wrong with ending one’s own life? If someone is suffering profoundly and feels that life is no longer worth living, why […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz The Torah tells us that one who speaks lashon hara (evil speech) is smitten with tzara’at (leprosy) on his body and expelled from […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz My son recently completed his engineering degree, but now he wants to go to Israel to study Torah and become a rabbi. I […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz How much should a child be expected to help at home? And how should that be balanced with chessed (kindness) opportunities outside the home? […]
